Collins, Jackson Launch Final 3-Month Push in Maine Senate Race
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Updated · WMTW Portland · Aug 14
Collins, Jackson Launch Final 3-Month Push in Maine Senate Race
3 articles · Updated · WMTW Portland · Aug 14
Summary
Less than three months before Election Day, Susan Collins opened a bus tour in Kittery while Troy Jackson campaigned with union workers in Westbrook, sharpening the start of the general-election stretch.
Collins used the stop to question Jackson’s temperament after renewed attention on 1988 allegations that he punched a man and pushed his longtime partner; Jackson said he made a mistake at 19 and has long owned it.
Jackson centered his message on labor, telling workers at Maine Root that Collins is not good for working-class people and bristles when labor issues are raised.
The race could make Collins the first Maine senator elected to six terms, adding to the stakes in one of the state’s most closely watched contests.