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Troy Jackson, in just 101 days, bested the Republican, preventing her sixth Senate term: ‘You can’t eat road salt’ The political demise of Susan Collins – a fixture of Maine and Washington politics for three decades – recalls the famous line in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises about how one of the novel’s characters experienced bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly. In the run up to Tuesday’s stunning Democrat “blue wave” election triumph, it seemed obvious that Collins’ 30-year tenure as Maine’s Republican senator was vulnerable to the challenge of Troy Jackson, the Democrats’ explicitly working-class candidate as voters prepared to unleash pent-up anger with Donald Trump ’s presidency. Continue reading...

Troy Jackson, a former Democratic state lawmaker, upset Senator Susan Collins, a Republican who had served the state for 30 years.

Donald Trump has sought to shift the blame for the Republicans' defeat at the midterms by claiming that if he had been on the ballot the party would have won. But the "blue wave" that saw Democrats win control of Congress can be traced directly back to Trump's decisions, says France 24's Washington correspondent Fraser Jackson.

Collins narrowly held onto the Maine Senate seat

After the sweeping midterm power shift, Democrats are set to gain full control of Congress in January, but how will they work alongside a president who suggested he would be “Mr. Veto?" NBC’s Hallie Jackson reports for TODAY.

President Donald Trump has had a lot to say online and on the airwaves about the outcome of the midterm elections, including that he doesn’t view the results as a hit on him. “I don't like to consider it a defeat for me, I wasn’t on the ballot,” he said. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports and Hallie Jackson and Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker join TODAY with analysis.

Democrats scored a seismic victory in the midterm elections, winning control of Congress — and flipping seats in deep-red and battleground states. NBC’s Hallie Jackson and Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker join TODAY with analysis.

Democrat Troy Jackson unseats Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine

Democrat Troy Jackson addresses supporters after his projected win over longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.

Longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins had held the seat for three decades, but was swept away in the blue wave.

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected governor of Georgia on Tuesday, making history as the first Black woman to be elected governor in the United States, defeating Republican businessman Rick Jackson and flipping the top job in a key swing state.

Jackson won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Maine, defeating Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins.

Democrat Troy Jackson is projected to oust Sen. Susan Collins (R) in Maine, flipping the GOP seat for the first time in almost 50 years, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).  Jackson’s win marks a stunning rise for the former state Senate president who ran unsuccessfully for governor this cycle. The Democrat notched 53 percent…

Jackson, 58, a fifth-generation logger and former president of the state Senate, had a little more than 100 days to sell himself to Maine voters after he replaced Graham Platner as the party's nominee in July.

Far-left Democrat Troy Jackson won the Maine U.S. Senate race Tuesday night, taking over a seat long occupied by Republican Sen. Susan Collins.  The post Democrat Troy Jackson Snags Maine U.S. Senate Seat Long Held by GOP’s Susan Collins appeared first on Breitbart .

The result is a crucial victory for Democrats in their push to retake the Senate majority, flipping a seat that Collins has held for nearly 30 years.

Democrat Troy Jackson has defeated five-term incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the race for Senate in Maine, NBC News projects. NBC News' Steve Kornacki breaks down how the results in Bangor, Maine, benefited Jackson.

Democrat Troy Jackson has defeated Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in Maine, ending her three-decade career in Washington in one of the most hotly contested races of the 2026 election. Collins, a Republican finishing her fifth term in the Senate, called Jackson to concede the race on Tuesday night. The win handed Democrats their 53rd Senate […]

Senator Susan Collins, the sole Republican representing New England in Congress, acknowledged that her seat had been lost on a landslide night for Democrats.

Democrat Troy Jackson defeated longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in the Maine Senate race, CBS News projects.

NBC News projects that Jackson, who became the Democratic nominee after an embattled Graham Platner dropped out, flipped control of the Senate seat.

Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins has conceded Maine’s Senate race to Democratic challenger Troy Jackson. NBC News’ Monica Alba reports on the conclusion of Collins’s 30-year Senate career.

