Troy Jackson Wins Maine Senate Nomination After Opposing Israel Aid

Former Maine Senate president Troy Jackson won the state's Democratic U.S. Senate nomination at a special convention in Bangor on Saturday, taking 566 of 571 delegate votes. He replaces Graham Platner and will face five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November in a contest that could help determine Senate control. Jackson pledged this month never to support U.S. taxpayer-funded military aid to Israel and accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. Jewish community leaders in Maine said his newly adopted rhetoric raised concern and questioned whether it reflected conviction or an appeal to Platner's progressive base.