The Lincoln Project was founded last month by Republicans critical of Trump, including George Conway, husband of Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway, and GOP strategists Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson. An organization of prominent conservative opponents of President Trump released a new ad on Wednesday targeting Sen. Susan Collins for her party-line votes at the opening of the president’s impeachment trial. 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This wasn’t the first time that Collins’ 2020 campaign has committed an unforced video error. While both actions could have helped Jefferson Consulting, the measures were not specific to one firm. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Flipboard Email. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican facing a tough re-election race, has run numerous ads over the last three months featuring testimonials from more than 20 people who were presented as ordinary Mainers — but in fact had close ties to the state’s Republican Party or to Collins herself. Welcome to Ad Watch, in which the Bangor Daily News’ political team breaks down who is behind political ads you’re seeing and whether what they are saying is true. A graduate of the University of Southern Maine, she served as writer and copy editor for the USM Free Press and interned at the Portland Press Herald. Those are all crucial points. 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Just one day later, however, Collins’ campaign sent a fundraising email slamming Gideon. It plans similar ads aimed at other Republican senators up for reelection this year, including Martha McSally of Arizona and Cory Gardner of Colorado. While the actions might have helped the firm where he worked, Jefferson Consulting, which chiefly helps clients get federal contracts, they were broad measures that would have affected all government contractors and received bipartisan support. Collins has also gone on the offensive on social media, with the campaign’s official Twitter account attacking Gideon by name at least eight times in tweets, images and videos over just the past week. On Tuesday, Collins voted for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s resolution outlining rules for the impeachment trial, and against Democratic amendments to subpoena documents and witnesses from the White House, including acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security adviser John Bolton. Both of those actions took place in 2011, when Collins and Daffron were dating. Susan Collins Plants GOP Insiders In Campaign Ads. Collins’ campaign continues to air TV ads, including a commercial highlighting the senator’s role as co-author of the federal Paycheck Protection Program, intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ad comes from Gideon’s official campaign. Campaign Ads, Sara Gideon, Susan Collins. Planned Parenthood Action Fund launched an ad campaign against Sen. Susan Collins Thursday, hitting the Maine Republican over her vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Act like it.”. Olympia Snowe and William Cohen. Although Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced in March that she would “pause” most campaign activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the senator’s campaign is continuing to send fundraising emails, air campaign ads and attack her main Democratic rival, Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon. 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Last summer her campaign drew sardonic criticism after posting several minutes of B-roll of the senator meeting with Mainers in factories, a classroom, a kitchen and so on. Can you help us out? A new ad from Sara Gideon’s campaign reiterates a Democratic attack on Sen. Susan Collins over her husband’s past work as a lobbyist. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. “Don’t embarrass their legacy by protecting corruption.”. The two were married in 2012. While such deception is not obviously illegal, it’s intentionally misleading and suggests that Collins has had trouble attracting supporters outside a tight circle of Maine Republicans. Despite vowing to pause campaign, Collins continues to air ads, attack Gideon. !’: Trump pleads with California voters in astonishing new tweet, ATP not happy with Sam Querrey for reportedly fleeing from Russia after testing positive for COVID-19, Billie Eilish responds to body shamers after wearing tank top, 29 Wedding Photos That Went Horribly Wrong, Barron Trump also tested positive for COVID-19, first lady says, Graham's $28 million sets quarterly fundraising record for Senate Republicans, the 30-second ad, produced by the Lincoln Project, begins, resolution outlining rules for the impeachment trial, Planned Parenthood endorsed Gideon over Collins. “While Susan is focused on helping Mainers and Americans, Democrats Chuck Schumer and Sara Gideon and their far-left allies are focused on slandering Susan and spending as much money as possible across Maine to defeat her,” the email read. “You work for Maine, not Mitch McConnell,” the ad says, contrasting Collins with former Maine Republican Sens. “Our nation’s leaders must be focused on confronting the problems we face, not on politics,” Collins wrote on Twitter on March 17. “Maine demands independence from our leaders, something we had with Olympia Snowe and Bill Cohen,” the ad continues. “Senator Collins, you aren’t doing the job we elected you to do,” the 30-second ad, produced by the Lincoln Project, begins. *Please provide your mobile phone to opt-in to Collins for Senator political campaign alerts, updates and news. Federal lobbying records show he has not been registered as a lobbyist since 2006. It notes two official actions referenced in the Gideon ad. Can you help us out? You will receive messages from 47682. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries. Collins, who has served Maine in the Senate since 1997, is facing a tough reelection against Democratic challenger Sara Gideon, speaker of Maine’s House of Representatives, in a race ranked a “toss-up” by the Cook Political Report. We work 7 days a week, 16 hours a day for our labor of love, but with rising hosting and associated costs, we need your help! An organization of prominent conservative opponents of President Trump released a new ad on Wednesday targeting Sen. Susan Collins for her party-line votes at the opening of the president’s impeachment trial. Incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Democratic Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon’s campaigns each claim the other one is “for sale.” The dueling ads from the campaigns make strong claims– each accusing the other of being bought and sold by special interests. Sen. Susan Collins’ campaign has rolled out a flurry of TV ads featuring the likable recently retired local TV personality Bill Green. First, the Collins … For 16 years we have been exposing Washington lies and untangling media deceit. By providing your phone number, you are consenting to receive calls and texts, including automated calls and texts, to that number. You can follow campaigns’ full raising and spending in the U.S. Senate race, which also features independents Lisa Savage and Max Linn, with the BDN here. Susan Collins Plants GOP Insiders In Campaign Ads. Cara DeRose is a staff writer for Beacon. That renders the term far too strong. Could you donate $20 for 2020? The ad from American Bridge uses similar claims to allege “corruption” against Collins, but there is no proof of a specific link between the lobbying firm and the Maine senator’s actions. Could you donate $20 for 2020? Collins sent more than two dozen fundraising emails through March and into April, some of which make reference to the U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his “cronies,” as well as George Soros, Donald Sussman and other progressive donors.