How outlets cover Susan M. Collins R · ME · SEN · Oct 12, 2026
GOP Super PAC Runs Collins Ads in Portland, Oregon Instead of Maine
A Republican group mistakenly ran ads supporting Susan Collins in Portland, Oregon, instead of Portland, Maine. Coverage centers on the placement error and adds varying details about the refund, the ads’ target, and a debate exchange.
Lead article · The Hill · CENTERPro-Collins ads target wrong Portland in GOP super PAC mix-upCommunity verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Collins in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Collins’s record.
The outlets report that a Republican group mistakenly ran ads supporting Susan Collins in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine.
Center outlets focus on the mistaken placement; their added details vary, including a refund, ads beginning in Maine, the ads’ target, and Collins’s tariff exchange with her challenger.
Outlets by lean
3 RATEDCompare by side
Center coverage treats the Oregon placement of ads supporting Collins, rather than Maine, as the central error.
How outlets portrayed Collins, by side
3 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
When each side covered it
OCT 12Articles per day by side. OCT 12: Left 0, Center 3, Right 0.
Only center outlets have covered this. We’ll alert you when a left- or right-leaning outlet does.Only center outlets have covered this so far. We’ll alert you when a left- or right-leaning outlet does.