Centrist Independent Voter (CIVPAC) has endorsed Senator Susan Collins for re-election to the U.S. Senate from Maine.

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Maine U.S. Senate general election graphic with Maine state outline, compass rose and CIVPAC endorsement of Susan Collins.

This is not an endorsement without reservations. Collins has too often supported President Trump when stronger independence would have been welcome. But in recent months she has also shown that she is still willing to break with her party on important institutional and policy questions, including voting against Todd Blanche for attorney general, opposing continued military action against Iran without congressional authorization, and challenging parts of the administration’s tariff and immigration policies.

Her Democratic opponent, Troy Jackson, is a serious candidate with substantial experience in Maine government. We agree with his support for Ukraine, but his positions on Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, eliminating the Senate filibuster and restructuring the Supreme Court move well beyond the pragmatic reforms CIVPAC favors.

We do not endorse Collins without reservations, but in this race we believe she is clearly the better choice.

Read the full CIVPAC endorsement of Susan Collins.

See all CIVPAC 2026 endorsements and races under review.

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The Centrist Independent Voter Political Action Committee, Inc., also known as CIVPAC, was formally established in 2022. Its predecessor organization was founded in 2011 as the New Independent Party. CIVPAC is a nonprofit political action committee focused on moving the existing political parties toward the political center. CIVPAC’s purpose is twofold: first, to promote centrist solutions to difficult public policy problems; and second, to support moderate candidates, including Democrats, Republicans, and independents. CIVPAC’s logo is adapted from Francisco Goya’s The Sleep of Reason. The inscription in the image reads, “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.”

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  1. Excellent – I think that Collins is a sort of model for the kind of politician we want. We will never get many of them and the thought of losing one bothers me.

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