{"id":3984,"date":"2026-07-22T04:13:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3984"},"modified":"2026-07-22T04:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:13:54","slug":"embattled-republican-senator-faces-surprise-humiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3984","title":{"rendered":"Embattled Republican Senator Faces Surprise Humiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The leading Democratic candidate to unseat Maine Sen. Susan Collins has a slight edge, a new poll has found. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3982\">Trump Called Out for Belittling Troop Deaths in Wild Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy Jackson, the 58-year-old progressive and former candidate for governor, hasn\u2019t formally acquired his party\u2019s nomination following Graham Platner\u2019s exit, since that will be decided at a state convention on Saturday. But he is on track do so, after his delegates\u2014selected at county meetings last weekend\u2014far outnumber those of others the race, the New York Times reports.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If Jackson indeed becomes the nominee, he\u2019ll start the general election campaign in a good position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to a University of New Hampshire poll conducted July 15-20, 49 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Jackson, while 46 percent opted for Collins. Five percent were either undecided or chose another candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson had a larger edge among independents\u201446 percent to 42 percent.<\/p>\n<p>A logger and former state lawmaker, Jackson was net-positive in terms of overall favorability\u201437 percent to 32 percent. Collins, on the other hand, was in the red\u201435 percent to 53 percent. Among independent voters, Jackson\u2019s favorability was at -1, while Collins was at -28.<\/p>\n<p>The poll has a margin of error of 2.8 percent.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Maine\u2019s Senate seat, which Collins has held since 1997, is widely considered a battleground contest. If Democrats, who are a 47-53 minority in Senate, are to retake the chamber, doing so without winning Maine would be extremely unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3980\">Trump\u2019s New Top ICE Goon\u2019s Child Support Drama Exposed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Collins, 73, on Tuesday addressed Jackson\u2019s emergence as her likely challenger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve known him for many, many years,\u201d she told NBC News. \u201cHe has been around Augusta for like 20 years, and he\u2019s from the same area of Maine that I\u2019m from in northern Maine. He\u2019s had quite a transformation over the years in his political views, but now seems to be firmly aligned with the democratic socialists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson\u2019s gubernatorial campaign was backed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson soon replied on X with an imitation of Collins, suggesting that she was \u201cvery concerned\u201d about his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 13 Senate Republicans running for reelection, Collins is the only one representing a state Donald Trump lost in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, in another post, called attention to Tuesday\u2019s poll, writing in part, \u201cWorking Mainers can\u2019t afford six more years of \u2018concern.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3978\">Trump Allies Freak Out After Deadly Crisis Escalation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted Collins\u2019 office for comment.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leading Democratic candidate to unseat Maine Sen. Susan Collins has a slight edge, a new poll has found. Read more Trump Called Out for Belittling Troop Deaths in Wild Post Troy Jackson, the 58-year-old progressive and former candidate for governor, hasn\u2019t formally acquired his party\u2019s nomination following Graham Platner\u2019s exit, since that will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Embattled Republican Senator Faces Surprise Humiliation - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3984\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Embattled Republican Senator Faces Surprise Humiliation - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The leading Democratic candidate to unseat Maine Sen. 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