Democrats in Maine have their reset button: Logger and former state Senate President Troy Jackson is now officially the party's nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins in November. Delegates at a convention on Saturday in Bangor overwhelmingly picked Jackson to replace Graham Platner, who exited the race after a sexual assault allegation he denies. The quick selection kicks off a 101-day sprint in one of Democrats' top targets for adding a Senate seat and gives Collins—seeking a sixth term—her first opponent from her own Aroostook County. Jackson drew a contrast in his acceptance speech, NBC News reports, accusing Collins of decades of having "concern" but no results on health care, taxes, abortion rights, and immigration.
"Today we turn the page," Jackson told the delegates. "Today, we begin the work of defeating Susan Collins in November." Jackson steps into the nomination espousing many of the progressive positions that drove Platner to victory in the primary, per the New York Times. Unlike Platner, Jackson is a longtime politician, a career he launched in the late 1990s with an effort opposing Canadian workers crossing the border to work for lower wages. Collins' camp called Jackson a "low-energy" version of Platner who "lies about the facts." Campaign money is an issue in the race. Collins had $11 million in the bank as of June 30, and Republicans' Senate super PAC said it will spending over $42 million against him. The GOP has a blitz of negative ads planned, per Axios.
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