Collins and Jackson Roll Out Starkly Different Campaign Plans in Maine Senate Race
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Republican incumbent Susan Collins targets responsible center-right voters while progressive challenger Troy Jackson leans on the left flank, highlighted by visits from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former Senator Joe Manchin.
Senator Susan Collins is focusing on moderate voters in the closing weeks of Maine's closely contested Senate race, while her Democratic opponent, Representative Troy Jackson, is aiming to energize the party's progressive base.
Jackson appeared Thursday at a theater in Portland wearing a button-down shirt under a navy vest, accompanied by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 37-year-old democratic socialist who is reportedly weighing a presidential bid. Their appearance followed visits by Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who traveled to Maine to endorse Jackson and rally the more radical wing of the Democratic Party.
Collins, dressed in a light-blue suit, met on Wednesday with former Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a centrist figure, for low-key stops at a historic diner and a shoe factory in regions with mixed political leanings.
Both campaigns are using high-profile visits to signal their respective strategies as the race could influence Senate control.