WH Weighing '26 Replacements for Sen. Susan Collins

After frequently voting against President Donald Trump's urgings, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is on shaky ground for her 2026 midterm reelection campaign and the White House is talking about potential GOP successors if she decides not to run.

The problem is Collins is a unicorn as the lone GOP senator in the deep-blue northeast and her state of Maine is a tough seat to try to defend in the narrowly divided Senate 53-47.

While there is no talk of primarying Collins, the White House is discussing potential replacements to try to thread the needle in the state of Maine, sources told Politico.