Democrat Troy Jackson defeated Republican Susan Collins in Maine, giving the party their seventh flipped seat and expanding their new majority. Jackson is a fifth-generation logger. Collins has served in Congress for nearly 30 years. (Source: Bloomberg)

Democrat Troy Jackson defeated longtime Sen. Susan Collins Tuesday in Maine’s midterm Senate election, ending the incumbent’s nearly 30-year-long run in the upper chamber. The victory for the second-choice candidate hands Democrats a critical election night win in one of the most closely watched Senate races of the cycle, and marks a blow to Republicans battling...

Democratic nominee toppled the five-term Republican incumbent in one of the most hard-fought midterm contests US midterm elections – live updates Track live results from all 50 states Tell us: what do you want to know about the midterm election results? The Democrat Troy Jackson has won Maine ’s US Senate race, toppling five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins in one of the biggest upsets of the 2026 midterms. Jackson, 58, unseated Collins – who has been in the Senate since 1997 – in a closely fought, and often rancorous, race characterized by mutual accusations of corruption and clashes over living costs in the predominantly rural state. Continue reading...

Democrat Troy Jackson is projected to defeat five-term Republican Susan Collins in Maine, giving the party their seventh flipped seat and expanding their new majority.

Troy Jackson's upset over Susan Collins ends her nearly three-decade Senate career and hands Democrats a critical pickup in the 2026 midterms.

Tens of millions of Americans cast their vote in the crucial polls that have been pitched as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency amid anger at surging petrol prices, tariffs and the Iran war. We discuss the first results with France 24's Kethevane Gorjestani and Fraser Jackson. "Even in places where the Democrats haven't won, the swing towards them has been significant", he says.

Billionaire Rick Jackson was favored to win until ex-Atlanta mayor campaigned with Barack Obama and Jon Ossoff US midterm elections – live updates Track live results from all 50 states Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor and Democrat, won the race for Georgia governor on Tuesday in an upset for Republicans. Bottoms will become the first Black, female governor in the US. Georgia is historically a swing state offering tight margins to the winners of statewide contests, and billionaire businessman Rick Jackson had been favored to win the race until recent days. Lance Bottoms campaigned with Democratic senator Jon Ossoff, who also won re-election on Tuesday, as well as former president Barack Obama days before the election. Continue reading...

Bottoms, who formerly advised former US President Joe Biden, beat Republican Rick Jackson.

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, beat billionaire Republican businessman Rick Jackson in a close race for Georgia governor, marking the first time in more than three decades that a Democrat has won the state’s highest office and making Bottoms the first black woman governor in American history. The race was called for […]

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) is projected to win the Georgia governor’s race over Republican healthcare executive Rick Jackson — turning the Peach State’s highest office blue for the first time in over two decades, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Bottoms leads Jackson by about 11 points with 71 percent reporting, according…

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has won Georgia’s race for governor, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Rick Jackson and flipping control of the battleground state office for the first time in 24 years.

The Rev. Frederick Haynes III, a Dallas pastor and Democratic House candidate, is projected to win Texas’s 30th District to replace outgoing Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Haynes won what the Cook Political Report called a solid Democrat seat, defeating Republican Everett Jackson. Haynes previously won the…

The longtime Republican incumbent is at risk of losing her seat to Troy Jackson, a progressive Democrat who entered the race just over three months ago. The post Polls Close in Maine as Democrats Make Final Push to Oust Sen. Susan Collins appeared first on The Intercept .

Democrat Troy Jackson defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine on Tuesday, ending the veteran Republican’s decades-long tenure in Washington and handing Democrats a Senate seat they’ve fought for cycle after cycle.  Jackson’s victory unseated the only Republican senator seeking re-election in a state carried by former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, delivering ...

