2026年6月13日 美国东部时间上午10:00 / 福克斯新闻
科林斯称此次竞选“似曾相识” 六年前民主党斥资1.6亿美元试图击败她
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发布于2026年6月13日 美国东部时间上午10:00
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共和党联邦参议员苏珊·科林斯对福克斯新闻数字频道表示：“查克·舒默再次将我列为……他的头号目标”
在宣布2026年连任后首次全国性重要采访中，共和党联邦参议员苏珊·科林斯对福克斯新闻数字频道表示，唐纳德·特朗普总统的批评恰恰证明：“我是独立的。”
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独家报道：缅因州共和党联邦参议员苏珊·科林斯在田间练就了吃苦耐劳的品质。
10岁那年，她和缅因州卡里布市的其他几个孩子一样，辍学去马铃薯田帮忙收割，当时她所在的阿鲁斯图克县是远近闻名的马铃薯产区，当地人称之为“郡县”。
“我记得10岁第一次去干活时，妈妈对我说：‘听着，苏珊，这活儿真的很累，会累断腰，但你不能放弃。农民们都指望着你，你不能让他们失望，’”科林斯对福克斯新闻数字频道说道。“这些话一直记在我心里。”
舒默的“头号目标”称选民会认为其民主党参议院挑战者过于极端
苏珊·科林斯参议员抨击民主党参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳嘲讽美国伤兵，两人即将在11月展开对决，普拉特纳旧帖近期持续被翻出。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-滚石公司 盖蒂图片社；乔·雷德尔/盖蒂图片社）
正是在卡里布市家乡养成的工作 ethic，加上父母先后担任这座小镇市长的经历，塑造了如今这位政坛巨头的她——她创下了参议院连续1万次投票的纪录，并执掌权力巨大的参议院拨款委员会主席一职。
这也让她成为本届选举周期中被重点针对的对象，参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默正再次试图拿下她的席位。
科林斯的竞选也因势在必得的对手成为本届选举周期中最受关注、也最具争议的一场：民主党提名候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳在过去几个月里不断曝出一桩又一桩丑闻。
科林斯在从缅因州班戈前往波特兰的车程中接受了福克斯新闻数字频道采访——自1997年加入参议院以来，她已经往返这条路线无数次。她承认普拉特纳过去和现在都麻烦不断，但仍将其视为严肃的对手。
缅因州民主党人决定参议院候选人命运 此前深陷爆炸性指控
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特朗普支持科林斯称其“理智女性” 称缅因州民主党对手是“虚假暴徒”
“我很惊讶珍妮特·米尔斯州长没有成为我的对手，”科林斯说，“这本是我预料之中的结果，尤其是考虑到针对格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的严重指控，再加上他多年来乃至最近的言论。所以我认为他有很多问题需要回答，但我确实将他视为非常认真的候选人。”
普拉特纳在其激进竞选活动中攻击科林斯早已不是新鲜事，他抨击科林斯20年前授权伊拉克战争的投票，以及她对唐纳德·特朗普总统部分议程的支持。
在本周早些时候的胜选演讲中，他指责科林斯“和她如今效力的建制派一样懦弱腐败”。
科林斯并非首次经历激烈竞选，她认为自己的政绩才是缅因州选民更看重的标准。
“我认为当人们看到我为缅因州人民带来的成就和成果时，差距是巨大的，”科林斯说，“愤怒的言辞不会带来成果。”
她深谙如何为缅因州争取到联邦拨款。在她升任参议院拨款委员会主席的过程中，她在五年内带回了150亿美元拨款，新建或翻新了数十个消防站，投入了数十亿美元的农村医疗资金，还争取到一艘消防船，在波特兰码头发生火灾时拯救了沿岸多家关键企业。
尽管丑闻缠身，但她目前与普拉特纳的选情仍十分胶着。
而多年来一直试图击败她的舒默，希望在本届选举周期抓住机会，哪怕这位候选人并非他的首选。
观看：查克·舒默回避普拉特纳丑闻 确认支持这位有争议的民主党人
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默于2026年6月2日在华盛顿特区参议院民主党每周政策午餐会后的新闻发布会上发言。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
舒默告诉Semafor新闻，科林斯“比2020年我们上次对决时更弱了”，并认为她为特朗普辩护、投票确认最高法院大法官布雷特·卡瓦诺，以及该投票在推翻罗伊诉韦德案中所起的作用，都让她的支持率受损。
“对我来说，这一切都似曾相识，”科林斯说，她提到六年前舒默和民主党人花费超过1.6亿美元试图击败她。
科林斯辩称：“民主党领导人总是歪曲我的记录，”并补充说，去年她投票推进特朗普的“宏伟法案”，是为了让她和其他议员能够修改该法案。她最终否决了最终版本，但仍为农村医院争取到了500亿美元的资金。
“如果我不能参与法案投票，我就无法推动修改，”科林斯说。
在卡瓦诺的问题上，科林斯指出，她不同意他在罗伊诉韦德案上的投票，但她也“曾投票支持过在该问题上持相反立场的人选”。
“我投票支持了索尼娅·索托马约尔，投票支持了埃琳娜·卡根，投票支持了杰克逊大法官，”科林斯说，“而这一点似乎总是被忽略。”
她也并非完全追随特朗普的立场，特朗普最近曾表示科林斯“根本不是我最好的朋友”，但她是一位“理智的女性”。这位资深议员闻言笑了起来，她指出：“我与五位不同的总统合作过，从未在每一个议题上都完全赞同他们中的任何一位。”
“我知道有些人希望我仅仅因为唐纳德·特朗普是总统就反对他，但我的行事原则并非如此，”科林斯说，“我会审视每一个单独的议题，然后做出决定。这取决于它是否对缅因州有利，是否能改善缅因州民众的生活。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
EXCLUSIVE: Collins pits record built in Maine potato fields against Platner’s ‘angry rhetoric’
June 13, 2026 10:00am EDT / Fox News
Collins calls race ‘déjà vu’ after Democrats spent $160M trying to defeat her six years ago
By Alex Miller Fox News
Published June 13, 2026 10:00am EDT
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GOP Sen. Susan Collins tells Fox News Digital, ‘Chuck Schumer has made me once again… his number one target’
In her first major national interview after announcing her 2026 re-election, GOP Sen. Susan Collins tells Fox News Digital that President Donald Trump’s criticism shows: “I’m independent.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, learned hard work in the dirt.
