Augusta, Maine - Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson took a very different approach to incumbent GOP Senator Susan Collins over the weekend, opting to get personal with voters.

Jackson spent the Labor Day weekend scrambling between a dozen different public events, spanning hundreds of miles across the state of Maine and putting his face in front of as many people as he possibly can ahead of the midterms.

His goal is simple – to make a splash and a name for himself in a race he entered late and at a disadvantage, after the implosion of Graham Platner's campaign in July.

The freshly minted candidate is trying to achieve these aims by talking to as many constituents as possible, attending numerous town halls and aggressively touting his progressive platform.

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"As p***ed as I am about the way things are going in this country, what I’ve seen across Maine this Labor Day weekend gives me hope," Jackson wrote in a post to X on Monday.

"People are fed up with those in power making their lives harder. They're ready for change that puts working people first," Jackson continued. "To me, that's what Labor Day is all about.
Happy Labor Day, Maine. Solidarity forever."

Meanwhile, Collins spent the weekend leaning into her conservative base, on Saturday attending the Windsor Fair, where she was stopped by numerous families asking for photos and offering words of thanks.

Collins is keen to emphasize the benefits that come from her senior position in the Senate, having served since 1997. Jackson, however, wants constituents to pay attention to this detail as well, painting her as old and out-of-date.

"It takes time to build up the seniority and the positions on committees to be able to deliver that kind of funding," Collins told reporters at the Fair. "That all would go away if Troy were elected."