2026 Maine Senate race
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Sen. Collins responds to Democratic challenger controversy
Republican political operative Jesse Hunt called Collins a silent killer in reaction to a clip of the interview.
The Maine Wire reported in July that Troy Jackson and his longtime partner share the same great-grandparents.
A 1988 police report claims that Troy Jackson assaulted a man at a bar and states that his partner accused him of pushing her around.
“he’s the one that needs to respond to the reports. I’m not going to comment on them. But I will say that based on widespread reporting it appears that he struggles to control his temper ... From my perspective, it seems that vetting is very important. We learned the failure of vetting with Graham Platner. But that’s really up to the Democrats.”
Abortion rights group endorses Troy Jackson in Maine Senate race
Troy Jackson began his political career as a Republican.
Susan Collins voted in 2018 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Jackson replaced Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee.
Republicans plan to challenge Troy Jackson
Jackson ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Congress in 2014.
Platner had a tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol.
Jackson is a fifth-generation logger from Allagash.
Democrats poised to nominate Troy Jackson in Maine Senate race
Collins is the chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Jackson captured all but five of the 571 ballots cast at the convention.
Collins' campaign had $11 million to spend as of June 30.
“She was concerned while she rubber-stamped Trump’s Medicaid cuts and gutted our healthcare. She’s concerned when she cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy. Concerned when she confirmed justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, and really tragically, she was concerned when she gave ICE billions to terrorize our neighbors and murder people in the streets with no accountability.”
Troy Jackson nears Maine Democrats' nomination
Jackson's preferred delegates secured nearly all of the delegates in Cumberland County and the majority in the others.
The Maine Democratic Party will hold its nominating convention on July 25 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
Jordan Wood announced he was dropping out in a social media video posted to X Sunday evening and gave his endorsement to Jackson.
Troy Jackson closes in on Maine Democratic Senate nomination after caucus
Washington County extended voting after some participants' landline-registered phone numbers caused technical problems.
Jackson won at least 148 of 149 delegates in Cumberland County and all 44 delegates in Penobscot County.
All four top candidates released slates of preferred delegate candidates ranging from 480 to 540 names statewide.
Platner withdraws from Maine Senate race; Democrats announce nominee replacement process
Dan Kleban, Jordan Wood, Paige Loud, David Costello, and Andrea LaFlamme have also announced runs for the Senate nomination.
State Rep. Valli Geiger has expressed interest in running for the Senate nomination but has not formally announced.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins is the incumbent whom Democrats are seeking to defeat.
Graham Platner suspends Maine Senate campaign after sexual assault allegation
Nirav Shah is the former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Bellows ran for Senate in 2014 and lost the general election to Susan Collins by almost 37 percentage points.
Dan Kleban is a co-founder of the Maine Beer Company.