ME-SEN: Potential Platner replacements neck and neck with Collins in new Maine Senate poll

A new poll testing the strength of potential replacements for Graham Platner (D) in the Maine Senate race found three former gubernatorial candidates polling closely with incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).

The statewide survey, first reported by NOTUS, tested head-to-head match-ups between Collins and three Democrats: Nirav Shah, former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention director; Shenna Bellows, Maine secretary of State; and Troy Jackson, former state Senate president.

Shah led Collins 47 percent to 46 percent; Bellows tied at 47 percent each; and Jackson, a former Platner ally, trailed Collins by one percentage point, getting 47 percent to her 48 percent.

The poll was conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday, shortly after Politico published a report detailing a rape accusation against Platner that derailed his campaign.



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