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Susan M. Collins

R Republican · Senator, Maine
37
Moderate self-dealing
5/6 components have data
#18 of 193 scored

Collins chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, giving her influence over federal spending sought by healthcare, finance, and defense donors. She and her husband (former lobbyist Thomas Daffron) violated the STOCK Act by disclosing 24 stock trades worth up to $395,000 more than 100 days late between 2013-2018. Her husband's prior lobbying firm received roughly $60 million in government contracts during his tenure, and a pro-Collins super PAC drew an FEC complaint over an alleged $150,000 dark-money donation. Her floor-vote attendance is essentially perfect (0% missed lifetime).

Public record

In Congress since
1997
Committees
Appropriations (Chairman)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Missed votes, 119th Congress
0.0% (0 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$16M raised · 7% from PACs & committees · $11M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
Yes
Cosponsored a ban bill
None

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

4trades since Jan 2025
4buys
0sells
1filed past 45 days
$95K–$250Kdisclosed value range
TradedFiledOwnerAssetTypeAmount
Mar 24, 2026Apr 8, 2026SpouseCumberland Cnty ME 230525LY1Buy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Feb 3, 2026Mar 25, 2026 late 5dSpousePfizer Inc 717081FE8Buy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jan 6, 2026Feb 13, 2026SpouseME St Health & Higher Ed 56042RG22Buy$50,001 - $100,000filing ↗
Sep 30, 2025Oct 11, 2025SpouseME St Muni Bond Bank 56045RJ75Buy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Aug 21, 2024Sep 13, 2024SpouseME St Health & Higher Ed 56042RXW7Buy$50,001 - $100,000filing ↗
Aug 6, 2024Sep 13, 2024SpouseWells Fargo & Co 95001DGW4Buy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Aug 5, 2024Sep 13, 2024SpouseGL Globe Life IncSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Aug 5, 2024Sep 13, 2024SpouseME St Muni Bond Bank 56045RYX1Buy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jul 17, 2024Aug 15, 2024SpouseThermo Fisher Scientific Inc 883556CU4Buy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jun 5, 2024Jul 12, 2024SpouseFIS - Fidelity National Information Services 31620MBW5Buy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-tradinghousehold / spouse
25% weight
45
Spouse traded individual stocks (Microsoft, JPMorgan, CVS, Pfizer bond); 24 transactions up to $395K disclosed 100+ days late, violating the STOCK Act Collins co-sponsored. No evidence of market-beating timing established, but late disclosure on individual equities by a senator's lobbyist spouse is a clear flag.
Collins and husband disclosed 24 stock trades worth up to $395,000 more than 100 days late, violating the STOCK Act she helped write.News reportingnotus.org ↗Late-reported holdings included Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, CVS and a Pfizer bond, all traded by husband Thomas Daffron.News reportingamericanjournalnews.com ↗
Net-worth enrichment in officeno data
15% weight
—
No reliable sourced figure isolating net-worth growth beyond salary and market returns over tenure was located; pre-office wealth is not scored. Insufficient data to assess abnormal enrichment.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
50
Correlation, not proof. As Appropriations chair, Collins draws concentrated contributions from healthcare, finance, and defense sectors with direct business before her committee. A reported instance shows her assisting a defense contractor before a related super PAC donation; no quid-pro-quo is asserted.
Collins' top donor industries are healthcare, finance, and defense, all with major stakes before the Appropriations Committee she chairs.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗Reporting noted Collins helped a defense contractor before a pro-Collins PAC received a related donation.News reportingaxios.com ↗
Campaign-fund personal use
15% weight
15
No documented personal-use spending of campaign funds. A pro-Collins super PAC (1820 PAC) faced an FEC complaint over an alleged $150,000 shell-company donation, but this concerns outside-group conduct, not personal enrichment by Collins; no fine was confirmed.
Campaign Legal Center filed an FEC complaint alleging a $150,000 dark-money donation routed through a shell LLC to the pro-Collins 1820 PAC.News reportingsalon.com ↗
Revolving door & family
15% weight
55
Collins' husband Thomas Daffron is a former lobbyist whose firm (Jefferson Consulting Group) won ~$60M in government contracts 2006-2016, and he has worked for the lobbyist running her re-election super PAC. Direct family-lobbying nexus tied to her office.
Husband Thomas Daffron's lobbying firm received nearly $60 million in government contracts from 2006-2016.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗Daffron worked for the lobbyist leading the primary super PAC supporting Collins' re-election.News reportingzeteo.com ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
0
Collins missed 0 of 10,022 lifetime roll-call votes (0.0%), far better than the 2.8% Senate median. No evidence of neglecting duties for fundraising or paid speeches.
Collins missed 0 of 10,022 roll-call votes (0.0%) from 1997 to June 2026, better than the 2.8% median.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 5 news reporting · 3 reference database. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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