Candidate · U.S. Senate
Troy D. Jackson
What this job does: One of Maine's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years.
- Occupation
- Logger; former President of the Maine Senate
- Lives in
- Allagash
Background
- Jackson is a former President of the Maine Senate. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Jackson ran for governor in the June 9, 2026 Democratic primary and was eliminated during the ranked-choice count; Jackson had 21.1% of first-choice votes. source: en.wikipedia.org
- The Democratic primary winner for U.S. Senate, Graham Platner, withdrew on July 10, 2026. A Maine Democratic Party convention in Bangor on July 25, 2026 chose Jackson as the replacement nominee, 566 votes to 5. source: en.wikipedia.org
- The Secretary of State received Jackson's replacement nomination on July 27, 2026, listing Allagash as Jackson's residence. source: maine.gov (Secretary of State)
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