New England Election Results: Collins Ousted in Maine, Pappas Wins N.H. Senate Seat, Healey and Markey Reelected

The Maine State House in Augusta (file photo). Photo: Albany NY of English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

New England delivered two of the night’s biggest Senate results. In Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson defeated Sen. Susan Collins, NBC News reported, and Collins conceded, according to ABC News. In New Hampshire, Rep. Chris Pappas won the open Senate seat over former Sen. John E. Sununu, NBC News projected.

Maine: Jackson ends Collins’s tenure

Jackson’s win flipped one of the Republicans’ most closely watched seats and helped Democrats take the Senate. Maine’s open governor’s race between Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles had not been called as of early Wednesday.

New Hampshire: a split result

Pappas kept the seat in Democratic hands; CBS News also projected his win, and Sununu conceded, the Boston Globe reported. Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte won reelection over Democrat Cinde Warmington, NBC News projected.

Massachusetts: incumbents win, two ballot questions decided

Gov. Maura Healey won a second term over Republican Mike Minogue, and Sen. Ed Markey won a third term over Republican John Deaton, CBS Boston reported; the AP projected both races, the Boston Globe reported.

• Question 1 (expand the public records law): approved, the AP projected, GBH reported.
• Question 8 (repeal recreational marijuana sales): rejected, the AP projected, so legal cannabis stays.

Our full Massachusetts results story covers the other questions, and the Massachusetts election tracker has race-by-race results.

Rhode Island and Connecticut

Helena Foulkes was projected to win Rhode Island’s governor’s race, ABC News reported. In Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont was among the projected winners, ABC7 New York reported.

For the national picture, see our overview of the Democratic sweep and the 2026 election tracker.

The Boston Report does not call races. Winners listed were projected by the organizations named. Results are unofficial until certified.

Sources

• NBC News live blog: Democrats defeat Collins
• ABC News: Collins concedes
• NBC News: Pappas wins New Hampshire
• CBS News: Pappas wins
• Boston Globe live updates
• NBC News: Ayotte wins reelection
• CBS Boston: Massachusetts results
• GBH: ballot question results
• ABC News results map
• ABC7 New York: Lamont projected winner