COLLINS, Susan Margaret (1952-)
Republican of Maine 
0th congressional district
Serving in Senate 1997-Present
Biography
A Senator from Maine; born in Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, December 7, 1952; graduated from St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 1975; worked for United States Senator William S. Cohen 1975-1987, serving as staff director of the Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on the Oversight of Government Management 1981-1987; commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation 1987-1992; New England regional director, United States Small Business Administration 1992; served as deputy state treasurer of Massachusetts, 1993; won an eight-way Republican primary to become the first woman nominated for governor of Maine in 1994, but lost general election; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1996; reelected in 2002, 2008, 2014, and again in 2020 for the term ending January 3, 2027; chair, Committee on Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Eighth Congress), Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Ninth Congress), Special Committee on Aging (One Hundred Fourteenth through One Hundred Sixteenth Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Nineteenth Congress).Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
