How Troy Jackson went from Maine logger to the Democratic nominee for Senate
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UNITED STATES – JULY 25: Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson speaks during the Maine Democrats Senate Nominating Convention in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday, July 25, 2026. The majority of the state’s delegates are backing Jackson as the candidate to run against Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
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ALLAGASH, Maine (AP) — Troy Jackson stood alongside a small group of loggers deep in the northern Maine woods and stared down State Police troopers who threatened to arrest them. The lumberjacks had used their trucks to block access to the Quebec border in protest of Canadian loggers who were steali…
UNITED STATES – JULY 25: Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson speaks during the Maine Democrats Senate Nominating Convention in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday, July 25, 2026. The majority of the state’s delegates are backing Jackson as the candidate to run against Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
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