缅因州韦斯特布鲁克讯——缅因州州长珍妮特·米尔斯周四终于背书民主党同僚特洛伊·杰克逊，支持他在对阵共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯的竞选中获胜。这是米尔斯首次公开支持这位前缅因州参议院议长，两人在杰克逊领导该议院期间曾发生过冲突。
WESTBROOK, Maine – Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday finally endorsed fellow Democrat Troy Jackson in his race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins, her first public show of support for the former Maine Senate president, with whom she clashed when Jackson led the chamber.
“我鼓励缅因州选民为名单上从头到尾的民主党人投票，他们将捍卫我们的价值观，对抗特朗普，”米尔斯在X平台上写道，并表示她周四在提前投票点已投了杰克逊一票。
“I encourage Maine people to vote for Democrats up and down the ballot who will stand up for our values and stand up to Trump,” Mills wrote on X, indicating that she had voted for Jackson at her early voting site on Thursday.
米尔斯曾本人竞选参议员，但于今春退选。自杰克逊在格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的竞选活动垮台后获得民主党提名以来，米尔斯一直显著地保持沉默。
Mills, who ran for Senate herself before dropping out this spring, had been notably silent since Jackson earned the Democratic nomination following the collapse of Graham Platner’s campaign.
上个月，米尔斯的发言人本·古德曼告诉《缅因州现在》（MS NOW），杰克逊并未就背书事宜联系州长，但她“欢迎与他交谈”。
Last month, Mills spokesperson Ben Goodman told MS NOW that Jackson had not contacted the governor about an endorsement but that she “would welcome a conversation” with him.
然而周四透露，双方阵营在幕后曾进行最后努力，试图让杰克逊和米尔斯达成团结。
On Thursday, though, it was revealed that behind the scenes there had been a last-ditch effort between the two camps to unite Jackson and Mills.
杰克逊周四上午在韦斯特布鲁克的新闻发布会上告诉《缅因州现在》，他最近给米尔斯留过语音信息，但未收到回复。
Jackson told MS NOW at a press briefing in Westbrook Thursday morning that he had recently left a voice message for Mills but hadn’t heard back.
一位接近州长、未获授权公开发言的人士证实，杰克逊在10月15日与柯林斯进行最后一场激烈辩论后不久，留语音信息寻求米尔斯背书。但米尔斯即将启程前往爱尔兰进行贸易任务，这让她离开美国数日。留语音信息当天，米尔斯和杰克逊的助手曾联系，商议米尔斯回国后安排会面讨论背书事宜，上述接近米尔斯的人士表示。但那次会面最终未能成行。
A person close to the governor, who was not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that Jackson left the message seeking Mills’ endorsement shortly after his final, testy debate with Collins on Oct. 15. But Mills was about to depart on a trade mission to Ireland, which took her out of the country for several days. The day of the voicemail, aides for Mills and Jackson connected about getting them together to discuss an endorsement after Mills returned, the person close to Mills said. But that meeting never happened.
当米尔斯团队本周跟进时，杰克逊竞选团队“表示她的背书不符合他们冲刺阶段的日程安排”，该人士称。杰克逊的发言人未就该版本事件回应置评请求。
When Mills’ team followed up this week, Jackson’s campaign “indicated an endorsement from her didn’t fit into their schedule for the final stretch,” the person said. A Jackson spokesperson did not respond to an inquiry about that version of events.
周四，在米尔斯发布支持声明之前，杰克逊辩称，州长未予背书并非其竞选中的关键因素，民调显示距离选举仅剩五天，这场竞争极为胶着。
On Thursday, before Mills posted her support, Jackson argued the lack of an endorsement from the governor was not an essential factor in his race, which polls suggest is razor-thin just five days out.
“听着，这场竞选不是关于我和珍妮特，也不是关于类似的事情，”他对 MS NOW 表示。“这场竞选关乎那些没有医疗保障的人，关乎那些不知道如何填满油罐的人，关乎那些不知道如何获取处方药的人。”“我并不真正确定，比如州长——我并不把这事放在心上。我是说，安格斯·金也没有背书我，”杰克逊补充道，指的是缅因州的这位独立参议员，他历史上从未背书过柯林斯的对手。杰克逊从未避讳他与米尔斯关系紧张。
“Look, this race is not about me and Janet or anything like that,” he told MS NOW. “This race is about people that don’t have health care, people that don’t know how to fill their oil tanks, people that don’t know how to get their prescription drugs.”“I’m not really sure, like, with the governor — I don’t take it personally or anything like that. I mean, Angus King didn’t endorse me either,” Jackson added, referring to Maine’s independent senator, who has historically not endorsed Collins’ opponents. Jackson has not been shy about his rocky relationship with Mills.
“我们显然有很多不合——这不是秘密，”他在四月表示。“我是说，州长否决了我的 40 多项法案。” 更正（2026 年 10 月 29 日，美国东部时间晚上 9:15）：本文早先版本对杰克逊和米尔斯助手之间沟通的时间线部分描述不准。原文称，一位接近州长的人士说，米尔斯的一名助手在州长从贸易任务返回后试图联系，但未得到回应。该人士现在表示，杰克逊和米尔斯双方的助手在杰克逊留言的当天进行了交谈，试图安排两人会面。
“We obviously disagreed a lot — it’s no secret,” he said in April. “I mean, the governor vetoed more than 40 of my bills.”CORRECTION (Oct. 29, 2026, 9:15 p.m. ET): A previous version of this article inaccurately depicted a piece of the timeline of the communication between aides for Jackson and Mills. Originally, the person close to the governor said an aide for Mills attempted to make contact after the governor returned from a trade mission and got no response. The person now says aides for both Jackson and Mills spoke on the day Jackson left the message in an attempt to setup a meeting between the two.