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Senate · Maine Senate

Jackson vs Collins

General election · primary Jun 9 · general Nov 3, 2026

Dem Troy Jackson (D)
Replaced Platner at the July 25 convention; former state Senate president
VS
Rep Susan Collins (R)
Incumbent
Raised $24.13M

The money

$126.60M in all, FEC through the most recent reports
Raised by the candidates
Democrats
$56.10M
across the Democratic field
Republicans
$24.17M
across the Republican field
Whole field
$80.40M
20 candidates
Spent by outside groups
Total
$46.21M
first arrived Jul 10
Against Democrats
$11.66M
of that total
For Democrats
$9.00M
of that total
On other candidates
$25.55M
for or against

How the state votes

Most recent first
2024 president D+7
2020 president D+9
2020 resultGideon vs Collins R+9

Polling

12 polls of the current matchup
Average of the last three non-partisan polls
Jackson 50.0 Collins 46.7 D+3.3
PollsterDatesSample Jackson CollinsMargin
InsiderAdvantage (R)Partisan Oct 14 1,200 LV 49.0 47.0 D+2
Suffolk University Oct 11 500 LV 49.0 47.0 D+2
Rasmussen Reports (R)Partisan Oct 8 804 LV 49.0 47.0 D+2
The Washington Post / SSPG Oct 5 800 LV 50.0 46.0 D+4
Marist University Oct 4 1,505 RV 51.0 47.0 D+4
CBS News / YouGov Oct 1 1,136 LV 50.0 50.0 Even
Wedgewood Polls Oct 1 400 LV 52.0 48.0 D+4
Trafalgar Group (R)Partisan Oct 1 1,091 LV 46.0 46.0 Even
co/efficient (R)Partisan Sep 30 1,240 LV 46.0 48.0 R+2
Maine People's Resource Center Sep 29 684 LV 49.0 47.0 D+2
InsiderAdvantage (R)Partisan Sep 23 1,200 LV 46.0 46.0 Even
New York Times / Siena University Sep 22 619 LV 46.0 49.0 R+3
Partisan polls are sponsored by a campaign, party or aligned group and are marked. They are shown because they are part of the record, not because they carry the same weight.