Susan Rice hints she'll run against Susan Collins in 2020

Susan Rice.
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Sen. Susan Collins' (R-Maine) support for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has earned her a lot of enemies — including, perhaps, an ex-national security adviser.

Collins seemed to be one of the last senators undecided on whether to vote to confirm Kavanaugh, but her lengthy Senate floor speech Friday in support of Kavanaugh suggested a good deal of preparation. Her decision also incensed a lot of Democrats. As soon as she was done, a few potential candidates stepped up to take her down in 2020.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.