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• Susan Collins is the junior Republican senator from Maine. She won her 2008 re-election campaign against Democrat Tom Allen.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: December 7, 1952 in Caribou, Maine
  2. Assumed office: January 7, 1997
  3. Party: Republican
  4. Alma mater: St. Lawrence University
  5. Previous position held: Regional director, National Small Business Association
  6. Only Republican to limit tax cut to help hospitals
  7. Both parents were mayors of Caribou
  8. Won re-election in 2008

• Early Life

  Collins jumped right into politics following her graduation from St. Lawrence University by working for then-Senator William Cohen. In the late 1980s, she served as chair of the commission on financial regulation in Maine.

• Political Career

  Collins attempted an unsuccessful run for governor of Maine in 1994; two years later, she won a seat in the Senate. She is a ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and also belongs to the committees on Armed Forces and Aging. In January 2009 so was appointed to the Appropriations Committee.MaineToday: Maine's Sen. Collins Lands Seat on Appropriations Panel (January 21, 2009)

• Positions

  Collins is a moderate Republican. She has voted against banning same-sex marriage and restricting travel to Cuba. She was co-author of the Collins-Lieberman Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

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