Nov 3, 2026 · ranked-choice voting
Maine - United States Senate
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Troy Jackson
Democrat - Age: 58
Fifth-generation logger from Allagash and former Maine Senate President — the state's best-known labor Democrat.
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Susan Collins
Republican - Age: 73
U.S. senator since 1997, seeking a sixth term. Chairs the committee that controls federal spending.
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Who's ahead?
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Ratings: Cook Political Report (Aug 20), Sabato’s Crystal Ball (Aug 26), Decision Desk HQ (Aug 5). Source →
Collins
49
Jackson
46
Where they stand
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Money & campaign finance
Where each candidate stands on campaign-finance questions.
JACKSON
COLLINS
Yes
Ban Congress from trading stocks
Unknown
No
Takes corporate PAC money
Unknown
Sources: Jackson, Portland Press Herald voter guide
Fundraising
RAISEDCASH ON HANDUNDER-$200 DONORS
Susan Collins
$16.2M$11M9% of receipts
Troy Jackson replaced Graham Platner as the nominee on July 25 and has no FEC report in this data yet. Campaign committee totals for the 2025–26 cycle, through June 30, 2026. Under-$200 share is unitemized individual contributions divided by total receipts. FEC filings →
Their big promises
JACKSON'S TOP 3
Take on billionaires & corruption
Overturn Citizens United, ban congressional stock trading, tax wealth over $1 billion.
Health care for all
Medicare for All, plus rescue funding for Maine's rural hospitals.
Housing & wages
Affordable homes for working Mainers; stronger unions for better pay.
COLLINS'S TOP 3
Seniority that delivers
As spending-committee chair, steer federal money to Maine's hospitals, shipyards, and towns.
Bipartisan problem-solving
A record of working across the aisle — including breaking with her party on the Iran war.
Lowering costs
Extend health-insurance subsidies with limits; heating help; end shutdown standoffs.
Agree or differ?
Ban the sale of assault-style weapons
Jackson: supports a ban · Collins: voted against a ban and magazine limits in 2013, hasn't reversed
Expand background checks & red-flag funding
Collins voted for the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act · Jackson backs similar measures
Continued U.S. military aid to Ukraine
Collins has pushed for Ukraine aid from Appropriations · Jackson backs continued support
Dismantle ICE
Jackson: yes, calls for ending "the mass deportation machine" · Collins: opposes
A minimum tax on billionaires
Jackson: yes, a wealth-tax floor · Collins: opposes new wealth taxes
Federal support for Maine's working waterfront
Both support it
Their stories
TROY JACKSON
1998Led a blockade at the Canadian border for Maine loggers — his start in politics.
2002Elected to the Legislature; later won collective-bargaining rights for forestry workers.
2018Became President of the Maine Senate, the state's leading labor Democrat.
2026Chosen as the Democratic nominee to replace Graham Platner and take on Collins.
SUSAN COLLINS
1996First elected to the Senate from Caribou, northern Maine.
2020Won a fifth term by 9 points, defying every public poll.
2025Became chair of the Appropriations Committee; has never missed a roll-call vote.
2026Cast the first GOP vote to require congressional approval for the Iran war.
The backstory
Positions summarized from campaign websites, voting records, and news reports · July 2026
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