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- Susan Collins and Troy Jackson met for four debates over two weeks in October.
- Troy Jackson was the Democratic challenger and former state Senate president, while Susan Collins entered as Maine’s incumbent Republican senator.
- Energy affordability was the heavy focus of each of the four debates.
- Heating oil and electricity supplied the race’s recurring contrast, while each debate exchange followed roughly the same script.
Why it matters: Four debates in two weeks all focused heavily on energy affordability, so Maine voters repeatedly heard Collins and Jackson address the same heating-oil-versus-electricity contrast. That repetition made household energy costs a recurring campaign theme for both candidates, rather than a one-off debate topic.
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