Troy Jackson steps out of Graham Platner’s shadow to take on Susan Collins in November.
Maine
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Jackson Earns Senate Nomination Sweep
The North Woods logger and former state senator out-organized everyone to take Graham Platner’s place on the ballot.
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Maine’s Hybrid Nomination Can Harness Grassroots Energy
The process to replace Graham Platner on the November ballot is an organizing opportunity.
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Maine’s Three Likely Replacements for Graham Platner
Troy Jackson, Shenna Bellows, and Nirav Shah all bring different qualities to a showdown with Susan Collins.
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Maine Democrats Poised to Run a Convention for Senate
The state party has apparently decided that any process that didn’t allow voters to get a say would be fatally compromised.
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Maine Needs a Lighthouse Primary
The best way to salvage the Senate race against Susan Collins is to give voters another chance to decide her opponent.
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Platner, Collins, and the Peculiar Definition of Political Scandal
What most people would consider a scandal from a public official isn’t always depicted as scandalous.
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Graham Platner Prepares to Take On Susan Collins
After demolishing Gov. Janet Mills in Maine’s Democratic primary, the political newbie confronts a major challenge running against the Senate’s longest-serving Republican woman.
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The Right Voting Reforms—and the Wrong Ones
Insurgents are defeating establishment candidates across the country. But bad election laws and Trumpian interventions could frustrate these trends.