‘It’s the disregard for the rule of law. It just seems like they’re thumbing their nose at it’ In the battleground state of Maine , Todd Cox, 63, has supported the state’s incumbent Republican senator Susan Collins not once, but twice, in previous elections. Not this time. On Tuesday, Cox, a technology professional, cast his vote for Collins’ Democratic challenger Troy Jackson – driven not by pressing local issues, but broader concern “for the direction the country is going in”, he said. Continue reading...

Maine residents head to the polls to decide a pivotal Senate race pitting Republican Susan Collins against Democrat Troy Jackson. Bloomberg's Greg Ryan reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply questioned a coalition of Catholic schools on Tuesday that are seeking to be allowed into Colorado’s universal preschool program without having to admit families who do not abide by Catholic teachings, accusing them of asking for a “special rule” to discriminate. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in St. Mary […]

Jane Fonda, Samuel L. Jackson, George Lopez, Stevie Wonder, Bob Odenkirk, Mindy Kaling, Adam Scott and Jaboukie Young-White reveal whether they're voting for Karen Bass or Nithya Raman.

Michael Jackson’s children remain unfunded 17 years after his death

Georgians on Tuesday pick their next governor with incumbent two-term Gov. Brian Kemp (R) ineligible to seek reelection. Republicans nominated businessman Rick Jackson to keep the governor’s mansion in their column. Jackson defeated state Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who was backed by both President Trump and Kemp, in the primary runoff by just more than…

Voters in western Montana are set to choose their next member of Congress after Rep. Ryan Zinke (R) announced he would not seek reelection.  Republican Aaron Flint and Democrat Sam Forstag are duking it out for the open seat in Montana’s 1st District, which Zinke has represented for two terms. Republican Rep. Troy Downing is…

Americans voted on Tuesday in pivotal midterm elections with Democrats hoping to seize control of Congress and impose the first significant checks on Donald Trump's chaotic second term in the White House. Republicans losing the House would give Democrats the power to stall Trump's legislative agenda and launch sweeping investigations of his administration. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington, DC.

Billions of dollars for political campaigns are pouring in from deep-pocket donors on both sides of the aisle, with many hoping to influence which party controls the House and the Senate. At the top of that list of donors is Elon Musk, who spent nearly half a billion dollars to keep Republicans in office. NBC's Hallie Jackson reports for TODAY.

Voters are about to decide whether public backlash against the health care industry translates into meaningful policy shifts. Why it matters: Health care has never been more expensive, and it's not going to get any cheaper without significant intervention. The big picture: It's hard to see Democrats not making health care affordability a top priority in the next Congress, regardless of whether they win only a narrow majority in the House or sweep both chambers in a blowout. But the party isn't aligned on an agenda, and a strong showing by progressives could drag things leftward. Reality check: Any Democratic victory — no matter the size — will be tempered by the realities of split government, with President Trump still in office for the next two years. Larger Democratic majorities may bring greater leverage in negotiations over spending packages or raising the debt limit. And the boldest changes will probably be reserved for the campaign trail, as 2028 presidential contenders begin to vie for the party's nomination. Here's what we're watching: Medicare for All vs. moderates: What happens in Michigan's Senate race — and Maine's, to some extent — will almost certainly shape how much sway progressives have in the next two years. Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has made Medicare for All central to his campaign, unabashedly supporting the idea in a race that could determine which party has control of the Senate next year. The same is true of Democrat Troy Jackson in Maine's Senate race, though Jackson has a lower national profile than El-Sayed. But Medicare for All supporters looking for a vote on the measure face an uphill battle : Despite the policy's growing popularity among the public, moderates unwilling to abolish private insurance will make up a sizable portion of any Democratic majority. The doctors-turned-politicians: Doctors are on the ballot in key races this year, and the question is how much public trust translates into votes. El-Sayed, an epidemiologist who went to

Maine's Senate election pits incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins against Democratic former state Senate President Troy Jackson.

Republican healthcare executive Rick Jackson and Democratic former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms are competing to succeed Gov. Brian Kemp.

There are less than 24 hours until the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Ryan Nobles, Steve Kornacki, Kristen Welker and Hallie Jackson report.