REALITY SETTING IN: Maine Voters Begin to Realize That Without Susan Collins, the Piles of Cash She Regularly Brought Into the (Poor) State Are Going Bye-Bye

Now that the dust of the midterms is beginning to settle, voters in Maine are finally beginning to realize what life is going to be like without Senator Susan Collins.

Collins may not have been a reliable vote for conservatives, but as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, she was like a cash machine for the state of Maine. She brought millions of dollars into the, largely poor, state. Through years of service, she had built all kinds of valuable connections and all of it benefitted the people of Maine.

And now all of that is going away. Oh well. Good luck with Troy Jackson, Mainers. You’ll need it.

As Sen. Susan Collins’ final term nears its end, some Mainers are expressing concerns about the future of federal funding for the state. She currently chairs the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.

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— CBS 13 News (@WGME) November 10, 2026

From the story:

As Sen. Susan Collins’ final term nears its end, some Mainers are expressing concerns about the future of federal funding for the state.

Collins, who lost her reelection bid for a sixth term to Democrat Troy Jackson, currently chairs the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, but her term ends in about two months.

During her time in that position, Collins has helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for Maine, including money for the state’s aging fire departments.

However, University of Maine political science professor and department chair Mark Brewer says it’s too early to know how Collins’ departure will affect federal funding.

“It’s highly unlikely that Maine will have the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee in its delegation. I think that’s probably relatively safe. I think it’s also safe to say that Senator Jackson will not have 29 years of seniority in the United States Senate, right? We know that. Beyond that, I don’t know that we can say too much,” Brewer said.

The time to think about all of this was before the election.

Sorry Maine but you get the resister who wags his finger at Trump instead of the lady who was sending all that money your way lmfao https://t.co/rxyvXXhNNy

— 🇺🇸 Ronald Raygun 🇸🇴 (@ALZoomer5047) November 10, 2026

There is an old saying in New England for times when someone finally figures out something that was obvious to everyone else.

It goes like this. Light dawns on Marblehead.

Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.

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