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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Maine > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline March 01, 2008 - 05:00am
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00am
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorJohn
Last ModifiedThe Sunset Provision December 03, 2008 01:40pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameSusan Collins Votes295,041 (58.44%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin85,183 (+16.87%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 10, 2008 ME US Senate - D Primary Tom Allen
Jun 10, 2008 ME US Senate - R Primary Susan Collins
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.5713996887 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Susan Collins
Safe 2
Strong 16
Lean 25
Slight 16
Tom Allen
Slight 2
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

04/20/2007 11/02/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Sen. Susan Collins Rep. Tom Allen Others
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent
Votes444,300 (61.33%) 279,510 (38.58%) 620 (0.09%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -164,790 (-22.75%) -443,680 (-61.25%)
Predict Avg.52.44% 43.89% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
11/01-11/02		 56.00% (+2.0) 42.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
11/01-11/01		 57.00% (+4.0) 41.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
YouGov 
10/18-11/01		 55.00% (+0.0) 35.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/19-10/20		 54.00% (-1.0) 43.00% (+4.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Critical Insights 
10/16-10/19		 54.00% (+4.0) 42.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/14-10/15		 53.00% (-4.0) 40.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I McCord 2014
R ...
  Portsmouth Herald
I smm
IND Monsieur
D COSDem
  Planned Parenthood Federation of America
D Bob

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 27, 2008 08:00am News Maine Dems Not Saying Die Despite Sen. Collins’ Resilience  Article John 
Jul 29, 2008 11:00am News Maine Supreme Court Removes Herb Hoffman from Ballot  Article TX DEM 
May 17, 2008 09:00pm Blog Entry Opening a New Front  Article WesternDem 
Sep 26, 2007 12:00am News Collins, Maine GOP knock Allen for his missed votes  Article The Sunset Provision 
Sep 21, 2007 01:00pm News Habeas Corpus and a Senate Race in Maine  Article The Sunset Provision 
Aug 22, 2007 12:55pm Editorial There’s no crying in politics - We’re talking to you, Susan Collins  Article RP 

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