Maine Democrats vying to replace Graham Platner lash out after fatal ICE shooting

Published July 14, 2026 11:11am ET | Updated July 14, 2026 11:11am ET



Several Maine Senate candidates running to replace former Democratic nominee Graham Platner have spoken out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement since an agency-involved shooting killed a Colombian man in the state on Monday.

The top contenders, such as former Maine state Sen. Troy Jackson and former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Nirav Shah, openly called for abolishing ICE while attending an anti-ICE protest in Biddeford, where the man was shot. Jackson joined the protesters outside Sen. Susan Collins’s (R-ME) office in the city. The crowd chanted, “Vote her out!”

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