The path to Senate control runs through this state
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The path to Senate control runs through this state

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202623 min
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Incumbent Sen. Susan Collins is the Republican defending a Senate seat in a state Kamala Harris won in 2024. Democrats replaced their nominee in July with Troy Jackson, a former state senator, who has struggled to make himself known to voters. We look at the candidates, their races, and what's to come as early voting begins in Maine. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, senior political correspondent Tamara Keith, and Maine Public's chief politics and government correspondent Steve Mistler. This podcast was produced and edited by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs. Our executive producer is M...

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This week on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, we talk with David Byrne about the early fashion advice he got from Lou Reed. I had really hairy arms at that point. He said, you should never wear short sleeves. Body shamed, yeah. Don't miss our full conversation and the rest of our games.

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Listen to the Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me podcast on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Today, we check in on Maine, where early voting has just begun. Kamala Harris won the state by seven percentage points in 2024, making it the most obvious potential pickup for Democrats in the Senate this cycle.

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But Susan Collins says not so fast. It's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting.

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