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发布时间：2026年2月10日 美国东部时间下午4:38
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美国缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯（R-ME）于2025年6月30日在美国华盛顿特区国会山行走，当时共和党议员正努力通过美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的大规模支出和减税法案。 REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz [获取授权，新标签页打开]
华盛顿，2月10日（路透社） – 美国共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯周二宣布，她将在11月的中期选举中寻求第六个任期，这为缅因州的席位争夺战埋下了高风险的伏笔。
她决定参选，无视了唐纳德·特朗普总统近期的攻击。特朗普对柯林斯的反对，使共和党维持脆弱参议院多数席位的策略变得复杂。她将自己的候选资格定位为“解决问题”与“适得其反的对抗”之间的选择。
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“在华盛顿似乎陷入僵局、信任度低下之际，缅因州需要经验丰富、行事稳健的领导，以及一位致力于为民众解决问题的参议员，”柯林斯在《班戈每日新闻》的专栏文章中表示。
这位73岁的中间派议员被视为今年竞选中最脆弱的共和党参议员，在缅因州（2024年特朗普在此以近7个百分点失利）的改选中面临势均力敌的竞争。根据追踪政治民调的RealClearPolitics.com显示，她的主要民主党竞争对手包括缅因州州长珍妮特·米尔斯和进步派格雷厄姆·普拉特纳，两人均在民调中对柯林斯形成强劲挑战。
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柯林斯的正式参选消除了外界对其计划的疑虑。此前，特朗普曾抨击柯林斯及其他四位共和党参议员支持一项决议，该决议要求在没有国会授权的情况下禁止他对委内瑞拉采取进一步军事行动，而当时总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗已被罢免。
共和党在参议院以53-47的席位优势领先，但被看好能在特朗普任期最后两年继续掌控参议院。然而，近几个月来，民主党人对缩小共和党多数甚至掌控参议院的希望有所上升，柯林斯被视为被罢免的主要目标。
特朗普牢牢掌控共和党，其在党内初选中的影响力往往能决定候选人的成败。他在Truth Social网站上抨击了五位支持委内瑞拉决议的共和党人，称他们“不应再当选”。在这五人中，只有柯林斯今年面临连任。
柯林斯被认为是唯一能在11月大选中赢得缅因州席位的共和党人。她在回应特朗普攻击时对记者表示，她猜测特朗普“更希望米尔斯州长或其他人（获胜）”。
特朗普对柯林斯的攻击提升了民主党人赢得该席位的希望，但尚无迹象表明总统会支持初选挑战者。
柯林斯是在特朗普第二次弹劾审判中投赞成票定罪的七位共和党人之一。尽管特朗普曾攻击她反对共和党医保法案及支持最高法院大法官艾米·科尼·巴雷特提名等问题，她仍在2020年成功连任。
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Republican US Senator Susan Collins announces bid for re-election
By David Morgan
February 10, 2026 4:38 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
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U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) walks in Capitol Hill, as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz [Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab]
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced on Tuesday that she will seek a sixth term in November’s midterm elections, setting up a high-stakes battle for her seat in Maine.
Her decision to run defies recent attacks from President Donald Trump, whose opposition to Collins complicates the Republican strategy to keep its fragile Senate majority. She presented her candidacy as a choice between problem solving and counterproductive confrontation.
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“At a time when Washington seems broken and trust is low, Maine needs experienced, steady leadership and a senator committed to the hard work it takes to get things done,” Collins said in an op-ed column in the Bangor Daily News.
The 73-year-old centrist, seen as the most vulnerable Senate Republican in this year’s campaign, faces a toss-up bid for re-election in a state that Trump lost by nearly seven points in 2024. Her top Democratic contenders include Maine Governor Janet Mills and progressive Graham Platner, who have both polled strongly against Collins, according to RealClearPolitics.com, which tracks political polls.
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Collins’ formal declaration dispelled uncertainty about her plans, after Trump attacked her and four other Senate Republicans over their support for a resolution to bar him from taking further military action in Venezuela without congressional authorization, following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.
Republicans have a 53-47 seat majority in the Senate and are favored to keep control of the chamber in the final two years of Trump’s presidency. But in recent months, Democrats have become more hopeful about their chances of reducing the Republican majority or even taking control of the chamber, with Collins viewed as a leading target for ouster.
Trump maintains a tight hold on the Republican Party and his influence in party primary elections can often make or break a candidate. On his Truth Social website, the president attacked the five Republicans who supported the Venezuela resolution, saying they “should never be elected to office again.” Of the five, only Collins faces re-election this year.
Collins, seen as the only Republican who can win the November general election in Maine, responded to news of the Trump attack by telling reporters that she guessed Trump “would prefer to have Governor Mills or somebody else.”
Trump’s attack on Collins helped raise Democratic hopes of capturing the seat. But there has been no sign of the president backing a primary challenger.
Collins, one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, was able to win re-election in 2020 despite Trump attacks over issues including her opposition to Republican healthcare legislation and his Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.
Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Lisa Shumaker
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