What the downfall of near three-decade senator Susan Collins says about Republican unpopularity
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Key context: <p>Troy Jackson, in just 101 days, bested the Republican, preventing her sixth Senate term: ‘You can’t eat road salt’</p><p>The political demise of Susan Collins – a fixture of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/maine">Maine</a> and Washington politics for three decades – recalls the famous line in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises about how one of the novel’s characters experienced bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly.</p><p>In the run-up to Tuesday’s stunning Democrat “blue wave” election triumph, it seemed obvious that Collins’s 30-year tenure as Maine’s Republican senator was vulnerable to the challenge of Troy Jackson, the Democrats’ explicitly working-class candidate as voters prepared to unleash pent-up anger with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s presidency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/susan-collins-senate-defeat-troy-jackson">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Troy Jackson, in just 101 days, bested the Republican, preventing her sixth Senate term: ‘You can’t eat road salt’The political demise of Susan Collins – a fixture of Maine and Washington politics for three decades – recalls the famous line in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises about how one of the novel’s characters experienced bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly.In the run-up to Tuesday’s stunning Democrat “blue wave” election triumph, it seemed obvious that Collins’s 30-year tenure as Maine’s Republican senator was vulnerable to the challenge of Troy Jackson, the Democrats’ explicitly working-class candidate as voters prepared to unleash pent-up anger with Donald Trump’s presidency. Continue reading...
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