Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski represent states that use ranked choice voting.
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Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026
On substance, the sources support that Maine (Collins's state) and Alaska (Murkowski's state) use ranked choice voting for federal elections. However, the passage only says "her and Lisa Murkowski" and never names Collins, so the extracted claim adds a name the post does not state, and it is graded as unverifiable.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What we found
Supports. Maine and Alaska are the only two states using ranked choice voting for federal/statewide elections, and both have competitive U.S. Senate races in 2026.[1][2][3][4]
Context. Republican Sen. Susan Collins is on the 2026 Maine Senate ballot, which places her in a ranked-choice state, but this link is not stated in the passage the claim was extracted from.[1]
Context. The passage refers only to "her" alongside Lisa Murkowski; the extraction supplied Susan Collins as the referent, which departs from the text the post actually contains.
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1When will we know 2026 midterm election results? It may ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2R24-657_Update Memo on Ranked Choice Votingcontent.leg.colorado.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Ranked Choice Voting Informationfairvote.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4What is ranked choice voting? Learn how it works ahead of Election Daywthr.com · not rated · cited for: supports
Where this claim was made
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