Susan Collins interview with the New York Times: 3 things to know

The Boston Globe · Kaitlin Lewis · 2026-11-05 18:37 UTC

Collins was unseated by Democrat Troy Jackson in Tuesday's blue wave. She told the New York Times she got "caught up in the Trump tsunami."

Senator Susan Collins, a seemingly immovable fixture in Maine politics, will hang up her hat in January.

Her loss to Democrat Troy Jackson this week was, for many, unexpected. Jackson had roughly 100 days to convince voters that he was the better choice than a Senate force who has survived numerous Democratic attempts for her seat.

But on Tuesday, Collins’s playbook of painting herself as an independent decision-maker who delivers for her constituents finally failed. Many have blamed her defeat on President Trump’s poor approval ratings, despite the senator’s efforts to highlight the times she has broken with Trump.

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