By Lauren McCauley | Editor
“Clearly there was a ground game.” - Maine Rep. Allison Hepler, on Troy Jackson securing the vast majority of aligned delegates ahead of the June 25 Maine Democratic Party convention to select a U.S. Senate nominee.
Gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson campaigns with U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on May 25, 2026, in Portland. (By Emma Davis/ Maine Morning Star)
ELECTION 2026
By Emma Davis and Eesha Pendharkar
Troy Jackson emerged as the expected Democratic U.S. Senate nominee even before each county selected its delegates to send to the nominating convention, which isn’t until Saturday.
IMMIGRATION
By Ariana Figueroa, States Newsroom
In the wake of two fatal shootings in Texas and Maine, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers will wear “at least one body camera” during traffic stops, Tom Homan, the president’s border czar, said over the weekend.
ELECTION 2026
By Eesha Pendharkar
Troy Jackson won 478 of 500 delegates attending next week’s Maine Democratic Party convention, essentially securing his nomination in the U.S. Senate race, but his support wasn’t uniform across counties.
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