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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/26/an-fbi-inquiry-complicates-susan-collinss-campaign-message-maine/

BATH, Maine — For two decades, the sprawling warehouses and work yards of Bath Iron Works have served as the backdrop for Susan Collins’s political campaigns. Her message to voters: As Maine’s senior senator, she brings jobs and money to the people of Bath.

This month, Collins appeared at that same shipyard, shaking hands with some of the 6,000 workers who assemble vessels for the U.S. Navy.

Before she departed, a group of workers delivered her a letter, signed by over 100 employees, thanking her for her work in Washington. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, she has helped secure more than $10 billion in Navy contracts for the yard since 2020, according to her office.

Now, as Collins faces a tight reelection race against Democrat Troy Jackson, allegations involving a different defense contractor are putting her broader record of steering money to Maine under scrutiny and raising a politically charged question: Where does Collins’s aggressive advocacy on behalf of Mainers end and improper influence begin?

This week, the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica disclosed that FBI agents had examined allegations that campaign contributions benefiting Collins were connected to federal contracts sought by a Hawaii-based defense company.

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