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What the downfall of near three-decade senator Susan Collins says about Republican unpopularity

Published November 4, 2026 3:00 pm • Updated November 4, 2026 3:51 pm •
What the downfall of near three-decade senator Susan Collins says about Republican unpopularity
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Troy Jackson, in just 101 days, bested the Republican, preventing her sixth Senate term: ‘You can’t eat road salt’The political demise of Susan Collins – a fixture of Maine and Washington politics for three decades – recalls the famous line in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises about how one of the novel’s characters experienced bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly.In the run-up to Tuesday’s stunning Democrat…

Troy Jackson, in just 101 days, bested the Republican, preventing her sixth Senate term: ‘You can’t eat road salt’The political demise of Susan Collins – a fixture of Maine and Washington politics for three decades – recalls the famous line in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises about how one of the novel’s characters experienced bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly.In the run-up to Tuesday’s stunning Democrat…

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