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Weeks Before the Election, Susan Collins’s Ties to a Fund-Raiser Are Under Scrutiny
Senator Susan Collins rejected the allegations reported about her ties to fundraiser Scott Reed as she campaigns for reelection.

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SOURCEThe New York Times
Published Sep 24, 2026
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The Times examines Senator Susan Collins’s longstanding ties to fundraiser Scott Reed as a renewed report about an FBI inquiry puts those connections under scrutiny during her close Senate race. Collins criticized the allegations and defended Reed; Reed denied discussing the donor at the center of them.
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ALSO MENTIONED Scott Reed, Lobbyist and fundraiser who leads a super PAC supporting Collins; Tom Daffron, Collins’s husband and a former Capitol Hill staffer whose consulting payment from Reed’s firm is reported
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