The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
Susan Collins
Republican · Holds the seat now
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Maine
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
Register 21 days before by mail, or same-day through Election Day in person.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 216,402 votes
- Graham PlatnerWon72.1%156,084
- Janet Mills (withdrawn)19.2%41,644
- David Costello8.1%17,560
- Andrea LaFlamme0.5%1,114
Platner won this primary, then withdrew on July 10; the Maine Democratic Party named Troy Jackson as the nominee.
The primary · 126,398 votes
- Susan CollinsWon100%126,398
Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $32M
- Outside money
- $2.8M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
- Small donors
- 8%$1.5M
- Large donors
- 56%$11M
- Bundled
- --
- PACs
- 9%$1.8M
- Other
- 27%$5.1M
Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The 12 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing. The groups named here account for $2.3M of the $2.8M total; the rest is smaller filers.
Not on the November ballot
23 filed- Graham PlatnerDemocratWon the primary, then withdrew; the party named Troy Jackson.$21M
- David CostelloDemocrat$154K
- Dan KlebanDemocrat$459K
- Paige LoudDemocrat$61K
- Janet MillsDemocrat$6.1M
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
R+9 in 2020
- Susan Margaret CollinsWon51%
- Sara I. Gideon42.4%
819,183 votes for candidates. Shares are the first choice count in a ranked choice election. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.