Former Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia said he told Senator Susan Collins, who is locked in a tough re-election fight, “Whenever you run again, I’m going to come.”
Ms. Collins, a Republican running in a crucial race, said the debate remark by Troy Jackson reflected how he treated women. Mr. Jackson defended his comment.
Both Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and Troy Jackson, her Democratic challenger, grew up in Aroostook County, a vast, isolated northern wilderness. Those roots have helped define them.
The race’s fourth and final debate centered on whether Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent, was as independent as she claimed to be from President Trump.
With control of Congress hanging in the balance, nominees have attacked their rivals’ records, stock portfolios and families, with varying degrees of accuracy.
From left, Representative Mike Collins, Republican of Georgia; Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine; and Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan.
The race in Maine, which could decide Senate control, is testing whether there is still room for Ms. Collins’s brand of moderation during a sharply polarizing presidency.
Senator Susan Collins of Maine has cultivated a reputation as an independent-minded Republican who delivers for her state. As she seeks re-election, she faces a growing set of political challenges.
Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, disagreed over the war in Iran and President Trump in the third of four debates in a key race.
A bipartisan group of 12 senators called on the president to drop his decision to ease sanctions on Russia’s exports of diesel fuel, saying the deal would help Moscow continue the war in Ukraine.
The letter, led by Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, came just weeks after Congress overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to increase economic pressure on Moscow and its allies.
A bipartisan group of 12 senators called on the president to drop his decision to ease sanctions on Russia’s exports of diesel fuel, saying the deal would help Moscow continue the war in Ukraine.
The letter, led by Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, came just weeks after Congress overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to increase economic pressure on Moscow and its allies.
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for running the ad in Oregon.
Three months after a jarring summer candidate switch, some Democrats in the state are worried about the enthusiasm for their nominee, Troy Jackson, who is in a close race.
A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.
Supporters of Senator Susan Collins and her opponent in the Maine Senate race, Troy Jackson, waited for the candidates to arrive before a debate on Thursday.
Voting in Ferndale, Mich., during the state’s primary election. The candidates for Senate in Michigan, Maine and Georgia will each face off Thursday in televised debates.
Residents entering the town hall of Windham, Maine, on Wednesday. Windham is the type of politically divided town that could be critical to determining the Senate race.
Senator Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the midterms, clashed with the Democratic challenger Troy Jackson over President Trump, ICE and more.
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