Troy D. Jackson
Democratic · ME
Troy D. Jackson is a fifth-generation Maine logger and former President of the Maine Senate. He is the Democratic replacement nominee for U.S. Senate in 2026.
Where Troy D. Jackson stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (3 records), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records),
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 3 support
His bill to bar excessive price increases on generic and off-patent prescription drugs was vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills, and the veto was sustained (LD 1117).
July 19, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legislature.maine.gov
His bill expanding programs to recruit and keep doctors and dentists in rural and underserved areas became law without the governor's signature (LD 1287).
July 4, 2018Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legislature.maine.gov
His bill requiring brand-name drug makers to follow federal law and supply samples to generic makers became law without the governor's signature (LD 1280).
July 4, 2018Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legislature.maine.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
His bill to ban aerial spraying of glyphosate and other synthetic herbicides on forestland was vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills, and the veto was sustained (LD 125).
June 30, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legislature.maine.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
His emergency bill changing MaineCare payment rules for nursing homes and residential care facilities became law without the governor's signature (LD 1758).
January 12, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legislature.maine.gov
His bill to reduce hunger by funding the Mainers Feeding Mainers program, which buys food from Maine farms for food banks, was signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills (LD 786).
June 28, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legislature.maine.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
His bill giving loggers and wood haulers the right to bargain collectively was signed into law by Governor Janet Mills. LD 1459 extends the Maine Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act of 1973 to people who harvest and haul forest products, so they can form cooperatives in the way potato farmers and lobster fishermen already could.
June 7, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: mainesenate.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
His resolve directing a plan to expand cell phone service in rural Maine was signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills (LD 1603).
June 10, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legislature.maine.gov
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Received former President Barack Obama's endorsement for U.S. Senate in a video message.
October 8, 2026
Source: newsweek.com
Received former Vice President Kamala Harris's endorsement for U.S. Senate.
July 27, 2026
Source: nbcboston.com
Left the Maine Senate after representing District 1 in northern Aroostook County. He sat in the Senate from 2008 to 2014 and again from 2016 to 2024, led the Democratic caucus, and served as Senate President. Before that he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008.
December 3, 2024
Source: ballotpedia.org
The Maine Ethics Commission voted 5-0 not to investigate a Republican lawmaker's complaint that he lived outside his district, finding not enough evidence.
October 25, 2023
Source: spectrumnewsnecn.com
His second bill for a forestry tax credit for landowners who hire U.S.-based logging businesses was vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills, and the veto was sustained (LD 268).
February 6, 2020
Source: legislature.maine.gov
His emergency bill to help build a major potato processing plant in Washburn and support food-processing jobs was signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills (LD 1586).
June 19, 2019
Source: legislature.maine.gov
Was elected and sworn in as President of the Maine Senate.
December 5, 2018
Source: mainesenate.org
His bill giving a forestry tax credit to landowners who hire U.S.-based logging businesses was vetoed by Gov. Paul LePage, and the veto was sustained (LD 1744).
July 9, 2018
Source: legislature.maine.gov
His resolve creating a task force on rural agricultural and economic issues was vetoed by Gov. Paul LePage, and the veto was sustained (LD 1747).
May 2, 2018
Source: legislature.maine.gov
His bill making domestic violence against the victim an aggravating factor in murder sentencing was signed into law by Gov. Paul LePage (LD 449).
April 10, 2018
Source: legislature.maine.gov
His bill requiring state and local agencies to prefer timber harvested in Maine by in-state contractors was vetoed by Gov. Paul LePage, and the veto was sustained (LD 1573).
July 20, 2017
Source: legislature.maine.gov
His resolve to test ways to let heavier trucks reach two northern Maine mill sites, aimed at reviving the Ashland mill site, became law without the governor's signature (LD 1467).
June 22, 2013
Source: legislature.maine.gov
Past race Troy D. Jackson ran in:
- United States Senator · November 3, 2026 · Maine