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Troy Jackson
Troy JacksonCandidate for U.S. Senate from Maine (2026)
Troy Jackson is a logger from Allagash, Maine, who served 20 years in the Maine Legislature, including six as president of the Maine Senate from 2018 to 2024, and ran for governor in the 2026 Democratic primary. He is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate from Maine in 2026, chosen at a July 25, 2026 party convention to replace Graham Platner, and faces incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins on November 3.
Background
Biography
Troy Jackson grew up in Aroostook County, Maine, and lives in Allagash. He earned an associate degree from the University of Maine at Fort Kent in 2000. A fifth-generation logger, he worked in the woods like his father and took part in a labor protest in which loggers blocked the Canadian border over wages, after which he ran for the Legislature. He served in the Maine House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008 and in the Maine Senate from 2008 to 2014 and from 2016 to 2024, including six years as Senate President from 2018 to 2024. He entered the 2026 Democratic primary for governor of Maine. After Graham Platner, the winner of the June 2026 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, exited the race, Maine Democrats held a delegate convention in Bangor on July 25, 2026, where Jackson defeated Ashley Webb, Saundra Pelletier and five other contenders to become the nominee. He faces Republican Sen. Susan Collins on November 3.
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