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Democrat Troy Jackson ousts Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine
Jackson’s win gives Democrats a Senate pickup after a rushed campaign shaped by tariffs, inflation and voter frustration with Trump.
- On Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins conceded her U.S. Senate seat to Democrat Troy Jackson, who won with 54% of the vote to Collins's 46%.
- Jackson campaigned for just 101 days after replacing Democratic primary winner Graham Platner, who withdrew in July following sexual assault allegations.
- Collins held the Senate seat for more than 30 years and chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee, which oversees federal funding allocations to states and programs.
- Jackson, a fifth-generation logger from Aroostook County, emphasized affordability in his campaign, telling voters, "you are sending somebody to Washington who knows what that feels like."
- Jackson's campaign leveraged President Donald Trump's unpopularity to unseat Collins, whose record included diverging from her party on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination and Trump's impeachment conviction.
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(The Center Square) — Incumbent Sen. Susan Collins was edged out by Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in a major upset that helped his party win control of the U.S. Senate in Tuesday's midterms.
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