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Troy Jackson defeats Susan Collins to win Maine Senate seat

politicsNov 4, 202622203

Democrat Troy Jackson defeated five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins to win Maine’s US Senate seat, ending Collins’ nearly 30-year tenure in Washington. Jackson, 58, a former logger and one-time president of the Maine state senate, ran a progressive economic populist campaign and declared We did it. Working people won at his victory event. Jackson accused Collins of siding with Donald Trump’s agenda, citing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh and promising to fight to abolish ICE. Collins, who has chaired the Senate appropriations committee, defended her record of steering federal dollars to Maine and cast Jackson as inexperienced and inconsistent. The race was shaped by local pain from soaring fuel and heating oil costs and by the collapse of the first Democratic nominee, Graham Platner, whose exit forced Democrats to pick a replacement and gave Jackson just 101 days to mount a Senate campaign. Jackson’s victory flips a key Republican-held seat and gives Democrats one of their most important pickups in the 2026 midterms as they push to retake the Senate majority.

Nick Turse
@nickturse.bsky.social

Troy Jackson Ousts Susan Collins in Maine, Replacing 30-Year Republican Senator With a Progressive theintercept.com/2026/11/03/m...

564h ago
The Liberal BoJack
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Maine just flipped another Senate seat and ousted Susan Collins!! Congratulations to Troy Jackson, a champion for working Mainers who will be a powerful force in the Senate!

253h ago
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@castironirish.bsky.social

Honestly, the best part about Troy Jackson winning isn't even that all the Platner stans have to eat shit for eternity. It's that a man who fights for trans people, won against a THREE DECADE incumbent Republican.

183h ago
Maine Newsroom
@mainenewsroom.com

11/4 BREAKING NEWS: Troy Jackson wins race for U.S. Senate and Hannah Pingree wins race for Maine Governor in staggering night for Democrats #maine #MEpolitics

123h ago
blueinmo1957.bsky.social
@blueinmo1957.bsky.social

😂 Troy Jackson declares victory in Maine Senate race as Senator Susan Collins concedes www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBO8...

43h ago
21st Ed
@21sted.bsky.social

Ding Dong; She's gone. Susan Collins loses to Troy Jackson. (No need to be concerned, anymore.) www.washingtonpost.com/elections/re...

93h ago
Ole Vet USAF
@olevetusaf.bsky.social

apnews.com/article/main... Democrats had seen the race as a top opportunity to flip a Republican-held seat. Maine has supported Democrats for president since 1992, and Collins was running for reelection at a moment when President Donald Trump is deeply unpopular.

84h ago
Salon.com
@salon.com

Democrat Troy Jackson, a former logger who served as president of the state Senate, has defeated five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, according to AP.

73h ago
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Democrat Troy Jackson is projected to oust Sen. Susan Collins (R) in Maine, flipping the GOP seat for the first time in almost 50 years, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). thehill.com/homenews/cam...

73h ago
NBC Bay Area
@nbcbayarea.com

Democrat Troy Jackson pledged to stand up for working Mainers after defeating longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, NBC News projects, expanding his party’s new Senate majority. #Decision2026 #elections

63h ago
John Medina
@ccrider77-48.bsky.social

Maine Sen. Susan Collins concedes to Democrat Troy Jackson, ending her run for a sixth term Source: BaytoBayNews.com share.newsbreak.com/k1qmbve1

43h ago
A-Bloc ~ All Things News & Views 🗽 🌻 📎
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🗳️ U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R) was defeated on Tuesday. Democrat Challenger Troy Jackson won his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Collins for near 30 years. substack.com/profile/1756...

53h ago
rose
@breadnrosie.bsky.social

unless im misreading since its so late, but pretty sure the maine state senate will have the largest dem majority since the 80s

73h ago
Nightmare Mommy, Kink Sommelier (semper infidelis)
@cuntleyjune.bsky.social

Troy Jackson's 7 point victory over Susan Collins is a massive repudiation of the Platner candidacy. it turns out that you don't have run a Nazi rapist to flip a state.

63h ago
Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir
@kristjana.bsky.social

Amazing news to wake up to! It’s hard to even pick a favorite, but Democrats sending a pediatrician (Annie Andrews, SC) AND MD / public health PhD Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate in the middle of a measles epidemic and the destruction of the FDA is so heartening.

A series of headlines from NBC: -Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s high-stakes Senate race -Democrat James Talarico turns Texas Senate seat blue, defeating Ken Paxton -Troy Jackson defeats GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, padding Democrats’ majority -Democrat Annie Andrew’s defeats GOP Sen Darline Graham in South Carolina
62h ago
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washingtonpost.comDemocrat Troy Jackson wins Maine Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Susan Collinstheguardian.comDemocrat Troy Jackson defeats Susan Collins to win Maine US Senate seat in blow to Republicansnpr.orgTroy Jackson wins Maine Senate race over Susan Collins, in major coup for Democrats

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