{"id":155154,"date":"2026-07-25T18:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155154"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:13:12","slug":"maine-democrats-pick-troy-jackson-to-replace-scandal-plagued-candidate-in-key-senate-raceunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155154","title":{"rendered":"Maine Democrats pick Troy Jackson to replace scandal-plagued candidate in key Senate raceUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Democratic Party in Maine picked its new candidate for a key US Senate race on Saturday, after the original nominee was pressured to drop out over sexual misconduct allegations.<br \/>\nDelegates to a hastily organised nominating convention picked Troy Jackson, a former state senate president, to go up against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.<br \/>\n\u201cThank you, Maine. In 101 days, we will defeat Susan Collins and reclaim our Senate seat. Let\u2019s get to work,\u201d Jackson said on social media.<br \/>\nThe move comes&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3361855\/maine-democrats-pick-troy-jackson-replace-scandal-plagued-candidate-key-senate-race?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Democratic Party in Maine picked its new candidate for a key US Senate race on Saturday, after the original nominee&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155154"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}