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• Longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins had held the seat for three decades, but was swept away in the blue wave.S1
• Internewscast Internewscast Democrat Troy Jackson defeated longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins, unseating the five-term… This Post: Maine Democrat Troy Jackson Defeats Susan Collins in Senate Upset first appeared on InternewscastS2
• Jackson, 58, who became the party's nominee only in July, will succeed Collins, who was seeking her sixth term representing the state in the Senate.S3
• The result is a crucial victory for Democrats in their push to retake the Senate majority, flipping a seat that Collins has held for nearly 30 years.S4
• Politics Troy Jackson wins Maine 2026 Senate election, flipping seat for Democrats By Kaia Hubbard Kaia Hubbard Politics Reporter Kaia Hubbard is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C. Read Full Bio Kaia Hubbard November 4, 2026 /...S5
• NBC News projects that Jackson, who became the Democratic nominee after an embattled Graham Platner dropped out, flipped control of the Senate seat.S6
• Democrat Troy Jackson defeated Republican Susan Collins in Maine, giving the party their seventh flipped seat and expanding their new majority. Jackson is a fifth-generation logger. Collins has served in Congress for nearly 30 years. (Source: Bloomberg)S7
• Democratic nominee toppled the five-term Republican incumbent in one of the most hard-fought midterm contestsUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesTell us: what do you want to know about the midterm election results?The Democr...S8
• Democrat Troy Jackson defeated five-term Republican Susan Collins in Maine, giving the party their seventh flipped seat and expanding their new majority.S9
• The race saw Troy Jackson chosen as the Democratic nominee after the party's original candidate, Graham Platner, imploded amidst sexual assault allegations. The post Troy Jackson Wins Senate Seat in Maine, Dethroning Incumbent Susan Collins After Rollercoaster...S10