Troy Jackson

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Presents himself as a working-class candidate, a logger by trade, with the slogan "Senator for the people."[1]
• Says "Working Mainers deserve a break" and calls for tax cuts for working-class households.[1],[3]
• Says his campaign is not backed by corporate PACs or billionaire donors and calls for putting power "back in the hands of the people."[1]
• Points to his legislative record on lower prescription drug prices, universal school meals, union jobs and rural health care.[2]
• Says he owes nothing to President Trump or billionaires and has "spent my life fighting back against billionaires."[9]

Background

• Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, chosen by party convention after Graham Platner's withdrawal, Maine Democratic Party · 2026[5],[6],[7]
• Candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor (finished third), 2026 Maine Democratic primary · 2025–2026[10]
• President of the Maine Senate, Maine Senate · 2018–2024[4],[5]
• State Senator (also majority leader and minority leader), Maine Senate · 2008–2014, 2016–2024[4],[5]
• State Representative (elected as an independent; joined the Democratic Party in 2004), Maine House of Representatives · 2002–2008[4],[5]
• Logger, Aroostook County · From age 19[2],[5]

Education

• Associate degree, University of Maine at Fort Kent (2000)[2],[4]

Where they stand

• Health Care
  Supports Medicare for All and lowering prescription drug prices.[3],[9]
• Taxes
  Calls for raising taxes on billionaires and large corporations and cutting taxes for working-class households.[3]
• Immigration
  Supports dismantling and abolishing ICE.[3],[9]
• Abortion
  Supports passing a federal right to abortion. Earlier in his legislative career he supported some abortion restrictions, including a 24-hour waiting period, and he has said his views on the issue have changed.[3],[8]
• Foreign Policy
  Calls for ending U.S. funding for Israel's military and, in his campaign's words, to "End the genocide in Gaza."[3]
• Elections & Democracy
  Supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks and overturning the Citizens United decision.[3]
• Civil Rights
  Supports comprehensive federal civil rights legislation protecting LGBTQ+ people from discrimination, and protecting the right to vote and organize.[3]

Voting record

Troy Jackson has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words