Troy Jackson Challenges 5-Term Susan Collins for Maine Senate Seat
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 20
Troy Jackson Challenges 5-Term Susan Collins for Maine Senate Seat
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 20
Summary
Troy Jackson, 58, is running a blue-collar, anti-establishment campaign in Maine after replacing Democrat Graham Platner on the Senate ticket in July.
Jackson is betting his logger-to-Senate-president biography can win back working-class voters Democrats see as crucial in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate races.
To unseat Susan Collins, Jackson must persuade voters to give up a five-term incumbent who has used her seniority to steer federal money and projects to Maine.
The race sets up a sharp contrast between Collins, 73, a centrist known for institutional clout, and Jackson, a combative progressive promising to confront the Trump administration.