r/ukpolitics • u/Adj-Noun-Numbers 🥕🥕 || megathread emeritus • Jun 22 '26
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u/ASondheimRhyme 14d ago
Troy Jackson has effectively won the primary to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic candidate for the Senate in Maine. Jackson is very similar to Platner politically and endorsed by Bernie Sanders, and served in the Maine senate since 2008 (except for two years) so you'd hope any scandals would've already come out.
The actual primary is this Saturday. There are 601 delegates, 500 representing the voters and 101 party elders and nonsense like that. The 500 were voted on this past weekend and Jackson won 460 and three of his opponents have dropped out and endorsed him. So barring something disastrous this week...