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Alexander Bolton of The Hill reports: “Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is facing a tough reelection in a state carried by Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024, announced on Tuesday that she will vote “no” on Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general.

Collins’s plan to oppose Blanche means he can afford only one more Senate Republican defection and still get confirmed to lead the Justice Department on a longer-term basis, if all members of the Democratic caucus also vote “no.”

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