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Graham Platner is out. Troy Jackson should replace him | Dustin Guastella
Democrats need a candidate who can speak to working-class, inland and rural Mainers. A logger from the North Woods seems like the obvious choice Maine’s US Senate race was blown wide open by Graham Platner dropping out. Thankfully, a suitable populist is at hand to fill the breach. His name is Troy Jackson. Jackson was born to a 16-year-old mother in the northern Maine town of Fort Kent. He is a fifth-generation logger, union member and former state legislator. As a teenager himself, he went to…
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