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Democrat Troy Jackson ousts Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine
Jackson’s late campaign focused on workers’ rights and rising costs, helping Democrats flip a seat long held by Collins.
- On Tuesday, voters cast ballots in Maine's high-stakes Senate race between 30-year incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, a contest that could determine control of the U.S. Senate.
- The race intensified after Democratic nominee Graham Platner withdrew in July, prompting Democrats to select Jackson, a progressive state legislator, as their replacement candidate in a campaign defined by unprecedented national spending.
- More than $284 million in advertising flooded the state, with Republican-aligned groups outspending Democrats by over $46 million, as both campaigns traded bitter attacks over Collins's voting record and Jackson's family ties.
- Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows warned that ranked-choice voting procedures could delay final results past midnight, as election clerks across hundreds of municipalities began counting ballots Tuesday night.
- Senate control remains in the balance as voters assessed Collins's long tenure on the Senate Appropriations Committee against widespread criticism over her 2022 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jackson, 58, who became the party's nominated only in July, will succeed Collins, who was seeing her sixth term representing the state in the Senate.
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Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine conceded defeat on Wednesday morning in the battle for the Senate seat from the northeastern state,…
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Maine elects Democratic senator after race that featured Canada-U.S. trade war
BANGOR — Maine Democrat Troy Jackson has ousted longtime Republican incumbent Susan Collins to cap a U.S. Senate race that was, in part, shaped by the trade war between Canada and the United States.
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