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Troy Jackson's Gaza misstep shows him struggling with a big step up to national politics (opens the original)
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PoliticsOur political journalists are based in the Maine State House and have deep source networks across the partisan spectrum in communities all over the state. Their coverage aims to cut through major debates and probe how officials make decisions. Read more Politics coverage here. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson’s apology this week for remarks on the Israel-Gaza war showed that the longtime state lawmaker is still finding his footing on foreign policy. Jackson has called Israel
Susan Collins ‘will not be intimidated’ after vandalism at Biddeford office (opens the original)
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The doors of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ office in Biddeford were recently painted with a vulgar message associating her with President Donald Trump. The red-painted scrawl on Collins’ office doors comes as criticism of President Donald Trump and his complicated relationship with the Maine Republican have loomed large over the tight and increasingly heated race. Collins’ Democratic opponent, former state Senate President Troy Jackson, has criticized her for enabling Trump’s agenda. Biddeford Police
Troy Jackson fires up supporters and faces questions at Lewiston town hall (opens the original)
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LEWISTON, Maine — Democrat Troy Jackson held the first town hall of his rapidly assembled campaign to challenge five-term Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday, delivering a working-class message as he aims to rally rank-and-file Democrats. “There are more people out there looking for a better government than people who are holding us back,” Jackson told a packed crowd of almost 400 at the Franco Center in Lewiston after sharing stories about his upbringing in a logging family. He cited
Matt Dunlap's campaign is openly attacking Paul LePage's age (opens the original)
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State Auditor Matt Dunlap’s 2nd Congressional District campaign is hammering Republican Paul LePage over the former governor’s age in a stark departure from more subtle attacks seen in recent races with generational divides. On Wednesday, Dunlap’s campaign manager Harry Burke responded to a former LePage aide’s criticism over turnout at a Dunlap event by calling the 77-year-old candidate an “old man” who “isn’t capable of standing for that long in front of people clearly” in a post on X. The sha
Text to spurned ally raises questions about a possible Graham Platner comeback (opens the original)
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PoliticsOur political journalists are based in the Maine State House and have deep source networks across the partisan spectrum in communities all over the state. Their coverage aims to cut through major debates and probe how officials make decisions. Read more Politics coverage here. Graham Platner is reaching out to former allies to insist he’s innocent of the rape allegation that ended his U.S. Senate campaign, even as he prepares for a public appearance that has state Democrats bracing for a
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