AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Troy Jackson's son billed nearly $200,000 lobbying the Maine Senate while Jackson ran it
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson built his campaign on fighting "high-priced lobbyists and corporate greed", but his own son collected nearly $200,000 in lobbying fees from the very chamber Jackson presided over during his final year as Senate president. Chace Jackson, 35, partnered at a lobbying firm founded by his father's former chief of […] The post Troy Jackson's son billed nearly $200,000 lobbying the Maine Senate while Jackson ran it appeared first on American Almanac .
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson built his campaign on fighting "high-priced lobbyists and corporate greed", but his own son collected nearly $200,000 in lobbying fees from the very chamber Jackson presided over during his final year as Senate president. Chace Jackson, 35, partnered at a lobbying firm founded by his father's former chief of staff and billed nine clients a combined $182,500 in 2024, the same year Troy Jackson wielded the gavel as president of the Maine Senate. The Washington Free Beacon reported that the arrangement spanned gun-control advocacy, alcohol-industry lobbying, and union work, all funneled through a firm that openly promised to "leverage" its relationships inside the Legislature. The gap between…Open