Maine Democrats are meeting to pick a new Senate nominee to face Republican Sen. Susan Collins

Maine Democrats are meeting to select a new Senate nominee to challenge Republican incumbent Susan Collins after Graham Platner dropped out. The party seeks to move past Platner's scandal-plagued campaign. Support has coalesced around former Senate President Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation logger from rural northern Maine, who is now the apparent front-runner. The gathering aims to establish a viable candidate to unseat Collins in the upcoming election through a unified party effort.