Troy Jackson Defeats Susan Collins in Maine Senate Race, Flipping Seat for Democrats
The Associated Press declared Democrat Troy Jackson the winner of Maine’s U.S. Senate contest at 1:02 a.m. EST Wednesday, PBS reported, unseating Republican incumbent Susan Collins and delivering Democrats a high-profile pickup in a race the party had circled as its best chance to flip a GOP-held seat this cycle.
Collins conceded earlier in the evening, bringing an end to her campaign for a sixth term in the Senate. Jackson, a former president of the Maine Senate, captured the seat after becoming the Democratic nominee in July when primary winner Graham Platner dropped out, leaving the party scrambling to find a replacement candidate with just months to go before Election Day.
A Chaotic Primary Season Set the Stage
Democrats had entered the year viewing Maine as a top opportunity to expand their narrow majority in the Senate, but the primary’s collapse forced a late pivot to Jackson. The former state Senate leader inherited a compressed general election timeline and the task of defeating a longtime incumbent who had built a reputation for independence in a state that has not backed a Republican for president since 1992.
Maine voters have backed Democratic presidential nominees in every election since 1992, creating a pattern that has influenced how both parties campaign in the state. Collins was running for reelection at a moment when President Trump is deeply unpopular, a dynamic that national Republicans watched with mounting concern as results rolled in across the country Wednesday night.
What the Result Means for Senate Control
By defeating Collins, Democrats have converted a seat that Republicans had held for decades into Democratic hands, tightening the arithmetic for control of the chamber in the next Congress.
For Maine voters, the outcome ends Collins’ run for a sixth term and ushers in Democrat Troy Jackson.
CNN projects that Democrat Troy Jackson, the former president of the Maine Senate, has won Maine’s U. S. Senate race, ending Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ bid for a sixth term and nearly 30 years in the Senate. CNN reports that Collins called Jackson to concede, which his… pic.twitter.com/FjrMnNgsmp
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