Maine Senate race heats up as Collins confronts protesters at ceremony

Senator Susan Collins, RR Men, faced a repetition of the demonstrators on Tuesday during the cutting ceremony of the tape indicating the completion of the Road Reconstruction Project 1 which was funded to the federation of $ 9.2 million.

Colines have been drowned about securing federal funds for the project repeatedly, indicating all its challenges on the internal front and the broader battle for the control of the Senate.

Collins, who chairs the Senate Credit Committee, threw the Road 1 project as a major victory for Maine societies.

However, the demonstrators shouted with chants of “shame! Shame! Shame!” While grievances are raised on medical care, Israel’s policy and history in voting for Trump -backed bills.

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She soon seized her democratic rival Graham Blatner, at this moment, as she shared a video closely about HECKLing on X, which contains approximately 4,000 likes.

With the Senate’s suspension of a haircut margin, the Maine race appeared as one of the most watched in the country. Democrats believe that the headquarters of Colines is a possible path to control, while the Republicans, led by President Trump, are fighting to defend their fragile majority.

“I feel very disgusting from the discounts that the Republican Party made for this big ugly bill …. Get Outta here!” One of the demonstrators shouted, referring to “one, a beautiful draft law.”

At one point during the ceremony, Collins tried to think with the demonstrators. “Can you just listen, for the sake of just -” started, before being cut by a protester screaming, “We would like to listen!”

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Senator Susan Collins, R. Men, holds a blanket while she was walking off the Senate Hall after the Senate remained in a session throughout the night in the American Capitol Building on July 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik)

“I have a suggestion. Do you listen to the suggestion?” Collins asked another protester, “Graham Blatner’s voice!”

Graham Blatner is a democratic candidate who has been seeking a long -term moderate Republican challenge, which faces a vibrant re -election battle in an increasing blue country.

Blatner, an ancient army warrior who has turned into oyster farms, postpones his nomination as a battle against what he calls the “billionaire economy”. While his autobiography as a veteran warrior of the working class can resonate in a state with many independents, his policy platform tends strongly to the left. He called for billionaires to prohibit election financing, raise the minimum federal wages, establish postal banking services and defend abortion.

The American Senator Suzan Collins (R-ME) addresses the press in Washington Cager, on November 6, 2022 in Washington Krossing, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

It supports aggressive climate regulations, dismantle companies that he calls monopolies and ends what describes the “collective deportation machine”. Blatner also called for discounts in the Pentagon spending, pledged to “stop the meaningless wars”, and the union authorities decline. These positions were directly placed in the progressive camp and opened it to criticism that it is out of the step with the moderates of Maine despite its veteran credentials.

Meanwhile, the Republicans in Mine’s state rushed to Platler’s paint as outside the state. “Graham is the progress of the far left, supported by progressive national activists and environmental extremists. Likewise, a Colines spokesman rejected him as” just progressive progress. “

Blatner also brought Joe Cavillo, a former senior assistant for Senator John Vitirman, de Ba, as part of his campaign team, and his strategic democratic exploited Maurice Katz, adviser to the nominee of the mayor of New York City Zahran Mamdani, to produce his release video.

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With the spread of Republicans by the majority of the slim Senate members, the battle for the re -election of Collins can help determine whether the Trump effect is still on the formation of the legislative agenda or whether Democrats recover the upper hand.

Maine state is scheduled to be held on the Senate on June 9, 2026, when the general elections were set on November 3, 2026. Senator Collins and Batner did not immediately re -request the Fox News Digital request for comment.

Pilar Arias from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.