Collins, Susan
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Susan Margaret Collins is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator for Maine since 1997. A member of the Republican Party, she is Maine's longest-serving member of Congress and the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate. Collins has chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee since 2025.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Collins, Susan
- First name
- Susan
- Last name
- Collins
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Maine U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $1,624,001.46
- Total disbursements
- $645,110.41
- Cash on hand
- $2,576,308.90
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $1,624,001.46 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $940,099.24;Share: 57.9%;Denominator: $1,624,001.46 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $321,919.25;Share: 19.8%;Denominator: $1,624,001.46 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,624,001.46 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,624,001.46 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $286,570.30;Share: 17.6%;Denominator: $1,624,001.46 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $75,412.67;Share: 4.6%;Denominator: $1,624,001.46 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $908,398.00
- Itemized
- $908,398.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 1051 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $908,398.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $1,816.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $7,991.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $104,351.00;Transactions: 86;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $3,876.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $122,541.00;Transactions: 203;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $103,891.00;Transactions: 91;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $8,136.00;Transactions: 13;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $7,296.00;Transactions: 11;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $59,761.00;Transactions: 95;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $7,318.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $37,899.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $103,083.00;Transactions: 85;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $71,919.00;Transactions: 37;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $82,051.00;Transactions: 43;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $55,941.00;Transactions: 33;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $2,090.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $19,105.00;Transactions: 19;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $12,513.00;Transactions: 24;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $10,294.00;Transactions: 28;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $10,962.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $4,285.00;Transactions: 28;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $35,045.00;Transactions: 53;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $18,486.00;Transactions: 51;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $17,748.00;Transactions: 57;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $908,398.00 across 1,051 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $12,115.00;Transactions: 312 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $14,559.00;Transactions: 44 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $164,210.00;Transactions: 324 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $263,091.00;Transactions: 226 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $454,423.00;Transactions: 145 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 1% in district
- District share basis
- $9,788.00 in district and $898,610.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $908,398.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| TX | Dollars: $125,337.00;Transactions: 107;Denominator: $908,398.00 |
| OK | Dollars: $113,641.00;Transactions: 43;Denominator: $908,398.00 |
| FL | Dollars: $71,903.00;Transactions: 60;Denominator: $908,398.00 |
| VA | Dollars: $71,470.00;Transactions: 67;Denominator: $908,398.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $53,335.00;Transactions: 77;Denominator: $908,398.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $472,712.00;Transactions: 697;Denominator: $908,398.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $908,398.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| GOTTESMAN, SANDY | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| ARNOLD, JOHN | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BEST, THILO | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BUCHANAN, MATT | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BUCHANAN, TIM | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BUFFALOE, STEPHANIE | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CASSITY, BRENDON | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| COATES, CHRIS | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CROTTY, THOMAS | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| DALTON, MARK F | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $173,233.00 | 351 transactions |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN | $54,000.00 | 52 transactions |
| SOUTHWEST AIRLINES | $31,205.00 | 23 transactions |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS | $22,361.00 | 14 transactions |
| LEGEND SENIOR LIVING | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| SENIOR STAR | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| ASPHALT FUEL SUPPLY | $10,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| CHARTER COMMUNCATIONS | $7,800.00 | 4 transactions |
| AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL GROUP | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| ANCHOR STONE CO. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $79,761.00 | 34 transactions |
| Aerospace and Defense | $54,000.00 | 52 transactions |
| Transportation | $31,205.00 | 23 transactions |
Classified: $85,205.00 and 75 transactions out of $164,966.00 and 109 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S6ME00159
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S6ME00159
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S6ME00159
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:C001035
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S6ME00159:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- C001035
- fec_candidate_id
- S6ME00159
- fec_candidate_ids
- S6ME00159
- govtrack_id
- 300025
- wikidata_id
- Q22279