Senate 2026 · Maine
Social Welfare coverage
The last Republican-held Senate seat in New England. Below: news reports and opinion columns from the national press that name a candidate in this race, coded to Social Welfare (CAP major topic 13), since collection began in May 2026. A name anywhere in the text counts, so a piece need not be about the race. Pages that are not articles are left out.
Policy topics
All topics12 Law and Crime13116 Defense832 Civil Rights719 Immigration6718 Foreign Trade4619 International Affairs346 Education268 Energy2013 Social Welfare183 Health1315 Banking, finance and commerce111 Macroeconomics821 Public Lands717 Technology523 Culture47 Environment414 Housing34 Agriculture210 Transportation25 Labor1Government operations867No policy content15
18 pieces in this selection; the lists keep only the most recent, and repeats of the same headline are dropped — 4 below.
Rising prices may be here to stay, but poverty doesn’t have to be
13 Social Welfare
Lawmakers buck calls to defund low-income heating program
13 Social Welfare
Susan Collins Makes a Decision on the SAVE Act
13 Social Welfare
Group tags are dictionary matches over each headline and the opening of the article — the same term families as the social-group set. Articles naming no group carry none.