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Troy Jackson

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Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine.

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine
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We have documented statements by Troy Jackson on 2026 Midterm Elections, Abortion, and Campaign Finance, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Troy Jackson

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Troy Jackson

Role at the time: Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, speaking to reporters

Condemned

Response to this claim

Chuck Schumer will be reelected majority leader when Senate Democrats choose their leader for the new Congress.

“I've already said that I told Sen. Schumer that I'm gonna support somebody else. It's no different now.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)'I'll be reelected as majority leader,' Schumer says · Roll CallFull article
Why we used this label

The reference point is Chuck Schumer remaining Senate Democratic leader in the new Congress. Jackson says he will support another candidate, which opposes Schumer continuing as leader.

Read statementFull case: Some incoming Democratic senators say they won't back Chuck Schumer as leader; Schumer says he will be reelected
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Troy Jackson

Role at the time: Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine

Condemned

Statement summary

Jackson says he supports overturning Citizens United.

“I'm 100% uh about overturning Citizens United”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Collins and Jackson's final debate: Court reform and campaign financeSupreme Court and Citizens United sections
Why we used this label

Jackson directly opposes the Citizens United ruling by saying he supports overturning it.

Read statementFull case: Citizens United: Corporate election spending and free speech
Portrait of Troy Jackson

Troy Jackson

Role at the time: Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine

Defended or excused

Statement summary

Jackson says he is not against adding justices and calls for ethics reform and term limits.

“we have to have real ethics reform that's accountable, that you can hold people to. I think that we should have term limits. And I'm not against putting more people on the court because this court obviously is not working.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Maine U.S. Senate debate: Collins and Jackson41:19-44:38 Supreme Court question and exchange (Jackson 41:47-42:41; Collins 42:58-44:09 and 44:15-44:31; Jackson reply 44:32-44:37); 46:15-46:57 Citizens United
Why we used this label

The reference point is increasing the number of Supreme Court justices. Jackson says he is not against adding justices because the current Court is not working, which treats expansion as an acceptable reform. He leaves the number of seats open.

Read statementFull case: Susan Collins and Troy Jackson split over Supreme Court expansion
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Troy Jackson

Role at the time: Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine and former president of the Maine Senate

Denied

Statement summary

Jackson says the ads Collins cites were made without his approval and points to ads he says Elon Musk is running for Collins.

“So those ads obviously are done without my approval, just like you know very well. I mean, Elon Musk is running ads for you.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Maine Public video of the October 15 Maine U.S. Senate debateCorporate-PAC answer at 14:31; candidate-to-candidate exchange on the DSCC ads from 20:23 to 24:24
Why we used this label

Reference point: whether the ads paid for by Women for Troy, the DSCC and Jackson's campaign break his pledge to reject corporate-PAC money. Jackson answers that the ads were done without his approval, denying that he approved the ads Collins describes. We used Denied rather than Challenged the characterization because he states as fact that he did not approve them instead of disputing how they are described.

Read statementFull case: Susan Collins says Troy Jackson's joint ads with the DSCC break his corporate-PAC pledge; Jackson says he did not approve them
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Troy Jackson

Role at the time: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former Maine Senate president

Condemned

Response to this claim

Collins bears responsibility for the Medicaid cuts because she helped advance the legislation despite opposing final passage.

“You know, Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Full October 6 Maine U.S. Senate debate56:30 program; Medicaid and bill exchange at 05:05, 06:13, 07:36 and 08:53
Why we used this label

He condemns her role in advancing the law, rather than disputing the existence of her final no vote.

Read statementFull case: Did Susan Collins help enable Trump's Medicaid cuts despite voting against the final bill?
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Troy Jackson

Role at the time: Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine

Condemned

Statement summary

Jackson pointed to Collins's Kavanaugh confirmation vote during their October 6 debate and asked whether she should be trusted to pick the next Supreme Court justice.

“Would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court justice?”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Collins and Jackson debate in Maine's Senate race · Associated PressOpening Kavanaugh-confirmation discussion; Jackson question about the next Supreme Court justice.
Why we used this label

Jackson questions trusting Collins with another Supreme Court appointment after her Kavanaugh confirmation vote.

Read statementFull case: Was Susan Collins's 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh justified after Dobbs?
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Troy Jackson

Role at the time: Democratic U.S. Senate nominee challenging Collins in Maine

Condemned

Response to this claim

Susan Collins knowingly participated in a pay-to-play arrangement in which Navatek campaign support was exchanged for her office's assistance obtaining federal contracts.

“This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, and then Donald Trump helped her cover it up.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Troy Jackson calls the reported Collins–Navatek arrangement corruptionX post 2102440681662710002
Why we used this label

Relative to the alleged exchange of campaign support for contract assistance, Jackson expressly calls the conduct corruption and attacks Collins for it. This is substantive condemnation.

Read statementFull case: Did Susan Collins Trade Federal Contract Support for Navatek Campaign Donations?
Portrait of Troy Jackson

Troy Jackson

Role at the time: Former Maine Senate president and 2026 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine

Condemned

Statement summary

Troy Jackson said he would vote for a ban on Flock cameras, saying Mainers want their privacy protected and do not know what else the data is used for.

“Yeah, I would. I mean, I think right now, everything I know personally and as far as for people across Maine, they do not like it. People’s privacy is something that I think they want protected. We don’t know what else they’re using the data for. I don’t like that and I would vote against it.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Troy Jackson: I'd vote to ban Flock and other AI-powered license plate reading camerasTranscript below the audio clip
Why we used this label

The reference point is whether networked license-plate readers such as Flock should exist and be used. Asked whether he would vote for a Flock ban, Jackson said yes and that he would vote against the cameras, citing privacy and unknown uses of the data. We used Condemned because he supports banning the cameras.

Read statementFull case: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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