Senate races 2026

[Anonymous]

Big L for Elon, plus Trump keeps offering candidates jobs to drop out of races which is illegal.

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Susan is a sorceress; she always seems to win when she really shouldn't.

+1 She had crazy numbers in 2008 running alongside the Obama landslide.

And that was after she had promised in 1996 to only serve two terms. Oops.

It’s going to be interesting to see how things come out in Maine. Collins is less liked now than ever before, but she still enjoys strong support in a state where Republicans and independents far outnumber Democrats, and the independents are not largely progressives by any means.

Also Platner has some real baggage, and there may be more that comes out of oppo research after the primary if he wins it (and it appears he likely will). He’s also a political novice trying to walk into a Senate seat having nothing but harbormaster of a tiny town and some very recent community organizing under his belt.

What’s really sad is that Mainers don’t have any better options for Senate than two career politicians on the cusp of octogenarian status and a totally politically inexperienced middle aged man with a fairly strong history of anti-almost-everyone comments including very recent use of the term ‘r*t*rded’ which he doesn’t seem to think is actually any big deal.

I generally agree with this take but these numbers seemed wrong so I looked them up, Maine is Democrats: 325,974 (33.78%)
Republicans: 287,858 (29.83%)
Other/Independent: 351,253 (36.40%)

Do you struggle with maths, or do you actually believe that the 36% of Maine independents are all liberal leaning and vote for D candidates?

If you think that, you don’t know Maine politics at all. Maine, after all, elected ‘Trump before Trump’ Paul LePage to two terms as Governor. He’s running again this year for the open seat in Maine’s CD2, and he enjoys very strong support in that most conservative part of the state. Voters who turn out for LePage will be voting for Collins too.

I think that many of the commenters here are folks whose knowledge of Maine is limited to Portland and the surrounding environs, maybe up to midcoast. The rest of Maine calls this northern Massachusetts. There are two Maines, a very well understood phenomenon to those of us who have lived in and/or grown up in Maine or those who really study and grasp the political landscape.

So I’ll reiterate- by basic maths we can see that Republicans and independents in Maine far outnumber Democrats. And independents in Maine aren’t largely lefty or democratic socialists -they are more moderate to conservative.

Collins has the edge going into this race no matter what the polls today show when only the most die hard voters are paying attention in primary season. Now do a historical analysis on how many incumbent five term Senators of either party have ever been unseated by a challenger anywhere in the country.

[Anonymous]

Yes, we get it- a portion of Maine is not different than ‘pennsyltuckey’. That doesn’t change that people are getting crushed in this economy and it is totally inflicted by Trump’s dumb policies.

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Anonymous wrote:Perfect 😘

Susan is a sorceress; she always seems to win when she really shouldn't.

+1 She had crazy numbers in 2008 running alongside the Obama landslide.

And that was after she had promised in 1996 to only serve two terms. Oops.

It’s going to be interesting to see how things come out in Maine. Collins is less liked now than ever before, but she still enjoys strong support in a state where Republicans and independents far outnumber Democrats, and the independents are not largely progressives by any means.

Also Platner has some real baggage, and there may be more that comes out of oppo research after the primary if he wins it (and it appears he likely will). He’s also a political novice trying to walk into a Senate seat having nothing but harbormaster of a tiny town and some very recent community organizing under his belt.

What’s really sad is that Mainers don’t have any better options for Senate than two career politicians on the cusp of octogenarian status and a totally politically inexperienced middle aged man with a fairly strong history of anti-almost-everyone comments including very recent use of the term ‘r*t*rded’ which he doesn’t seem to think is actually any big deal.

I generally agree with this take but these numbers seemed wrong so I looked them up, Maine is Democrats: 325,974 (33.78%)
Republicans: 287,858 (29.83%)
Other/Independent: 351,253 (36.40%)

Do you struggle with maths, or do you actually believe that the 36% of Maine independents are all liberal leaning and vote for D candidates?

If you think that, you don’t know Maine politics at all. Maine, after all, elected ‘Trump before Trump’ Paul LePage to two terms as Governor. He’s running again this year for the open seat in Maine’s CD2, and he enjoys very strong support in that most conservative part of the state. Voters who turn out for LePage will be voting for Collins too.

