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Ad targeting Maine Sen. Susan Collins' opponent Troy Jackson ran in wrong state. Who paid?
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Snopes and New York Times Homepage are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 12 Oct 2026, 21:29 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Ad targeting Maine Sen. Susan Collins' opponent Troy Jackson ran in wrong state. Who paid?”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Snopes confirmed a political ad meant to air in Portland, Maine, aired in Portland, Oregon, instead.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by New York Times Homepage
An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong Portland
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.