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2026年5月25日，美国缅因州波特兰，缅因州州长竞选民主党候选人特洛伊·杰克逊与联邦参议员伯尼·桑德斯（I-VT）一同出席“打击寡头政治”竞选集会。路透社/阿曼达·萨布加 资料图片 购买授权，将在新标签页打开
- 摘要
- 杰克逊将开启为期101天的竞选活动，力争击败参议员苏珊·柯林斯
- 其竞选团队表示，本月已筹集超100万美元资金
- 新罕布什尔大学本周公布的一项民调显示，杰克逊以微弱优势领先柯林斯
华盛顿7月25日电（路透社）——前缅因州参议院议长特洛伊·杰克逊将于周六正式接受民主党联邦参议员提名，这标志着为填补格雷厄姆·普拉特纳在11月中期选举 ballot 上的空缺而展开的两周紧急提名流程正式结束。
普拉特纳于7月10日因性侵指控退出竞选，他本人否认相关指控。
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杰克逊是缅因州北部的第五代伐木工，曾为共和党人。上周，其支持者在州党代表遴选过程中占据主导地位，他就此锁定提名。在他以压倒性优势胜出后，其主要竞争对手均已暂停竞选活动。
自上周日至本周三，近2.5万名支持者的捐款为这位推定候选人的竞选账户注入了超60万美元资金。杰克逊的竞选团队周三表示，自本月初他加入这场缩短周期的竞选以来，已筹集超100万美元资金。
约600名代表将在班戈举行的民主党代表大会上正式提名候选人。本次初选原本有13名候选人，目前仅剩杰克逊和生物制药公司富豪首席执行官桑德拉·佩尔蒂埃两人。
缅因州席位对参议院角逐至关重要
杰克逊接受提名后，将开启为期101天的冲刺，挑战已连任五届的共和党议员苏珊·柯林斯。作为处境脆弱的在任议员，柯林斯凭借其资深地位和参议院拨款委员会主席的职位，为缅因州争取到了大量资源。
缅因州是2024年民主党人卡玛拉·哈里斯获胜的共和党议员唯一寻求连任的州，这使得缅因州成为民主党人希望在唐纳德·特朗普政府剩余两年任期内夺回参议院控制权的关键翻蓝机会。
目前共和党在参议院拥有53个席位，民主党为47个，而拿下缅因州席位对两党的中期选举战略都至关重要。共和党若获胜，将压缩民主党夺取多数席位的路径；而民主党若能爆冷取胜，则将助力其夺权计划。
新罕布什尔大学本周公布的一项民调显示，在可能参与大选的选民中，杰克逊以微弱优势领先柯林斯。
新罕布什尔大学民调，将在新标签页打开
现年73岁的温和派议员柯林斯拥有1100万美元竞选资金，她上一次连任是在2020年。当时她以近9个百分点的优势获胜，尽管缅因州选民也以相近优势支持民主党人乔·拜登击败特朗普。而拜登突然退选后由卡玛拉·哈里斯作为替代候选人，最终以约7个百分点的优势拿下缅因州。
专家表示，经济负担、特朗普和移民问题可能将成为大选的关键议题。杰克逊呼吁废除美国移民及海关执法局（ICE），该机构今年已在多起备受关注的事件中造成人员死亡，包括7月13日在缅因州比迪福德市一名26岁哥伦比亚男子的死亡事件。
柯林斯上月投票支持700亿美元的移民执法资金，未附带ICE改革条款，但她呼吁暂停该机构的交通拦截行动。特朗普随后表示，此类拦截行动必须继续，并将其描述为该机构最重要且最有效的手段之一。
社会议题也可能在柯林斯与杰克逊的竞选中浮出水面。杰克逊如今支持堕胎权和同性婚姻，但在2016年担任州参议院第二个任期之前，他在州议会生涯中一直反对这两项权利。
他反堕胎的参议院投票记录在今年缅因州州长初选期间遭到了针对他的广告攻击，最终他在初选中失利。
目前尚不清楚共和党是否会在柯林斯的竞选活动中投放类似广告，但共和党官员表示，杰克逊过去的立场让柯林斯因支持布雷特·卡瓦诺进入最高法院的投票所面临的风险有所降低——正是此次投票导致了联邦堕胎权被推翻。
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Maine Democrats to nominate Troy Jackson to replace Platner in US Senate race
2026-07-25T10:04:16.698Z / Reuters
Democratic candidate for governor Troy Jackson, of Maine, speaks during a “Fighting Oligarchy” campaign rally with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in Portland, Maine, U.S., May 25, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Sabga/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Summary
- Jackson will start a 101-day campaign to try to unseat Senator Susan Collins
- His campaign said it has raised more than $1 million this month
- A University of New Hampshire poll this week showed Jackson narrowly leading Collins
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) – Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson is poised to accept the Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate nomination on Saturday, formally ending the two-week scramble to replace Graham Platner on the ballot for November’s midterm election.
Platner withdrew on July 10 after sexual assault allegations, which he denies.
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Jackson, a fifth-generation logger and former Republican from northern Maine, locked up the nomination last weekend, when his supporters dominated the state party’s delegate selection process. Jackson’s top rivals suspended their campaigns after his decisive showing.
Donations from nearly 25,000 supporters flooded the presumptive nominee’s campaign coffers with upwards of $600,000 between Sunday and Wednesday. Jackson’s campaign said on Wednesday it had raised more than $1 million since he jumped into the truncated race earlier this month.
Some 600 delegates will select the nominee at a party convention in Bangor. Jackson and Saundra Pelletier, the wealthy chief executive of a biopharmaceutical company, are the only remaining candidates in a race that had ballooned to a field of 13.
MAINE RACE CRUCIAL FOR SENATE
Jackson’s acceptance will kick off a 101-day sprint to unseat five-term Senator Susan Collins, a vulnerable Republican who has used her seniority and perch as Senate Appropriations Committee chair to steer resources to Maine.
Collins is the only Republican up for reelection in a state that Democrat Kamala Harris won in 2024, making Maine a top flip opportunity for Democrats hoping to regain control of the chamber for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority, but winning Maine is crucial to both parties’ midterm strategies. Victory for Republicans would shrink Democrats’ path to a majority, while a Democratic upset would support the party’s bid for control.
Jackson held a narrow lead over Collins among likely general election voters in a
University of New Hampshire poll, opens new tab
released this week.
Collins, a 73-year-old moderate with an $11 million war chest, was last reelected in 2020. She won by nearly 9 percentage points, even as Mainers backed Democrat Joe Biden over Trump by a similar margin. Harris, herself a replacement nominee after Biden abruptly withdrew, carried Maine by about 7 percentage points.
Experts say affordability, Trump and immigration are likely to be key issues in the general election. Jackson has called for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency that has killed several people in high-profile incidents this year, including a 26-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13.
Collins voted for $70 billion in immigration enforcement funding without ICE reforms last month but has called for a pause in the agency’s traffic stops. Trump has since said such stops must continue, describing them as one of the agency’s most important and effective tools.
Social issues will also likely surface in the contest between Collins and Jackson. Jackson now supports abortion rights and same-sex marriage but opposed both in his state legislative career until his second Senate term in 2016.
His anti-abortion Senate voting record was raised in ads against him during his unsuccessful run in Maine’s gubernatorial primary this year.
While it’s unclear whether Republicans will invest in similar advertising in the Collins race, Republican officials say his past position leaves Collins less vulnerable over her vote to put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, which led to the overturning of federal abortion rights.
Reporting by Nolan D. McCaskill; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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