I think that many of the commenters here are folks whose knowledge of Maine is limited to Portland and the surrounding environs, maybe up to midcoast. The rest of Maine calls this northern Massachusetts. There are two Maines, a very well understood phenomenon to those of us who have lived in and/or grown up in Maine or those who really study and grasp the political landscape.

So I’ll reiterate- by basic maths we can see that Republicans and independents in Maine far outnumber Democrats. And independents in Maine aren’t largely lefty or democratic socialists -they are more moderate to conservative.

Collins has the edge going into this race no matter what the polls today show when only the most die hard voters are paying attention in primary season. Now do a historical analysis on how many incumbent five term Senators of either party have ever been unseated by a challenger anywhere in the country.

When those independents fill up their gas tanks on the way to the voting booths, they'll know which way to vote this time.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perfect 😘

Susan is a sorceress; she always seems to win when she really shouldn't.

+1 She had crazy numbers in 2008 running alongside the Obama landslide.

And that was after she had promised in 1996 to only serve two terms. Oops.

You know who else promised in 1996 to only two terms? Senator Warner. He is now running for his 4th term.

I wish Warner had retired and we were given the option of a populist senator for Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congresswoman Stevens (D-Birmingham) is the odds favorite to win the open Michigan senate seat. Thank G-d.

Stevens is just the worst. She booted progressive Andy Levin from Congress. We don't need another moderate do-nothing in the Senate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perfect 😘

Susan is a sorceress; she always seems to win when she really shouldn't.

+1 She had crazy numbers in 2008 running alongside the Obama landslide.

And that was after she had promised in 1996 to only serve two terms. Oops.

It’s going to be interesting to see how things come out in Maine. Collins is less liked now than ever before, but she still enjoys strong support in a state where Republicans and independents far outnumber Democrats, and the independents are not largely progressives by any means.

Also Platner has some real baggage, and there may be more that comes out of oppo research after the primary if he wins it (and it appears he likely will). He’s also a political novice trying to walk into a Senate seat having nothing but harbormaster of a tiny town and some very recent community organizing under his belt.

What’s really sad is that Mainers don’t have any better options for Senate than two career politicians on the cusp of octogenarian status and a totally politically inexperienced middle aged man with a fairly strong history of anti-almost-everyone comments including very recent use of the term ‘r*t*rded’ which he doesn’t seem to think is actually any big deal.

I generally agree with this take but these numbers seemed wrong so I looked them up, Maine is Democrats: 325,974 (33.78%)
Republicans: 287,858 (29.83%)
Other/Independent: 351,253 (36.40%)

Do you struggle with maths, or do you actually believe that the 36% of Maine independents are all liberal leaning and vote for D candidates?

If you think that, you don’t know Maine politics at all. Maine, after all, elected ‘Trump before Trump’ Paul LePage to two terms as Governor. He’s running again this year for the open seat in Maine’s CD2, and he enjoys very strong support in that most conservative part of the state. Voters who turn out for LePage will be voting for Collins too.

I think that many of the commenters here are folks whose knowledge of Maine is limited to Portland and the surrounding environs, maybe up to midcoast. The rest of Maine calls this northern Massachusetts. There are two Maines, a very well understood phenomenon to those of us who have lived in and/or grown up in Maine or those who really study and grasp the political landscape.

So I’ll reiterate- by basic maths we can see that Republicans and independents in Maine far outnumber Democrats. And independents in Maine aren’t largely lefty or democratic socialists -they are more moderate to conservative.

Collins has the edge going into this race no matter what the polls today show when only the most die hard voters are paying attention in primary season. Now do a historical analysis on how many incumbent five term Senators of either party have ever been unseated by a challenger anywhere in the country.

Of course Republicans and independents TOGETHER far outnumber Democrats, that’s true in almost every state and not at all unique to Maine (and therefore not what I thought you meant.) Sheesh. Also, check out the approval numbers for Trump among independents, plus we call it math here.

[Anonymous]

Last night’s primary vote looks promising for Sherrod Brown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congresswoman Stevens (D-Birmingham) is the odds favorite to win the open Michigan senate seat. Thank G-d.

