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Collins was easily reelected to a third term in the U.S. Senate in 2008.<ref>[https://townhall.com/election/2008/senate/me/county Senate County Results]</ref>

Collins was easily reelected to a third term in the U.S. Senate in 2008.<ref>[https://townhall.com/election/2008/senate/me/county Senate County Results]</ref>

She ran against Democrat challenger [[Sara Gideon]] in the 2020 election for a fifth term, winning unexpectedly after unreliable polling had Gideon leading.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/maine/senate/ Maine U.S. Senate results]</ref> During the campaign when fake polls flooded news headlines, Collins was compared to [[Margaret Chase Smith]],<ref>Shephard, Michael (August 26, 2019). [https://bangordailynews.com/2019/08/26/news/a-maine-political-legend-was-ousted-in-1972-now-a-senator-is-running-for-a-fifth-term-too/ What Margaret Chase Smith’s ouster could mean for Susan Collins]. ''Bangor Daily News''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref><ref>McAllister, Ron (November 7, 2020). [https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2020/10/07/opinionthe-observer-four-terms-and-out-you-go-senator/42730979/ Opinion/The Observer: Four terms and out you go, Senator]. ''Seacoastonline''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> a four-term incumbent [[Moderate Republican]] who lost re-election in 1972 to the more left-wing [[Bill Hathaway]] despite being a popular icon.

She ran against Democrat challenger [[Sara Gideon]] in the 2020 election for a fifth term, winning unexpectedly after unreliable polling had Gideon leading.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/maine/senate/ Maine U.S. Senate results]</ref> During the campaign when fake polls flooded news headlines, Collins was compared to [[Margaret Chase Smith]],<ref>Shephard, Michael (August 26, 2019). [https://bangordailynews.com/2019/08/26/news/a-maine-political-legend-was-ousted-in-1972-now-a-senator-is-running-for-a-fifth-term-too/ What Margaret Chase Smith’s ouster could mean for Susan Collins]. ''Bangor Daily News''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref><ref>McAllister, Ron (November 7, 2020). [https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2020/10/07/opinionthe-observer-four-terms-and-out-you-go-senator/42730979/ Opinion/The Observer: Four terms and out you go, Senator]. ''Seacoastonline''. Retrieved April 18, 2021.</ref> a four-term incumbent [[Moderate Republican]] who lost re-election in 1972 to the more left-wing [[Bill Hathaway]] despite being a popular liberal icon.

==Biography==

==Biography==