Pledged during her first Senate campaign that if elected she would serve only two terms (twelve years) in the U.S. Senate. She was sworn in for a fifth term in January 2021 and in 2026 launched a campaign for a sixth term, so the term-limit pledge was not kept.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Pledged during her first Senate campaign that if elected she would serve only two terms (twelve years) in the U.S. Senate. She was sworn in …”
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- Newsweekhttps://www.newsweek.com/30-year-old-clip-susan-collins-resurfaces-announces-running-11510301 ↗
“I do support term limits, and I have pledged, if I'm elected, I will only serve two terms, regardless of whether term limits law, constitutional amendment passes or not.”