The Daffron/Collins portfolio includes shares in major defense contractors (including General Dynamics, parent of Bath Iron Works in Maine) and healthcare companies (UnitedHealth Group, Pfizer), while Collins chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee with jurisdiction over defense and healthcare spending. A Schumer‑linked PAC spent $700,000 on ads attacking
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· 2025-09-09
Collins does not support the bipartisan Hawley bill (S.1498) that would ban members of Congress, presidents, and vice presidents from trading individual stocks, instead arguing that existing insider‑trading prohibitions and disclosure requirements 'provide appropriate safeguards and should be enforced.' Polling shows 95 % of Mainers support such a ban.
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· 2025-08-01
Collins was caught violating the STOCK Act — which she co‑authored in 2012 — when she failed to timely disclose her husband's purchase of a Pfizer corporate bond worth $15,001‑$50,000 on February 3, 2026. The disclosure was submitted five days past the 45‑day deadline. The standard fine for such violations is $200, and the Ethics Committee generally waives f
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· 2026-03-26
Collins has never personally bought, sold, or owned any shares of stock during her entire Senate tenure (1997‑present), according to her office. All stock assets are held by her husband Thomas Daffron, a former Senate staffer and lobbying‑firm COO, and managed by a third‑party advisor who makes investment decisions without consultation from either Collins or
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· 2025-08-01
Quiver Quantitative estimated that Senator Susan M. Collins made $363,100 in the stock market in a single month — the period ending May 22, 2025 — based on live net‑worth tracking of approximately $3.5 million in publicly traded assets. Her estimated net worth at that point was $5.9 million, ranking 121st in Congress.
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· 2025-05-22
Collins' portfolio (attributed to her husband Thomas Daffron) increased in value by approximately 77.5 % in 2024, placing her eighth among members of Congress for portfolio growth, according to the Unusual Whales 2024 Congress Trading Report. This was nearly triple the S&P 500's 24.9 % return and ranked behind Rep. Pete Sessions (tied at +77.5 %) and ahead o
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· 2025-01-07
Quiver Quantitative's live net worth methodology parses congressional financial disclosure filings and applies real-time stock price movements to disclosed asset ranges, generating estimates that are algorithmic approximations, not audited financial statements. The methodology cannot account for personal residences (generally not reported), federal retiremen
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· 2024-04-30
Collins' 2023 Senate financial disclosure reported total assets ranging from $3,087,088 to $7,959,000 and net worth between $2,587,088 and $7,708,999—a disclosure range spanning nearly $5 million that reflects the congressional reporting system's use of broad valuation brackets, making all third-party net worth estimates inherently approximate.
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· 2024-06-06
Collins' net worth trajectory shows substantial growth during her Senate tenure: OpenSecrets estimated her net worth at $4.12 million in 2018, while Quiver Quantitative's October 2025 estimate is $6.6 million—a 60% increase over approximately seven years. Her household portfolio grew 77.5% in 2024 alone, placing her eighth among all members of Congress for p
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· 2025-10-17
Collins does not support the bipartisan Hawley bill to ban congressional stock trading, arguing that the 2012 STOCK Act—which she co-authored—already bars insider trading and provides 'robust financial disclosure requirements' that should be enforced. This places her at odds with independent Sen. Angus King (I-ME), who supports the ban, and with Democratic o
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· 2025-08-01
Collins does not personally own any stocks. Her 2024 financial disclosure attributes all stock assets to her husband, Thomas Daffron, a former Senate staffer and COO of lobbying firm Jefferson Consulting. Collins' office states she 'has never bought, sold, or owned any shares of stock during her entire Senate tenure,' and that 'Tom Daffron's investment decis
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· 2025-09-09
Quiver Quantitative estimates Susan Collins' net worth at $6.6 million as of October 17, 2025, ranking her 142nd highest in Congress, with approximately $3.8 million invested in publicly traded assets that Quiver tracks live—not $3.5 million as the original claim states. The $3.5M figure dates from May 2025 and was revised upward to $3.6M (July) and $3.8M (S
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· 2025-10-17
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: 2024 general election margin (King vs. Demi Kouzounas; Collins not on ballot): King 52.4% – Kouzounas 42.2%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population age 65 and older: 22.1%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 4.04%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median property value (2024): $296,600
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 74.3%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+): 35.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population White (Non-Hispanic): 94.2%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate (2024): 10.7%
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Last contradiction analysis: Never
Platform: "Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on October 6, 2018. During her floor speech announcing her vote, Collins asserted "
Vote: on "On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court, with Kavanaugh and Gorsuch in the majority, voted to overturn R"
Collins claimed she had 'done her homework' and that Kavanaugh would respect Roe as settled law — her stated precondition for supporting any nominee. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch then voted to overturn Roe in Dobbs. Collins' expression of feeling 'misled' d
Platform: "Collins campaigned as a fiscal conservative, repeatedly emphasizing deficit reduction and fiscal responsibility. In 2017 she was one of three Republic"
Vote: on "Collins voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017 after receiving promises from GOP leade"
Collins voted against ACA repeal because it would strip coverage from millions and raise costs, yet weeks later voted for a tax bill that achieved the same result by repealing the individual mandate. She accepted promises of subsequent healthcare leg
Platform: "Collins voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial on February 13, 2021, stating his conduct on January 6 was like 'tossing a lit m"
Vote: on "In Trump's first impeachment trial, Collins voted to acquit on February 5, 2020, stating she believe"
Collins voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment for inciting the January 6 insurrection, citing the severity of his actions. However, only one year earlier she voted to acquit him in his first impeachment, claiming he had 'learned a pretty b
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