Maine’s abortion test puts Collins’s Senate seat at stake in 2026

Democratic groups are running heavy abortion-focused ads against Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, tying her Kavanaugh confirmation to the Dobbs era and Maine’s expansion of abortion access. Collins is framed as a longtime pro-choice pragmatist, while abortion-rights advocates argue her record still has electoral bite, especially among women voters. The outcome could reveal whether abortion remains a decisive motivator in blue-leaning states or if other issues dominate since Roe v. Wade was overturned.