Democrat Troy Jackson defeats Susan Collins to win Maine US Senate seat in blow to Republicans
The Democrat Troy Jackson has won Maine ’s US Senate race, toppling five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins in one of the biggest upsets of the 2026 midterms.
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- Multiple networks reported that Collins had called Jackson to concede, and CNN projected his at around 9:15 p.m.
Jackson, 58, unseated Collins – who has been in the Senate since 1997 – in a closely fought, and often rancorous, race characterized by mutual accusations of corruption and clashes over living costs in the predominantly rural state.
Susan Collins (R-ME), flipping a Senate seat in the blue state against a longtime incumbent who had survived previous challenges.
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