Vice President JD Vance championed Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) as a key ally in the Senate during a public engagement at a manufacturing facility in Brewer, Maine, on Monday.

Collins, who is seeking reelection against Democrat Troy Jackson, was not at the event with Vance. Her campaign spokesman, Blake Kernan, cited the senator’s personal schedule when asked about her absence from the event by the Washington Examiner. Kernan also touted Collins’s working relationship with Vance.

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