Morning Update: What you need to know in Maine today

0 Rose kim setembro 07, 2026

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Happy Labor Day!

For many of you reading the Morning Update this morning, you’ve probably got a lazy day off ahead of you (lucky!). And the weather outside will be perfect for marking the traditional end of summer as the long dark nights of winter creep ever closer.

The temperatures today will be in the mid- to high 70s throughout the state, with partly sunny skies and moderate humidity. Winds, however, could be gusty at times. So if you’re cooking outdoors, take precautions.

Enjoy today’s warmth and sunshine while you can, because a cold front may bring more showers as the week progresses.

For many Troy Jackson supporters, it’s all about Susan Collins

Troy Jackson waves to the crowd of delegates at a Democratic nominating convention in Bangor on July 25, 2026. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN

For many Democrats this election cycle, their calculus comes down to this: Anyone but Susan Collins.

Troy Jackson has been rapidly assembling a campaign against the incumbent Republican U.S. senator after assuming his party’s mantle in late July after Graham Platner dropped out of the race following an ex-girlfriend’s rape accusation.

While many Democrats saw Jackson as a viable heir to Platner, who built his insurgent campaign on a working-class message, the former Allagash logger isn’t electrifying his supporters in the same way.

A recent poll found that 6 in 10 of Jackson’s supporters see their vote primarily as a referendum against Collins rather than a vote for what Jackson may represent.

But unlike Platner, the grandson of a famous architect and son of a lawyer, Jackson isn’t facing questions about the authenticity of his working-class bona fides. Jackson’s supporters see his halting, folksy style and his story as the son of teen parents who went on to work in the Maine woods before rising to become Maine Senate president as strong assets, even if they don’t fit the genteel image of a U.S. senator.

“When you see Troy, he’s a Mainer, he’s not trying to be anyone he’s not,” Colin Schlobohm, a Greene student who will turn 18 before Election Day and the son of Maine AFL-CIO head Matt Schlobohm, told us. “Maybe that comes off as not senatorial. But … he’s authentic. He’s going to do what he says, back working Mainers and stick to his roots.”