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Richard Luscombe

Susan Collins reveals medical condition but says her job as senator is unaffected

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Susan Collins, one of the few Republican senators to vote for Donald Trump’s impeachment, faces a tight race against Democrat Graham Platner. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

Susan Collins, the Republican Maine senator seen by Democrats as vulnerable in November’s midterm election, has revealed a decades-old medical condition she said affects her appearance, but not her ability to do her job.

Collins, 73, told News Center Maine, an NBC affiliate, that she has a benign essential tremor she treats with medication, which sometimes causes her hands, arms and head to tremble.

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