'They Get Rich. Maine Pays the Price': Platner Campaign Takes Swing at Collins and Corporate Lobbyist Husband

"Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner’s campaign is taking aim at Sen. Susan Collins and her lobbyist husband, calling her long history of supporting policies that helped his firm 'the biggest political scandal in Maine' in an ad released Wednesday."

"It follows a report out the previous day from Zeteo revealing that Collins’ husband, Tom Daffron, worked as recently as last year for a firm owned by Scott Reed, the lobbyist who leads Pine Tree Results, a billionaire-funded super political action committee (PAC) that is spending millions to support Collins’ (R-Maine) campaign for reelection."

"While not necessarily a violation of the law, which prohibits super PACs from coordinating with the campaigns they support, the Platner campaign described Daffron’s lobbying work as 'only the latest example of the blurred lines between Collins, her husband, and the Washington insider network that has surrounded her political career for decades.' "

"Daffron’s activity as a Washington lobbyist stretches back more than two decades, before his marriage to Collins in 2012. In 2006, Daffron became the chief operating officer of the lobbying and consulting firm Jefferson Consulting Group."

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