缅因州参议员首场辩论：柯林斯与杰克逊交锋特朗普、堕胎权与ICE
据CNN报道，缅因州联邦参议员选举的两位候选人——共和党现任参议员苏珊·柯林斯（Susan Collins）与民主党挑战者特洛伊·杰克逊（Troy Jackson）——于10月6日晚举行了首场电视辩论。两人在辩论中围绕前总统特朗普的政策、堕胎权与移民执法展开激烈交锋。这场选举被视为决定参议院控制权归属的关键之战，CNN于10月7日刊发了辩论要点分析。
据报道，移民议题率先点燃战火。杰克逊抨击柯林斯投票支持给移民与海关执法局（ICE）追加350亿美元拨款，并提及今年早些时候ICE探员在比德福德（Biddeford）开枪打死一名持工作许可的哥伦比亚移民约翰·塞巴斯蒂安·杜兰·格雷罗（Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero）一案。柯林斯回应称，她对该机构的一些行为“感到震惊”，但表示“不能废除ICE”：“它确实需要改革，但你们真的想废除一个负责驱逐暴力罪犯的机构吗？”
在堕胎权问题上，杰克逊质问柯林斯曾投票确认后来推翻“罗伊诉韦德案”的最高法院大法官，认为她助长了联邦堕胎保护的丧失。柯林斯反驳称自己支持将“罗伊案”写入成文法，并列举自己支持堕胎权立法的记录，同时表示她代表的是一个在这一问题上立场分裂的州。
民调显示选情胶着，全国意义重大。据《华盛顿邮报》与沙尔学院9月30日至10月5日进行的民调，杰克逊以50%对46%微弱领先柯林斯，误差范围为3.6个百分点。柯林斯自1996年起担任参议员，现任参议院拨款委员会主席；54%的受访者认为她在为本州争取联邦资金方面做得更好——这正是她竞选团队着力宣传的论点。
杰克逊曾任缅因州参议院议长，今年7月在原民主党提名人因丑闻退选后加入选战，获参议员伯尼·桑德斯背书，其政纲包括全民医保、废除ICE与联邦层面保障堕胎权——这些立场点燃了进步派的热情，但柯林斯认为它们与缅因州的主流民意脱节。
资金战也在升温。据《国会山报》报道，计划生育组织下属的超级政治行动委员会10月6日宣布追加100万美元数字广告投入，支持缅因州与密歇根州的民主党参议员候选人。在参议院多数席位悬于一线的情况下，两党预计将在最后一个月向该州投入数千万美元。选举日为11月3日。
Maine Senate Rivals Spar Over Trump, Abortion and ICE in First Debate
AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger Troy Jackson sparred over President Donald Trump, abortion rights and immigration enforcement in their first debate Tuesday night, in a Maine Senate race that could decide control of the chamber, according to CNN.
The debate, held Oct. 6 and analyzed in CNN's takeaways published Oct. 7, quickly grew heated on immigration. Jackson attacked Collins for backing a measure giving Immigration and Customs Enforcement an additional $35 billion in funding, and raised the case of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian immigrant on a work permit who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Biddeford, Maine, earlier this year. Collins said she was "horrified" by some of the agency's actions but insisted it should not be abolished. "You cannot abolish ICE," she said. "It does need reform. But do you really want to abolish an agency that is responsible for deporting violent criminals?"
On abortion, Jackson pressed Collins over her votes to confirm Supreme Court justices who later voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, arguing she enabled the loss of federal abortion protections. Collins countered that she supports codifying Roe and pointed to her record of backing abortion rights legislation, while noting she represents a state with deeply held views on both sides.
Polling shows a tight race with enormous national stakes. A Washington Post-Schar School poll conducted Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 found Jackson leading Collins 50% to 46% among likely voters, within the 3.6-point margin of error. Collins, who first won the seat in 1996 and now chairs the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, was seen by 54% of respondents as better at bringing federal funds back to the state — an argument her campaign leans on heavily.
Jackson, the former president of the Maine Senate, entered the race in July after the previous Democratic nominee resigned amid allegations. Backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, he is running on Medicare for all, abolishing ICE and federalizing abortion rights — positions that energize progressives but that Collins argues are out of step with Maine.
The money race is intensifying too. The Hill reported that Planned Parenthood Votes, a super PAC affiliated with Planned Parenthood, announced Oct. 6 it would spend an additional $1 million on digital ads boosting Democratic Senate candidates in Maine and Michigan. With the Senate majority on the line, both parties are expected to pour tens of millions into the state in the final month. Election Day is Nov. 3.
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