Race details
Maine U.S. Senate
November 3rdMainetoo early
Candidates
Odds last updated September 7th, 7:41 PM
Troy Jackson (D)
69% 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% 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.