Haley Stevens is the best choice for Michigan for the primary. She pulls in a ton of independents.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perfect 😘

Susan is a sorceress; she always seems to win when she really shouldn't.

+1 She had crazy numbers in 2008 running alongside the Obama landslide.

And that was after she had promised in 1996 to only serve two terms. Oops.

You know who else promised in 1996 to only two terms? Senator Warner. He is now running for his 4th term.

I wish Warner had retired and we were given the option of a populist senator for Virginia.

Who care who promised to run X many times? There are lots of factors that would cause one to change their minds. And generally, if they're not pushing mid-70's and 80's in age, that can be fine. With Warner, he's a bit centrist for me and I don't like that, but there is no option in the wings (which is a problem, I get it) and i'm certainly not in favor of an R. So warner it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Congresswoman Stevens (D-Birmingham) is the odds favorite to win the open Michigan senate seat. Thank G-d.

Stevens is just the worst. She booted progressive Andy Levin from Congress. We don't need another moderate do-nothing in the Senate.

You need a D next to the name. You can have your BS purity test or you can have an R.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perfect 😘

Susan is a sorceress; she always seems to win when she really shouldn't.

+1 She had crazy numbers in 2008 running alongside the Obama landslide.

And that was after she had promised in 1996 to only serve two terms. Oops.

It’s going to be interesting to see how things come out in Maine. Collins is less liked now than ever before, but she still enjoys strong support in a state where Republicans and independents far outnumber Democrats, and the independents are not largely progressives by any means.

Also Platner has some real baggage, and there may be more that comes out of oppo research after the primary if he wins it (and it appears he likely will). He’s also a political novice trying to walk into a Senate seat having nothing but harbormaster of a tiny town and some very recent community organizing under his belt.

What’s really sad is that Mainers don’t have any better options for Senate than two career politicians on the cusp of octogenarian status and a totally politically inexperienced middle aged man with a fairly strong history of anti-almost-everyone comments including very recent use of the term ‘r*t*rded’ which he doesn’t seem to think is actually any big deal.

I generally agree with this take but these numbers seemed wrong so I looked them up, Maine is Democrats: 325,974 (33.78%)
Republicans: 287,858 (29.83%)
Other/Independent: 351,253 (36.40%)

Do you struggle with maths, or do you actually believe that the 36% of Maine independents are all liberal leaning and vote for D candidates?

If you think that, you don’t know Maine politics at all. Maine, after all, elected ‘Trump before Trump’ Paul LePage to two terms as Governor. He’s running again this year for the open seat in Maine’s CD2, and he enjoys very strong support in that most conservative part of the state. Voters who turn out for LePage will be voting for Collins too.

I think that many of the commenters here are folks whose knowledge of Maine is limited to Portland and the surrounding environs, maybe up to midcoast. The rest of Maine calls this northern Massachusetts. There are two Maines, a very well understood phenomenon to those of us who have lived in and/or grown up in Maine or those who really study and grasp the political landscape.

So I’ll reiterate- by basic maths we can see that Republicans and independents in Maine far outnumber Democrats. And independents in Maine aren’t largely lefty or democratic socialists -they are more moderate to conservative.

Collins has the edge going into this race no matter what the polls today show when only the most die hard voters are paying attention in primary season. Now do a historical analysis on how many incumbent five term Senators of either party have ever been unseated by a challenger anywhere in the country.

Of course Republicans and independents TOGETHER far outnumber Democrats, that’s true in almost every state and not at all unique to Maine (and therefore not what I thought you meant.) Sheesh. Also, check out the approval numbers for Trump among independents, plus we call it math here.

Trump is not on the ballot.

As a former Mainer with family there still, I follow politics closely. You aren’t grasping the perspective of many moderate independents on fuel prices and other necessary costs of closing our borders and safeguarding the country from foreign enemies such as Iran. You may think that’s ridiculous, but it’s the way a lot of people think in Maine.

Maths is a correct abbreviation for mathematics, whether you like it or not. It seems that closing your mind off to anything you don’t like is SOP for you. Boring.

[Anonymous]

Bringing that magic touch that helped Orban 🤞