Image: Troy Jackson speaks to reporters at a campaign event on 5 June 2026 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Photograph: Robert F Bukaty/AP

Shrai Popat of The Guardian reports: “In a race defined by scandal, withdrawals and a frantic hunt for a replacement candidate, Maine Democrats hit reset on their chaotic Senate primary on Saturday as Troy Jackson officially secured the party’s nomination.

He took the stage at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor to rapturous applause, a standing ovation and Noah Kahan’s Northern Attitude blaring over the speakers. “This is the absolute honor of my life,” Jackson said.

His win amounted to a coronation for the progressive fifth‑generation logger and former state senate president, who faced no real opposition at the special convention after every major rival stepped aside. Their exits cleared the path for Jackson to replace Graham Platner – the oysterman and marine veteran who ended his campaign amid mounting controversies that culminated in a sexual assault allegation he has denied…”

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