In the closely-watched U.S. Senate race in Maine, Republican incumbent Susan Collins has outraised her Democratic opponent by a 3-1 margin in New Jersey.
Collins has raised $171,35 from New Jersey donors, including $5,600 from New Jersey GOP fundraiser Candy Straight and Nicholas Brady, a former U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury. Former Gov. Thomas Kean has contributed $2,800 to Collins.
Brady and his wife, Katherine, each contributed $50,000 to the 1820 PAC, a super PAC formed to help Collins win a fifth term in the Senate. Brady was a Republican U.S. Senator from New Jersey for eight month in 1982 after Kean appointed him to fill a vacancy. He was treasury secretary under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Democrat Sara Gideon, the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, has raised $52,386 from New Jersey. Her top New Jersey donors are Robert Bildner and Elisa Spungen Bildner, who each contributed $5,600.
Gideon also received $2,800 checks from former Corzine administration official Gary Rose and Orin Kramer, once dubbed the “King of the New York Obamasaurs.”
A Colby College poll released today shows the race effectively tied, with Gideon at 43% and Collins at 42%.
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