Campaign Pingree attacked Collins for supporting the
Bush tax cuts. Both candidates opposed the
Iraq War in the fall of 2002. However, Collins then supported the congressional resolution to attack Iraq, while Pingree opposed it. Collins, a popular moderate, was supported by
health care groups,
environmentalists and
gay rights advocates. She handily defeated Pingree in one of the first U.S. Senate elections in which both major parties nominated women in U.S. history.
Debate Predictions Results Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican •
Androscoggin (largest city:
Lewiston) •
Cumberland (largest municipality:
Portland) •
Kennebec (largest city:
Augusta) == See also ==