Reproductive Freedom for All launches $250,000 campaign targeting Susan Collins over Kavanaugh vote

Reproductive Freedom for All and Senate Majority PAC have launched a $250,000 direct-mail campaign targeting Senator Susan Collins over her 2018 vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The campaign, reaching over 100,000 Maine households, comes as Collins faces voters for the first time since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Collins maintains she does not regret her vote, while her campaign defends her pro-choice record against Democratic challenger Troy Jackson.

Reproductive Freedom campaign spending

• ▪Reproductive Freedom for All and Senate Majority PAC launched a $250,000 direct-mail campaign targeting Senator Susan Collins on September 1, 2026.
• ▪The $250,000 effort is part of a broader $23.5 million "My Body. My Ballot" midterm campaign by Reproductive Freedom for All to mobilize voters.
• ▪The direct-mail campaign will reach more than 100,000 Maine households, targeting women who support reproductive freedom.
• ▪Planned Parenthood Votes is spending more than $600,000 on advertisements attacking Senator Susan Collins over her abortion record.

Collins Kavanaugh vote

• ▪Senator Susan Collins also voted to confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch, but voted against confirming Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
• ▪The mailers highlight Senator Susan Collins' support for confirming over 100 Trump-appointed judges.
• ▪The mailers accuse Senator Susan Collins of breaking promises to protect reproductive rights by voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
• ▪Senator Susan Collins stated in a June televised interview that she does not regret her 2018 vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Maine Senate race

• ▪Women accounted for approximately three-fifths of voters in Senator Susan Collins' 2020 reelection, which she narrowly won over Democrat Sara Gideon.
• ▪Senator Susan Collins is running for reelection in Maine, facing voters for the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
• ▪Democratic candidate Graham Platner dropped out of the Maine Senate race following rape allegations.

Troy Jackson Democratic nominee

• ▪Democratic nominee Troy Jackson co-sponsored legislation in 2023 that expanded abortion access in Maine.
• ▪Democratic nominee Troy Jackson previously opposed abortion and same-sex marriage earlier in his political career before changing his positions.
• ▪Democratic nominee Troy Jackson is running neck-and-neck with Senator Susan Collins in recent polling.

Collins abortion rights position

• ▪Senator Susan Collins' spokesperson Blake Kernen defended Collins as a lifelong pro-choice champion for Maine women.
• ▪A 2025 Planned Parenthood memo credited Senator Susan Collins with a long history of supporting Planned Parenthood and opposing GOP efforts to defund it.
• ▪Senator Susan Collins joined Senator Lisa Murkowski in introducing legislation to codify abortion protections into federal law ahead of the Dobbs ruling.

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