Jackson’s career-long focus on limiting Canadian workers in Maine logging meets a political moment when Donald Trump has remade the border dynamics in his backyard.
Ethan Wolin
Ethan Wolin from Washington, D.C., is a rising senior at Yale University where he served as the print managing editor for the Yale Daily News. He is assisting the Press Herald's politics team with election coverage this summer.
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Maine Jewish leaders push back on Gaza genocide accusation against Israel
Many Democratic politicians, including Senate nominee Troy Jackson, say Israel has perpetrated a genocide of Palestinians.
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In Aroostook County, Senate contest of locals doubles as test of Trump’s base
Sen. Susan Collins and Troy Jackson are both from a far northern county where working-class voters have become more solidly Republican in the past decade.
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Troy Jackson’s hometown of Allagash is split on his Senate run
The largely conservative Aroostook County town was home to a wide range of feelings the day after Jackson secured the Democratic nomination.
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Democrats crown Troy Jackson with a show in Bangor, and few surprises
At a nominating convention in Bangor that lasted under three hours, Maine Democrats formalized their choice to replace Graham Platner and took aim at incumbent Sen. Susan Collins.
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Morris Katz, adviser to Graham Platner, says he ‘was wrong’ to stick with him
In a podcast interview, the progressive strategist said a series of scandals before the rape allegation that did in Platner’s U.S. Senate bid “should have been enough.”
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After a rocky road with Platner, Jewish Mainers size up the state’s progressive left
In the wake of a candidate criticized for his rhetoric on Israel and his Nazi-linked tattoo, members of Maine’s small, liberal Jewish population grapple with what has or hasn’t changed.
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In Graham Platner’s county, Democrats move toward a successor without letting go
Troy Jackson’s slate of favored delegates nearly swept Saturday’s Hancock County vote.
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Troy Jackson leads early in race for delegates picking Maine Senate Democratic nominee
Democratic committees in Maine’s 16 counties were set to meet this weekend to select the delegates who will ultimately decide the party’s nominee.
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Jordan Wood ‘paid a price’ for condemning Platner. Now he hopes it pays off.
At a news conference in Lewiston, the Senate candidate-turned House candidate-turned Senate candidate pointed to his call last October for Graham Platner to end his campaign as an advantage in a general election against Susan Collins.