‘Not exactly his favorite senator’: Susan Collins distances herself from Trump in Maine debate

What happened: Republican Senator Susan Collins distanced herself from Donald Trump in a Maine debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, saying she is not Trump's favorite senator and citing her differences with her party. Key numbers: Collins said she voted with Joe Biden over 90% of the time as president; Jackson said she voted with Why it matters: Jackson tied Collins to her 2018 vote for Brett Kavanaugh and the overturning of Roe v Wade, while Collins stressed differences on rural healthcare and tariffs on Canada in a race seen as vital to Democratic hopes of winning the Senate.

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