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Harris backs Troy Jackson in Maine Senate race

Harris endorsed Jackson and compared his short campaign timeline with her own experience.

Harris backs Troy Jackson in Maine Senate race
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Kamala Harris endorsed Troy Jackson for Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate nomination after he replaced Graham Platner. The article describes Jackson’s contest with Sen. Susan Collins, including polling and fundraising figures.

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Kamala Harris
Former U.S. Senator (D-CA)

Former vice president who endorsed Jackson

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Maine

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Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Republican U.S. senator from Maine and Jackson’s opponent

Former president mentioned in the account of Harris’s nomination

Bernie Sanders
I · VT · SEN

Senator and founder of Our Revolution

Chuck Schumer
D · NY · SEN

Senate Democratic leader discussed by Jackson

Former Democratic nominee who withdrew from the Senate race

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Kamala Harris Endorses Troy Jackson for Maine Senate

Outlets agree that Kamala Harris endorsed Troy Jackson for Maine’s U.S. Senate race after Maine Democrats selected him to replace Graham Platner. Harris urged Democrats to support Jackson in a fundraising email. Left-leaning outlets describe the endorsement in restrained terms and connect the race to Democrats’ effort to regain Senate control. Center outlets take a similarly descriptive approach, also discussing campaign fundraising and the race’s Senate-control stakes. Right-leaning outlets likewise use factual, attributed language, with Fox News emphasizing Jackson’s selection after Platner withdrew and including Republican-aligned sources.

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