Amid the demise of Graham Platner’s Senate campaign, the flurry of Democrats rushing to score the nomination has many wondering what is actually wrong with the party in the state of Maine.
As Platner ended his campaign amid multiple scandals and a sexual assault allegation, the Maine Democratic Party was tasked with naming a replacement nominee for the general election. One of the Senate hopefuls who has emerged is former State Sen. Troy Jackson, who just lost the Democratic gubernatorial primary weeks ago.
“There is a powerful movement of working class people in the state of Maine, and millions more across America who are ready to send a progressive fighter to the Senate,” Jackson wrote in a social media post. “I’ve been fighting for that movement my whole life — and I’m sure as hell not backing down now, when this fight is needed most.”
There is a powerful movement of working class people in the state of Maine, and millions more across America who are ready to send a progressive fighter to the Senate. I’ve been fighting for that movement my whole life — and I’m sure as hell not backing down now, when this fight… pic.twitter.com/lx1dkSVIS0
— Troy Jackson (@TroyJackson207) July 9, 2026
He added that “Maine deserves a Senator that will fight for working families.”
“Jackson and Platner ran closely aligned progressive campaigns and appeared together at campaign events throughout the 2026 election cycle. Both embraced a progressive platform and earned the backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.” Fox News reported.
“Jackson’s ties to Sanders stretch back more than a decade. He was one of the few Democratic National Committee superdelegates to endorse Sanders over Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary and later served as Sanders’ Maine political director, introducing him at campaign rallies across the state,” the report continued. “Sanders later returned the favor, endorsing Jackson’s gubernatorial campaign and appearing alongside him on the campaign trail.”
The progressive lawmaker and logger is touting a “fight for working families,” and social media users quickly put him under the microscope for his past support of Platner, among other things.
But @TroyJackson207 endorsed Graham. https://t.co/fOkCAEe3kv pic.twitter.com/aio0y8H7uO
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) July 8, 2026
How does it feel to be installed in a fake primary? You are the new Kamala!
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 9, 2026
New @TroyJackson207 ad goes up today;
‘vote for Troy, at least he hasn’t raped anyone…that we know of’ pic.twitter.com/QFGFxyTQTr
— Ultra Nuclear Mega MAGA punditocracy 💫 (@punditOcrat) July 9, 2026
Direct from central casting…another dude with his name in his shirt! He must be the real deal…
— submariner extraordinaire (@fjh56095215) July 9, 2026
You lost your temper and threw a water bottle at a woman.
You’ve been accused of mortgage fraud.
And OH YEAH, you endorsed the Nazi rapist.
Maine has a real problem with crazy, dangerous Democrats. https://t.co/N0rruA6y4y
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) July 9, 2026
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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