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Maine’s U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson has reached a new high in negative advertising, with attack spots dominating television spending as Election Day approaches. An October 20 analysis by the Bangor Daily News found that negative advertisements accounted for 88% of broadcast spending during the seven days […]
Outside political groups have spent more than $1.2 billion on advertising in competitive congressional races, with independent spending accounting for more than half of all advertising in over 70% of those contests, according to a Washington Post analysis of AdImpact data. The spending highlights how much of the battle for Congress is being financed by […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to Bangor on Wednesday to campaign for Republican Paul LePage, putting national Republican resources behind a competitive Maine congressional race that could help determine control of the House. Johnson told a crowd at Sea Dog Brewing Co. that Republicans could defy the historical tendency for the president's party to lose […]
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, […]
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, […]
