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Susan Collins and Troy Jackson clash over Trump and seniority in Maine’s first Senate debate
The two candidates clashed repeatedly over their records and national politics in the first of four debates in the key battleground race.
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All three outlets frame the story as a debate recap centered on Susan Collins and Troy Jackson’s clash, with NBC News and The Hill both highlighting their repeated sparring and the race’s competitiveness. The Washington Post’s takeaways version puts more emphasis on the issues discussed, naming Trump, high prices and Iran, while NBC News alone mentions it was the first of four debates. The Hill alone foregrounds Collins’s history of bucking her party.
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