Ex-logger Troy Jackson set to succeed Graham Platner as Dem pick in Maine Senate race (selected)

NY Post ^ | 7/20/26 | Ryan King

[Libloather]

WASHINGTON — Former logger and onetime Maine Senate President Troy Jackson is on course to replace accused rapist Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee following a series of party caucuses over the weekend.

As results from the Pine Tree State’s 16 counties showed Jackson running away with the committed delegate count, would-be contenders Nirav Shah, former head of the state’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention; state Secretary of State Shenna Bellows; Maine Beer Co. founder Dan Kleban; and ex-congressional hopeful Jordan Wood dropped out one by one.

“Today, I am stepping aside, and I am doing it for exactly the same reason that led me to get in: we must defeat Susan Collins, and the Democratic Party must be unified to do it,” Shah declared Sunday evening.

Jackson’s nomination will be made official at a statewide convention Saturday in Bangor.

According to the Bangor Daily News, Jackson has secured at least 456 of the 500 delegates awarded following the county meetings. The convention will consist of approximately 600 delegates, giving the 58-year-old an overwhelming lead.

Even before the contest began, many viewed Jackson as the favorite to succeed Platner given his populist brand of politics.

[rktman]

Nobody voted for carmela to be the can’tidate either.

[Blue Highway]

He’s no lumberjack that is clear. But he does love Jack’s lumber.

[Blue Highway]

Dylan Mulvayne?

[chickenlips]

His first campaign ad is out, so it must official.

https://youtu.be/FshU58nI0Ts?si=dHDABJk7C-TUGonK

[Reily]

Does he wear women’s clothing and hang around in bars?

[Bullish]

It's like they're running a democrat party Gong show that's even more comical then the original Chuck Barris version.

[left that other site]

Out With The Nazi

And In With The Lumberjack. Does He Wear High Heels?

[left that other site]

Aw...Ya Beat me to it!

[dfwgator]

It's like they're running a democrat party Gong show that's even more comical then the original Chuck Barris version.

But no Jaye P. Morgan.

[qwerty1234]

I just cut down 3 trees in my yard....guess I am a logger now too. At least as much of a logger as platner was an oyster farmer.

[pingman]

Troy’s on the hook for a mortgage fraud case. What is it with Dems and falsifying mortgage documents?

[I-ambush]

If this doesn’t work out, they’ll have to find someone that taps maple trees for sap.

[Chickensoup]

The Maine Democratic Senate race is looking more and more like tryouts for a reboot of The Village People. First oyster farmerette, now logger who destroys owl habitat!

[chickenlips]

What is it with Dems and falsifying mortgage documents?
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It’s their version of pioneer homesteading. Just stakin’ out a claim.

[TornadoAlley3]

Pro life. Pro gun. Open borders. Medicare for all. No self control. Hot tempered.

[nuke_road_warrior]

He’s a lumberjack and he’s OK.

Beat me to it.

[GOPJ]

As results from the Pine Tree State’s 16 counties showed Jackson running away with the committed delegate count...

The corrupt 'press' is doing their best to present this as a choice made by VOTERS rather than the truth: that democrat insiders will make the choice.