Maine
Maine U.S. Senate
November 3rdToo early to call
Candidates
Odds last updated October 22nd, 9:26 PM ET
Troy Jackson (D)
67.7% chance to win
Former Maine Senate president and fifth-generation logger; runs a populist, labor-focused campaign rooted in the state's rural north.
Vote totals pending
Susan Collins (R)
Incumbent
32.3% chance to win
Five-term senator and Appropriations chair; leans on a moderate, constituent-service brand that has repeatedly defied the state's Democratic lean.
Vote totals pending
Why this race matters
Five-term Republican Senator Susan Collins, long a survivor in a Democratic-leaning state, faces Democrat Troy Jackson, the former state Senate president and a North Woods logger. One of the few 2026 seats where Democrats are on offense against a GOP incumbent.