Troy Jackson (politician)

The question came one day after the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre and referenced criticism he has faced from some members of Atlanta's Jewish community after voting to block an arms shipment to Israel

The financial disclosure filed this week—after a nearly two-month extension—shows that Jackson's primary source of income this year and last was consulting work, and that he holds with his spouse up to $430,000 worth of assets

Jon Stewart shreds 'criminally naive' GOP senator Susan Collins

AOC on Susan Collins touting the money she got for body cameras and ICE training in the DHS bill

Troy Jackson, the Democratic candidate in the Maine Senate race, apologized for recent remarks about how Jewish people view the term “genocide” amid the war in Gaza

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation logger who has touted his working-class bonafides on the campaign trail, is facing backlash from both sides of the aisle over a viral ad that critics are labeling as tone-deaf pandering

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation logger who has touted his working-class bonafides on the campaign trail, is facing backlash from both sides of the aisle over a viral ad that critics are labeling as tone-deaf pandering

Senator Susan Collins is facing a new economic headwind in her reelection bid as home heating oil prices surge to a record high ahead of the 2026 midterm elections

Yet even as the county’s wood had grown to an ideal size to harvest, the machines Molly London typically uses sat idle

He leads his Republican opponent, former Representative Mike Rogers, by five percentage points

President Donald Trump’s dismal approval ratings were dragging her down in the polls, and she was falling behind her likely 2020 Democratic challenger in fundraising

Raju speaks with Collins and Democratic candidate Troy Jackson, who is facing an onslaught of GOP attack ads in the final weeks of the race

The midterms are less than 50 days away, and Democrats are increasingly hopeful about their chances of flipping both the House of Representatives and Senate

Trump Raves About RNC Night One, Despite Empty Seats and NFL Competition

A new poll found Democratic Senate nominees Troy Jackson and Abdul El-Sayed holding slight leads in their respective races, with less than two months before Election Day

Democrat Senate nominee Troy Jackson released an ad Friday attacking Collins for supporting Kavanaugh and Justice Neil Gorsuch, both of whom later joined the Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe v. Wade in the 2022 Dobbs decision

Democrat Senate nominee Troy Jackson released an ad Friday attacking Collins for supporting Kavanaugh and Justice Neil Gorsuch, both of whom later joined the Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe v. Wade in the 2022 Dobbs decision

Platner was expected to speak about labor history and the importance of unions in the U.S. Event organizers were urged not to let him speak by the former girlfriend and another woman who has accused him of domestic abuse

August is not even out, but the closing days of summer are offering a preview of the upcoming wildness of the US midterm elections

Abortion rights group endorses Democrat Troy Jackson in critical Maine Senate race

Collins, who at times has opposed President Donald Trump's legislative priorities, is a top target for Democrats this year as she runs in a midterm race that's among roughly a dozen that will determine if the GOP holds onto its slim Senate majority

Democrats must defend two states that President Donald Trump won in 2024—Georgia and Michigan—while going after top flip target Maine, where the president lost in 2024

Data centers have become one of the most unpredictable issues of the 2026 midterms, cutting across party lines in ways few other topics do

Jackson, a one-time logger and a former state Senate president, was chosen a couple of weeks ago by Maine Democrats to replace embattled oysterman Graham Platner, who won the June Democratic Senate nomination in a landslide before imploding and dropping out of the race last month amid rape allegations that he denied

Collins has represented Maine in the Senate since 1997, winning her fifth term in 2020 by nearly 9 percentage points

In fewer than 100 days, the new Democratic nominee has to convince Maine voters to send him to the US Senate — and he’s trying to do it without dwelling on Graham Platner, who dropped out of the race after accusations of rape, which he denies

The Maine Senate election spun out of control for Democrats earlier this month when sexual assault allegations emerged against the party’s official candidate, Graham Platner

President DONALD TRUMP today tried yet another tactic to push Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act: don’t take off for summer break

Democrats in Maine have reset a Senate race seen as critical to their party’s chances of retaking the chamber after an improvised scramble to swap out a damaged candidate, Graham Platner, for a new one, Troy Jackson, after a wild 17 days

Platner withdrew his bid earlier this month following allegations of sexual abuse

Susan Collins as Democrats scramble to salvage a top pickup opportunity after Graham Platner's campaign collapsed

Plus, Rebecca Shabad and Frank Thorp V report on Darline Graham’s decision to seek a full Senate term

Troy Jackson, a progressive, has built a clear edge in Maine’s abbreviated nomination process to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee after he dropped out this month under pressure from party leaders

The answers from the eight participating Democrats showed an effort to capture some of Platner’s momentum and messaging — even as they sought to stake out their own candidacies amid a scramble to find another party nominee

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And a disgraced former nominee looming over it all, haunting the party’s hopes of starting anew

Mr. Jackson was seeking to channel Democratic outrage over the event and hit Senator Susan Collins, the five-term Republican he hopes to challenge, for voting to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Candidates gunning to win the Democratic nomination must file with the state party by Wednesday to get on the ballot

Fatal ICE Shooting Draws Maine Vigils as Agency Scrutiny Grows

Last month, as accusations that Graham Platner of Maine had demeaned and threatened women consumed his Senate campaign, his left-wing allies closed ranks around him

During an appearance on Fox News' "America's Newsroom," co-host Dana Perino asked Dingell whether Democrats mishandled allegations first raised by a former girlfriend of Platner

Roughly 300 members of the Democratic Socialists of America have signed a letter asking that D.S.A. candidates and elected officials drop Morris Katz and Fight Agency, the consultant and firm closely associated with Graham Platner’s disgraced and abandoned Senate campaign in Maine

Dana Bash breaks down Graham Platner's 11-minute video dropping out of Maine's Senate race and blasting party leaders CNN

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner accused of sexual assault

As Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner faces mounting calls to withdraw from the race over a sexual assault allegation he denies, Troy Jackson has emerged as the favorite to replace him

But his latest round of scandals has some Washington Democrats fantasizing about some highly unlikely scenarios that would let them avoid being stuck with him as their nominee in their top-target Senate race

While Platner remains the presumptive nominee to challenge longtime incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins in November, the controversy has triggered declines in his prediction market standing and reshaped the landscape for national Democrats regarding his general election viability

Democrats view Collins’ seat as one of their top pickup opportunities in the 2026 Senate race