Maine Senate
$109M in outside money, and $68M of it is working for Susan Collins against a Democrat nominated only in July.1
Follow the MoneySix groups paid for most of the money in the biggest Senate races.The Matchup
Voters or Donors
Troy JacksonDEM
Fifth-generation logger and former Maine Senate president. Nominated in July after the primary winner quit.
Susan CollinsREP
U.S. senator since 1997, running for a sixth term.
- Refuses corporate PAC money; many of his PAC gifts come from unions
- Endorsed by End Citizens United; backs a stock trading ban for Congress
- Says he is 100% for overturning Citizens United
- PAC donors include Walmart, JPMorgan Chase and Northrop Grumman
- $3.4M from donors routed through AIPAC's PAC
- $68M in outside money on her side
Outside Money
$109M in Outside Money
Each side counts money spent for its candidate plus money spent against the other one, through Oct 23.1
- For Jackson$11M
- Against Collins$30M
- For Collins$4.7M
- Against Jackson$63M
Biggest groups for Jackson
- WinSenate, $30.5M, funded by Senate Majority PAC
- Government That Works PAC, $2.0M
- Cffe PAC, $1.8M
Biggest groups for Collins
- Senate Leadership Fund, $32.6M; Elon Musk is its biggest donor
- Pine Tree Results PAC, $16.7M; donors include Ken Griffin and Stephen Schwarzman
- The Maine Standard, $8.2M, funded by the Senate Leadership Fund
Our Pick
Troy Jackson
Why Jackson
Jackson refuses corporate PAC money, got about 1.5% of his money from PACs, many of them unions, and wants Citizens United overturned. Collins got 8.5% from PACs and grades F.
The Catch
Integrity Index hasn't graded Jackson yet. The state Senate Democrats' PAC he led took Altria and DraftKings money, and Senate Democrats' super PAC funds his biggest outside backer.
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