AP quotes Brewer in article about Sen. Susan Collins’ voting record
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in an Associated Press article about how U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is nearing her 6,000th consecutive vote in the Senate. On Thursday, Collins is likely to become the third senator to hit the milestone when she weighs in on measures related to the Iran nuclear deal, according to the article. Brewer said Collins’ perfect attendance speaks to the qualities that voters like about her: she’s hardworking, determined and steadfast. He said she probably knows that her opponents will try to use it against her if she misses a vote, the article states. “She has played it up so much and put so much importance and emphasis on it that if it were to end for a reason that could have been avoided, then I think it could be used against her in the next campaign,” Brewer said. The Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal, Star Tribune and Tri-City Herald carried the AP report.