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Pine Tree Poll February 24 2026

The latest Pine Tree State Poll from the University of New Hampshire brought disturbing news for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Tuesday when it showed Graham Platner with a significant lead in a senate general election.

In the Democratic primary, the radical political newcomer Platner drastically outperformed the aging Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine), with a blowout 38-point lead, as Platner drew 64 percent support compared with Gov. Mills’ 26 percent.

That lead has increased by four points since the Pine Tree State Poll’s October results.

Quote: "From this day forward you will never see a headline in the political press referring to Graham Platner, the candidate in question, as a communist, though that’s how he described himself as recently as 2020. " https://t.co/IoDIguv8bz

— Brit Hume (@brithume) February 26, 2026