Coverage dated October 11, 2026 to October 13, 2026
'Absolutely furious': GOP super PAC mistakenly spent $25K showing campaign ads in the wrong Portland
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Ads promoting Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) appeared to target the wrong city of Portland in a Republican super PAC mix-up, running the advertisements in Oregon instead of Maine. “During a recent independent expenditure, our media vendor mistakenly placed approximately $25,000 in digital advertising …
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Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins is seeking a sixth term in her close race with Democrat Troy Jackson. Democrats have set their sights on winning the seat in their bid to retake control of the Senate.
A super PAC affiliated with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) says it’s getting a full refund after a vendor mistakenly placed ads attacking her Democratic opponent, Troy Jackson, in the wrong state. Defending Main Street PAC earmarked around $25,000 for digital advertising that was accidentally spent in Po…
A Republican super PAC sent at least $20,000 to Portland, Oregon, in support of Senator Susan Collins’s reelection campaign. Collins is a senator from Maine. This multithousand-dollar gaffe was made by the Defending Main Street Super PAC Inc, which sent a commercial calling Collins’s Democratic oppo…
Ads promoting Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) appeared to target the wrong city of Portland in a Republican super PAC mix-up, running the advertisements in Oregon instead of Maine. “During a recent independent expenditure, our media vendor mistakenly placed approximately $25,000 in digital advertising …
In most cases, confusing Portland, Maine, with Portland, Oregon, might be seen as an innocent faux pas. But in the case of political actors ahead of an election, it can be a costly—and frankly comedic—blunder.
Ads promoting Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) appeared to target the wrong city of Portland in a Republican super PAC mix-up, running the advertisements in Oregon instead of Maine. “During a recent independent expenditure, our media vendor mistakenly placed approximately $25,000 in digital advertising …
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for running the ad in Oregon.
