2020 United States Senate election in Maine

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The 2020 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Maine. Republican incumbent Susan Collins won re-election to a fifth term, defeating Democratic state House speaker Sara Gideon. The race became the most expensive in Maine's history, with Collins spending $23 million and Gideon $48 million. It also had national implications, as defeating Collins was a key part of the Democrats' strategy to achieve a Senate majority. While Gideon led Collins in nearly every public poll, Collins unexpectedly defeated Gideon by 8.6 points on election day. Collins outperformed Republican President Donald Trump, who lost the state to Democratic nominee Joe Biden by more than nine percent. Maine was the only state to elect a senator of a different party than the winner of its presidential contest in the November 3 election. Maine used a ranked choice voting system in the 2020 U.S. Senate election, as established...

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