NYTIMES (Jess Bidgood) - Maine Democrats Have a New Working-Class Hero in Troy Jackson. Can He Deliver?
Troy Jackson, a former logger, faces the tall task of taking down Susan Collins.
ABCNEWS - Troy Jackson secures Democratic nomination for Maine Senate race
Maine Democrats officially have a new U.S. Senate nominee. Troy Jackson, a veteran state politician and logger, secured the nomination Saturday.
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Maine Senate front-runner Troy Jackson bills himself as a logger — federal filings show nearly $100,000 from a Boston labor union
Troy Jackson, the likely Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, has built his campaign around a rugged North Woods identity, but federal disclosure forms reveal he spent nearly a decade drawing pay as a political operative for a Boston-based painters union. Jackson, a former Maine Senate president, is set to clinch the nomination at […] The post Maine Senate front-runner Troy Jackson bills himself as a logger — federal filings show nearly $100,000 from a Boston labor union appeared first on American Almanac .
Troy Jackson, the likely Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, has built his campaign around a rugged North Woods identity, but federal disclosure forms reveal he spent nearly a decade drawing pay as a political operative for a Boston-based painters union. Jackson, a former Maine Senate president, is set to clinch the nomination at a statewide convention on July 27 in Bangor after both of his top rivals dropped out and endorsed him. He has described himself as a "logger" from Aroostook County and cast his candidacy as a fight for working people against a "system rigged against working people." What he has not mentioned in public statements is the intermittent paychecks he collected from District Council 35 of the International…Open