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Sen. Susan Collins made Troy Jackson’s two decades in Augusta the centerpiece of her case Tuesday night, using the first of four Senate debates to argue that the policies driving up Maine’s cost of living were made in the State House. The hourlong debate, hosted by WGME in Portland, opened a race that polls show […]

Republican Sen. Susan Collins trails Democrat Troy Jackson by just four points in Maine, and most voters still expect her to win another term. A Marist Poll of 1,505 registered voters, conducted Oct. 1 through 4, found Jackson at 51 percent and Collins at 47 percent, a gap roughly the size of the survey's 3.8-point […]

Sen. Susan Collins leads Democrat Troy Jackson by nine points among Maine voters 50 and older, the group most likely to turn out in November. The new survey found Collins ahead 53% to 44% with that bloc, which reliably votes. Jackson holds a narrow overall edge, but it falls within the poll's 3.13-point margin of […]

Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson is walking back a remark about Jewish Mainers five weeks before Election Day, giving Sen. Susan Collins an opening in New England's most competitive Senate race. In an interview released Tuesday by News Center Maine, Jackson said it is unfortunate that some Jewish residents reject calling the Gaza war a […]

Vandals spray-painted Sen. Susan Collins' Biddeford constituent office Monday, and her staff kept it open for business. State Sen. Matt Harrington, R-Sanford, posted a photo showing the words "Trump whore" in red capital letters on the doors of the Main Street office. The doors were scrubbed clean by mid-afternoon, and Biddeford police Chief JoAnne Fisk […]

Sen. Susan Collins has pulled back into the lead in Maine's marquee Senate contest, according to a new survey that breaks with weeks of polling showing her Democratic challenger ahead. The Times/Siena poll marks the first independent survey since Democrat Troy Jackson entered the race in July to show the five-term Republican back on top, […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is claiming a new poll shows Democrat Matt Dunlap in a "dead heat" with Republican Paul LePage in Maine's open 2nd Congressional District, a race both parties consider one of the country's top pickup opportunities this fall. The DCCC's press release claims President Trump is 13 points underwater in the district […]

In a move that stunned Capitol Hill and infuriated House Democratic leadership, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) for re-election on Monday, marking one of the most consequential bipartisan breaks of the midterm cycle. Golden, who announced last November he would not seek re-election, made his case in an op-ed published […]

Maine’s marquee U.S. Senate race just got its debate schedule, and the fireworks are already starting early. Democratic nominee Troy Jackson announced Friday that he’s agreed to four televised debates against Republican Sen. Susan Collins, with the matchups set to run within a two-week window in October. The final debate is scheduled for Oct. 15, […]

Vice President JD Vance told a crowd in Brewer, Main that the 2026 midterms are a fight against socialism and made his case in a state Republicans desperately need to hold. The vice president headlined a rally Monday at Compotech, a defense technology manufacturer, in what marked his second appearance in Maine this year after […]

Maine's U.S. Senate race went negative on television this week, with Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson opening fire on each other's records as the general election sprint intensifies. Jackson, who replaced Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee in July after Platner's campaign collapsed amid misconduct allegations, is casting affordable health care as his top […]