ME-GOV: Days before primary, Jackson and Shah spar over outsider attack ads, abortion views

[RandySF]

After months of mostly avoiding direct attacks, Democratic gubernatorial candidates Troy Jackson and Nirav Shah spent Thursday denouncing a pair of outside attack ads, though largely standing by the criticisms those ads raised about their opponent.

Both ads were paid for by out-of-state political groups that have committed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Democratic primary.

At back-to-back press conferences, Jackson and Shah denounced the negative turn the race has taken while making it clear they still believed each other’s records and campaigns were fair game for attack.



https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/06/04/days-before-primary-jackson-and-shah-spar-over-outsider-attack-ads-abortion-views/

[Cha]

1. Thanks, I know nothing

them. May the best one win for the GE.

[chelsea0011]

2. This is a pretty ugly race all around up here

PACs are running non stop with one ugly ad after another. Even Dems are eating their own . Three running for Governor have banded together to ask voters to leave off high polling Shah off the ballots. And Mills hasn’t endorsed Platner but reminds voters that her name still appears on Senate ballot.