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Is Susan Collins the only Republican who voted to confirm Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson?

Matches stated record claim. She was the only Republican to vote for all three; she also voted for Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

Susan M. Collins

Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

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What they say

In both debates, defending her 2018 vote for Brett Kavanaugh, she said she is the only Republican senator to have voted to confirm Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson, all named by Democratic presidents.

What the record shows ·

She voted Yea on all three: Sonia Sotomayor, confirmed 68 to 31 on August 6, 2009; Elena Kagan, 63 to 37 on August 5, 2010; and Ketanji Brown Jackson, 53 to 47 on April 7, 2022. No other Republican voted for all three. The others who backed Kagan were Lindsey Graham, who voted against Jackson, and Judd Gregg, Richard Lugar and Olympia Snowe, who had left the Senate by 2022. She also voted for Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 and against Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.

Limit: The record shows how she voted, not why. Her account of her Kavanaugh vote is her own and is not checked.

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  1. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Collins on her Supreme Court votes (23:19)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=1399s

    CBS 13 News (WGME) · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    23:19-23:55. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

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  2. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins on her Supreme Court votes (46:46)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=2806s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    46:46-47:15. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

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  3. Roll Call Vote 262, confirmation of Sonia Sotomayorhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1111/vote_111_1_00262.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    August 6, 2009. Confirmed 68 to 31. Collins, Graham, Gregg, Lugar and Snowe among the Republicans voting Yea; Murkowski Nay.

    official legislative record

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  4. Roll Call Vote 229, confirmation of Elena Kaganhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1112/vote_111_2_00229.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    August 5, 2010. Confirmed 63 to 37. The Republicans voting Yea were Collins, Graham, Gregg, Lugar and Snowe; Murkowski voted Nay, and Romney was not yet a senator.

    official legislative record

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  5. Roll Call Vote 134, confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jacksonhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00134.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    April 7, 2022. Confirmed 53 to 47. The Republicans voting Yea were Collins, Murkowski and Romney; Graham voted Nay, and Gregg, Lugar and Snowe were no longer senators.

    official legislative record

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  6. Roll Call Vote 223, confirmation of Brett Kavanaughhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1152/vote_115_2_00223.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    October 6, 2018. Confirmed 50 to 48; Collins Yea.

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  7. Roll Call Vote 224, confirmation of Amy Coney Barretthttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1162/vote_116_2_00224.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    October 26, 2020. Confirmed 52 to 48; Collins Nay.

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