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Last week an unlisted YouTube link appeared with eight minutes of footage of the senator that was ready-made to be dropped into supportive ads from friendly outside groups
Ms Collins has accumulated far more money than either Democrat
Mr Platner's campaign had nearly three times as much cash entering this year as the Mills campaign did
Maine Democrats whose well-funded candidate against Ms Collins flopped in 2020 are engaged in one of the nation's thorniest primaries for the right to oppose her this year
The Maine senator has long sought to cultivate a politically independent image
After saying Mr Trump learned a pretty big lesson from his first impeachment when she voted to acquit him she was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial after the Jan 6 2021 attack on the Capitol
In an opinion essay published on Tuesday in The Bangor Daily News Ms Collins called this year's election a choice between leaders committed to uniting Americans or further dividing us
Gov Janet Mills is the choice of Senator Chuck Schumer but she faces a tough primary race against Graham Platner an oyster farmer and political neophyte who is backed by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and fellow progressives
Ms Collins was one of three Republicans to oppose Mr Trump's signature domestic policy bill last year and she has opposed his tariff agenda
In 2020 she defeated Sara Gideon by nearly nine percentage points while Mr Trump lost the state to Joseph R Biden Jr by nine points
The Maine Senate seat is crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking control of the chamber in November's midterm elections