When she was 10 years old, like several other children in Caribou, Maine, she left school to pick potato fields to aid farmers with the harvest deep in potato country in Aroostook County, dubbed “The County” by locals.
“I remember my mother saying to me when I was going to pick for the first time at age 10, saying, ‘Now, Susan, this is really hard, back-breaking work, but you cannot quit. The farmers are depending on you, and you can’t let them down,’” Collins told Fox News Digital. “And those words have always stayed with me.”
SCHUMER’S ‘NUMBER ONE TARGET’ SAYS VOTERS WILL SEE HER DEMOCRAT SENATE CHALLENGER AS TOO EXTREME
Sen. Susan Collins blasts Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s mocking of a U.S. wounded soldier as the two are headed toward a likely November showdown as old Reddit posts continue to resurface from Platner.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images; Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
It’s that work ethic born in her hometown of Caribou, molded by her parents’ separate stints as mayor of the small town in the county that helped shape her into the political titan she is today, propelling her to a record 10,000th straight vote in the Senate and a gavel atop the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
It’s also caused her to have the biggest target on her back in a highly contentious election cycle where Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is once again trying to flip her seat.
Collins’ race has also become the most-watchedand controversial of the cycle because of her unlikely opponent, Democratic nominee Graham Platner, who over the last several months has been rocked by scandal after scandal.
Speaking to Fox News Digital on the drive between Bangor, Maine and Portland, one she’s made several times since joining the Senate in 1997, Collins acknowledged Platner’s rocky past and present but that she still was taking him seriously as an opponent.
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“I am surprised that Gov. Janet Mills is not my opponent,” Collins said. “That’s what I would have predicted, particularly given the very serious allegations against Graham Platner. Plus, his own words over many years, including recently. So, I think that he has a lot of questions to answer, but I do take him very seriously as a candidate.”
Platner has been no stranger when it comes to attacking Collins in his insurgent campaign, skewering her for her vote to authorize the Iraq War two decades ago or her backing of parts of President Donald Trump’s agenda.
During his acceptance speech earlier this week, he accused her of being “just as spineless and corrupt as the establishment she now serves.”
Collins, who is no stranger to heated campaigns, argued that her ability to produce results was a better metric for Mainers.
“I think when people look at the accomplishments and results that I’ve delivered for the people of Maine, that the contrast is enormous,” Collins said. “And angry rhetoric does not produce results.”
She knows how to bring the bacon home to Maine. In her climb to the top of the Senate Appropriations Committee, she’s sent back $1.5 billion over five years, dozens of new or renovated fire stations, billions in rural healthcare funding and a fire boat that saved key businesses along Portland’s waterfront when a blaze broke out.
Still, she’s in a tight race with Platner, despite the scandals and baggage.
And Schumer, who has spent years trying to beat her, hopes to seize the opportunity in this cycle, even with a candidate who was not his first choice.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference following a weekly policy luncheon with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on June 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Schumer told Semafor that Collins is “weaker than in 2020,” when they last squared off, arguing that her defense of Trump, her vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the role that vote played in overturning Roe v. Wade have weighed her down.
“To me, this is déjà vu all over again,” Collins said, noting that six years ago, Schumer and Democrats spent over $160 million to defeat her.
Collins contended, “Democratic leaders always distort my record,” and added that when she voted to advance Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” last year, it was so she and others could modify the bill. She ultimately voted against the final product but scored a $50 billion rural hospital fund nonetheless.
“If we can’t get on the bill, I can’t help fix that,” Collins said.
And on Kavanaugh, Collins noted that she disagreed with how he voted on Roe v. Wade, but that she also voted “for people who voted on the other side of that decision.”
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“I voted for Sonia Sotomayor. I voted for Elena Kagan. I voted for Justice Jackson,” Collins said. “And that always seems to get left out.”
She doesn’t vote in lockstep with Trump, either, who recently said that Collins was “not my best friend at all,” but was a “sane woman.” That prompted a laugh from the longtime lawmaker, who noted, “I’ve worked with five different presidents, and I have never agreed with a single one of them on every issue.”
“I know that there’s some people who want me to oppose President Trump, just because he’s President Trump, and that’s not how I operate,” Collins said. “I look at each individual issue and then make my decision. And based on whether it’s helpful to the state of Maine, and improves the lives of families in the state of Maine.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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