{"id":24613,"date":"2026-08-01T22:48:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24613"},"modified":"2026-08-01T22:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:48:03","slug":"troy-jackson-launches-his-first-general-election-ad-in-maine-senate-race-criticizing-susan-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24613","title":{"rendered":"Troy Jackson launches his first general election ad in Maine Senate race, criticizing Susan Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit_1500w\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260725-maine-troy-jackson-ww-1538-164734.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-f32017\" class=\"body-graf\">Maine\u2019s Democratic Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/maine-senate-race-democrats-poised-nominate-troy-jackson-challenge-sus-rcna588711\" target=\"_blank\">nominee Troy Jackson<\/a> is launching his first general election ad, highlighting his own background as a labor organizer and going after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/eyeing-tough-race-new-opponent-susan-collins-walks-fine-line-trump-mag-rcna588993\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Sen. Susan Collins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a6fd15\" class=\"body-graf\">The 30-second spot, narrated by Jackson, is backed by a seven-figure buy slated to begin airing statewide next week, his campaign told NBC News on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-51caa6\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cI\u2019m a fifth-generation logger and the son of a public school teacher. My dad would work 16-hour days, and that still wasn\u2019t enough. So when they tried to replace us with foreign labor, I led a blockade of the border,\u201d Jackson says in the ad. \u201cSusan Collins didn\u2019t help us then, and she\u2019s certainly not helping us now. We\u2019re all getting crushed out here. Healthcare, housing, heat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5ee0ef\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWe\u2019ve gotta fight back. We\u2019re all hungry for it. Maine is ready for a change,\u201d Jackson concludes.<\/p>\n<section id=\"anchor-8d8fd7\" class=\"embed-widget embedWidget embed-widget--medium\" data-testid=\"embed-widget\"\/>\n<p id=\"anchor-7559a7\" class=\"body-graf\">The new ad points to Jackson\u2019s strategy against Collins: paint her as a part of an establishment that is failing struggling Mainers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-03843b\" class=\"body-graf\">It comes one week after Jackson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/maine-senate-race-democrats-poised-nominate-troy-jackson-challenge-sus-rcna588711\" target=\"_blank\">accepted his party\u2019s nomination<\/a> for the seat at a convention in Bangor, replacing Graham Platner, who won the June primary but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/graham-platner-officially-drops-maine-senate-race-rcna385842\" target=\"_blank\">dropped out<\/a> after a former girlfriend\u2019s allegation of sexual assault, which he denied.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a5e537\" class=\"body-graf\">Collins, who was first elected in 1996, is running for a sixth term. She is campaigning as a moderate who brings money home to Maine, pointing to her chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee, and as someone who\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/eyeing-tough-race-new-opponent-susan-collins-walks-fine-line-trump-mag-rcna588993\" target=\"_blank\">sometimes willing to break with<\/a> President Donald Trump and her party\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-765c00\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Maine, a blue-leaning state, represents one of the best pickup opportunities for Democrats, who need a net gain of four seats to capture control of the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine\u2019s Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson is launching his first general election ad, highlighting his own background as a labor organizer and going after Republican Sen. Susan Collins. 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