Susan M. Collins

Republican · Senator, ME

Raised, 2021–2026
$25.2M
From PACs & committees
$559.9K
Top sector
Party & Candidate Committees
Outside spending for
$3.8M
Outside spending against
$1.6M

Committees

Where the money came from

  • Individuals
  • PACs
  • Party, self & other
2025–26
$22.5M
2023–24
$1.6M
2021–22
$1.1M
Money raised by cycle
CycleIndividualsPACsParty, self & otherTotal
2026$15,299,979$1,593,454$5,571,785$22,465,218
2024$940,099$321,919$361,983$1,624,001
2022$675,455$228,500$232,294$1,136,249

Totals from the FEC's candidate summaries.S6ME00159

PAC money by sector

  1. $559K
  2. $492.2K
  3. $483.5K
  4. $255.9K
  5. $255.3K
  6. $250.4K
  7. $240.6K
  8. $231.8K
  9. $193K
  10. $179K
  11. $103K
  12. $74.5K
  13. $48.2K
  14. $26K
  15. $13.5K

Individual donors by sector

Estimated from the employer and occupation on 18,195 itemized donations ($9.7M). Donations of $200 or less aren't itemized.

  1. Retired
    $3.6M
  2. Unknown
    $2.7M
  3. $1.9M
  4. $536.4K
  5. $238.2K
  6. $116.1K
  7. $113.2K
  8. $110.2K
  9. $105.6K
  10. $100.4K
  11. $94.3K
  12. $67.9K
  13. Not employed
    $40.9K
  14. $37.3K
  15. $5.4K

Top employers of donors

Itemized donations from people who listed each employer.

  1. $56.5K
  2. $37.6K
  3. $34.2K
  4. Apollo
    $32K
  5. The Kraft Group
    $28K
  6. Deane
    $25.5K
  7. $25.3K
  8. Apollo Global Management
    $24.5K
  9. O'hara Corp.
    $24.1K
  10. Texas Crude Energy, LLC
    $24.1K
  11. $22.4K
  12. Kirkland and Ellis
    $21.3K
  13. Atlas Holdings
    $18.8K
  14. Montgomery Capital Inc
    $18.5K
  15. Neuberger Berman
    $18.1K

Outside spending

Super PACs and other groups can spend unlimited amounts on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they don't coordinate with the campaign. This money doesn't go to Susan M. Collins.

SpenderSupportingOpposing
America's Credit Unions
Committee
$803.3K–
Planned Parenthood Votes
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$759.1K
Lead Maine Committee, Inc.
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$638.2K–
Slf PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$625.9K–
Clearpath Action Fund, Inc.
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$616.4K–
Stronger Maine
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$539K–
Association for Emergency Responders and Firefighters, PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$384.6K–
Government That Works PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$351K
Reproductive Freedom for All Freedom Fund
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$169.5K
Votevets
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$123K
Afscme Working Families Fund
Committee
–$91.4K
Paf
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$75K
The American Firefighters Initiative PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$67.7K–
Firefighters Coalition of America PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$56.4K–
League of Labor Voters
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$50K
The Conservative Caucus Dba Americans for Constitutional Liberty
Committee
$32.3K–
Red Senate
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$16.4K–
Drain the Dc Swamp PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$8.3K
The Lincoln Project
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$5.8K
Maine Democratic Party
Party committee
–$3.4K
Winsenate
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$3K
Neighbor Voices PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$2.1K
Rural Freedom Network
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$2K
Field Team 6, Inc.
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$1.3K
The Sentinel Action Fund
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$1K–

Top contributors

Each organization's PAC plus donations from its employees, the way OpenSecrets counted.

  1. Lockheed Martin CorpPAC $10K · employees $56.5K
    $66.5K
  2. NrscPAC $62K
    $62K
  3. American Airlines IncPAC $10K · employees $37.6K
    $47.6K
  4. Southwest AirlinesPAC $10K · employees $34.2K
    $44.2K
  5. General Dynamics CorporationPAC $10K · employees $25.3K
    $35.3K
  6. Charter CommunicationsPAC $10K · employees $22.4K
    $32.4K
  7. Apolloemployees $32K
    $32K
  8. The Kraft Groupemployees $28K
    $28K
  9. Deaneemployees $25.5K
    $25.5K
  10. Apollo Global Managementemployees $24.5K
    $24.5K
  11. O'hara Corp.employees $24.1K
    $24.1K
  12. Texas Crude Energy, LLCemployees $24.1K
    $24.1K
  13. Idt CorpPAC $10K · employees $14K
    $24K
  14. Rtx Corporation and AffiliatesPAC $10K · employees $13.1K
    $23.1K
  15. Goldman SachsPAC $5K · employees $17.5K
    $22.5K

Top PACs

  1. NrscParty committee
    $62K
  2. $14.4K
  3. $12K
  4. $11.5K
  5. $10K
  6. $10K
  7. $10K
  8. $10K
  9. $10K
  10. $10K
  11. $10K
  12. $10K
  13. $10K
  14. $10K
  15. E-PACLeadership PAC
    $10K