Voter Guide: U.S. Senate
Even months before the Nov. 3 election, Maine’s U.S. Senate race was like none other the state had seen in recent history. That’s because Maine Democrats needed to use an unprecedented process to replace their original nominee, Graham Platner, after he withdrew from the race to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Enter former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, who is now facing off with Collins in one of the most closely watched Senate races across the country. National groups have been pouring millions of dollars into the contest, which could help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate for the next two years.
There are also six declared write-in candidates. Their inclusion means that ranked-choice voting will be used in the race, and if neither Collins or Jackson receive more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round, a ranked-choice tabulation would be needed to determine the winner.
On the issues
Neither campaign agreed to make their candidate available for a sit-down interview, so The Maine Monitor has compiled clips from C-SPAN’s coverage to give readers a sense of what Troy Jackson and Susan Collins have said about various issues on the campaign trail this summer.
