Polls · Maine Senate
The Washington Post , 5 October 2026
The Washington Post has Troy Jackson ahead of Susan Collins by 4 points in Maine Senate, 50% to 46%. It is this pollster's first poll of this race in our data.
| Race | Maine Senate |
|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 30 September 2026 – 5 October 2026 |
| Stage | General election |
| Sample | 800 (likely voters) |
| Paid for by | SSPG |
| Pollster's lean | Mostly works for Republicans |
| Method | – |
| Release | release |
| In our average | Yes |
Main
 Troy Jackson D |
50 | |
 Susan Collins R |
46 | |
| Undecided | 3 | |
| Other | 1 |
Margin on the decided vote: D+4.1; after our adjustments D+4.4, which includes a move of 0.4 points to the Democrats with the national trend since the poll (↻).
Against the other polls
Its figures are within a point and a half of the median of the 7 other polls of this race taken within a week of it.
Photo credits
1 official portrait from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (US government work, public domain): Susan Collins.
- Troy Jackson: Photo: ArenLeBrun, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troy_Jackson_in_the_Senate_Chamber_(cropped).jpg)