title: Electoral history of Susan Collins
text: # Electoral history of Susan Collins
  
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  This is the electoral history of Susan Collins, the senior United States senator from Maine since 1997. Previously, she was the 1994 Republican nominee for Governor of Maine.
  
  ## Maine gubernatorial elections
  
  ### 1994
  
  1994 Maine Gubernatorial Republican Primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins | 19,133 | 21.35% |
  | | Republican | Sumner Lipman | 15,214 | 16.98% |
  | | Republican | Jasper Wyman | 14,335 | 15.99% |
  | | Republican | Judith Foss | 11,734 | 13.09% |
  | | Republican | Paul R. Young | 10,088 | 11.26% |
  | | Republican | Mary Adams | 7,678 | 8.57% |
  | | Republican | Charles Webster | 6,220 | 6.94% |
  | | Republican | Pamela Cahill | 5,154 | 5.75% |
  | | Write-in | Write-in | 67 | 0.07% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 89,623 | 100% |
  
  1994 Maine Gubernatorial General Election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Angus King | 180,829 | 35.37% |
  | | Democratic | Joseph Brennan | 172,951 | 33.83% |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins | 117,990 | 23.08% |
  | | Green | Jonathan Carter | 32,695 | 6.39% |
  | | Write-in | Ed Finks | 6,576 | 1.29% |
  | | Write-in | Write-in | 267 | 0.05% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 511,308 | 100% |
  | | Independent gain from Republican | Independent gain from Republican | Independent gain from Republican | Independent gain from Republican |
  
  ## Maine senatorial elections
  
  ### 1996
  
  1996 United States Senate election in Maine, Republican Primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins | 53,339 | 55.50% |
  | | Republican | W. John Hathaway | 29,792 | 31.00% |
  | | Republican | Robert A. G. Monks | 12,943 | 13.47% |
  | | Write-in | Write-in | 33 | 0.03% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 96,107 | 100% |
  
  1996 United States Senate election in Maine, General Election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins | 298,422 | 49.18% |
  | | Democratic | Joseph Brennan | 266,226 | 43.88% |
  | | Green | John Rensenbrink | 23,441 | 3.86% |
  | | Constitution | William P. Clarke | 18,618 | 3.07% |
  | | Write-in | Write-in | 70 | 0.01% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 606,777 | 100% |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ### 2002
  
  2002 United States Senate election in Maine, Republican Primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 74,643 | 100.00% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 74,643 | 100% |
  
  2002 United States Senate election in Maine, General Election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 295,041 | 58.44% |
  | | Democratic | Chellie Pingree | 209,858 | 41.56% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 504,899 | 100% |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ### 2008
  
  2008 United States Senate election in Maine, Republican Primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 56,304 | 99.97% |
  | | Write-in | Write-in | 19 | 0.03% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 56,323 | 100% |
  
  2008 United States Senate election in Maine, General Election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 444,300 | 61.33% |
  | | Democratic | Tom Allen | 279,510 | 38.58% |
  | | Write-in | Write-in | 620 | 0.09% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 724,430 | 100% |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ### 2014
  
  2014 United States Senate election in Maine, Republican Primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 59,767 | 100.00% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 59,767 | 100% |
  
  2014 United States Senate election in Maine, General Election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 413,495 | 68.46% |
  | | Democratic | Shenna Bellows | 190,244 | 31.50% |
  | | Write-in | Write-in | 269 | 0.04% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 604,008 | 100% |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ### 2020
  
  2020 United States Senate election in Maine, Republican Primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 87,375 | 98.79% |
  | | write-in | Amy Colter | 1,073 | 1.21% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 88,448 | 100.0% |
  
  2020 United States Senate election in Maine, General Election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 417,645 | 50.98% |
  | | Democratic | Sara Gideon | 347,223 | 42.39% |
  | | Independent | Lisa Savage | 40,579 | 4.95% |
  | | Independent | Max Linn | 13,508 | 1.65% |
  | | Write-in | Write-in | 228 | 0.03% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 819,183 | 100.0% |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  