Susan Collins becomes top 2020 target for Dems [View all]

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In an increasingly partisan chamber, Collins has consistently been ranked as one of the Senate’s most moderate members. But her decision to support Kavanaugh outraged a coalition of progressives, activists and even some supporters who spent months urging her to vote against President Trump’s nominee.

Democrats are pledging to unseat her if she runs for reelection in 2020, comparing an almost hour-long floor speech that earned praise from fellow GOP senators to a “slap in the face.”

Heidi Hess, co-director of Credo Action, said the 2020 election will be “tough” for Collins, predicting the anger over Kavanaugh wouldn’t be erased by the time she is on the ballot.

“She made a floor speech saying she believes survivors,
and saying she was going to vote against the ones who … came forward against Brett Kavanaugh, and that's not something people are going to forget,” Hess said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/410485-susan-collins-becomes-top-2020-target-for-dems