Former Vice President Kamala Harris has endorsed Maine's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, who became the party's nominee over the weekend.

Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson has secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine

Jackson is expected to be selected as the party’s nominee at Saturday’s state party convention after all of his major opponents dropped out of the race.

Jackson easily clinched the nomination during the Bangor convention where hundreds of Democratic delegates from Maine's 16 counties gathered.