Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 12 October 2026
Pro-Collins ads target wrong Portland in GOP super PAC mix-up
Ads promoting Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) appeared to target the wrong city of Portland in a Republican super PAC mix-up, running the advertisements in Oregon instead of Maine. “During a recent independent expenditure, our media vendor mistakenly placed approximately $25,000 in digital advertising
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Both outlets frame the story around a pro-Collins ad buy being placed in the wrong Portland, and both point to a roughly $25,000 mix-up. The Hill foregrounds the GOP super PAC and explicitly says the ads ran in Oregon instead of Maine, while Newsweek is more general and only says Oregonians may have noticed the Maine Senate race ads.
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