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Official Biography

Verified July 31, 2026

SUSAN M. COLLINS, Republican, of Bangor, ME; born in Caribou, ME, December 7, 1952; education: B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1975; professional history: staff director, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Oversight of Government Management, 1981-87; principal advisor on business issues, U.S. Senator William S. Cohen; Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation, Maine Governor John R. McKernan, Jr., 1987; New England regional director, Small Business Administration, 1992-93; deputy treasurer, State of Massachusetts, 1993; executive director, Husson College Center for Family Business, 1994-96; election history: elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 1996; reelected to each succeeding Senate term.

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