Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson clashed over President Donald Trump, the cost of living, and abortion on Oct. 6 in the first debate of one of the country’s most closely watched Senate races.
Jackson, a former Maine Senate president, used the hour-long debate in Portland to tie Collins to Trump, repeatedly saying she votes with the president 96 percent of the time.
Collins, who is seeking a sixth term, argued that her seniority and chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee have delivered for Maine.
She blamed the state’s high costs on policies passed in Augusta while Jackson led the state Senate….