{{quotebox-float|The other side thought that they could come to Maine, and just run negative ads, dump loads and loads, millions and millions of dollars of dollars, and just buy this Senate seat. ''But is that the Maine way?'' NO! It certainly is ''not''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCZYm6ULRLA WATCH: Sen. Susan Collins speaks in Maine on election day]</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|The other side thought that they could come to Maine, and just run negative ads, dump loads and loads, millions and millions of dollars of dollars, and just buy this Senate seat. ''But is that the Maine way?'' NO! It certainly is ''not''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCZYm6ULRLA WATCH: Sen. Susan Collins speaks in Maine on election day]</ref>}}
Gideon conceded the election to Sen. Collins,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiaoUR_Xqng Watch: Maine Democrat Sara Gideon Concedes To Sen. Susan Collins | NBC News NOW]</ref> who later made an enthusiastic speech in front of supporters.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVbhPgxwxM WATCH LIVE: Susan Collins speaks as Maine election results come in]</ref> Outraged leftists on social media displayed meltdowns, having expected Gideon to win as the polls stated.<ref>https://twitter.com/search?q=susan%20collins&src=typed_query</ref>
Gideon conceded the election to Sen. Collins,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiaoUR_Xqng Watch: Maine Democrat Sara Gideon Concedes To Sen. Susan Collins | NBC News NOW]</ref> who later made an enthusiastic speech in front of supporters.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVbhPgxwxM WATCH LIVE: Susan Collins speaks as Maine election results come in]</ref> Outraged leftists on social media displayed meltdowns, having expected Gideon to win as the polls stated.<ref>https://twitter.com/search?q=susan%20collins&src=typed_query</ref>
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According to the [[New York Times]], [[Democrat]] strategies to draw voters away from Collins in rural [[Maine]] came to little avail.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/maine-susan-collins.html The Democrats Went All Out Against Susan Collins. Rural Maine Grimaced.]</ref>