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- Senator Susan Collins asked the Senate Leadership Fund to withdraw a radio ad calling Troy Jackson a “creep”.
- The ad included the lyric, “If he’ll screw his own family, he’ll screw yours too.”
- Negative ads comprised 88% of broadcast spending in Maine’s Senate race week ending Oct. 21, 2026.
- Democrats now allocate over 80% of their broadcast budget to negative ads, up from about half in early August.