Susan Collins and Troy Jackson clash on court picks, health care, ICE and tariffs in first Maine debate

Political Guyentist · October 7, 20261 min read

Markets, not polling

Troy Jackson 57.5%▲0.8Susan Collins 42.5%

Susan Collins (Sen-R Maine), 73, is seeking a sixth term against Democrat Troy Jackson, who became the nominee after Graham Platner withdrew.

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Jackson is a former logger and former state lawmaker.
Tariff exchange: Collins said she got "road salt removed from the Canada tariff list"; Jackson replied, "What about everything else? We can't eat road salt."

Medium
Collins holds a multimillion-dollar fundraising edge over Jackson.
Plausible given the FEC candidate overviews for both candidates in the sources. However, 'multimillion-dollar' is the desk's characterization, and the story gives no figures and names no source.
Medium
Heating and housing costs are central to the Maine Senate race.
This is an interpretation the story explicitly assigns to Bloomberg ('Bloomberg reports'). It matches the Bloomberg video 'Cost of heating, housing at center of Maine Senate race.'