Troy Jackson

You’ve seen the polls - we are surging. Now, a PAC backing Dr. Shah is lying about my record. Not just criticizing, outright lying. As Senate President, I had your back on abortion rights. I will do the same as Governor. I’m calling on Dr. Shah to disavow these lies and set the record straight.

Rural Mainers have more than just Republicans to blame for our hardships. Both parties had a hand in selling out our industrial base and offshoring family-supporting jobs. Bad trade deals devastated my hometown of Allagash. Chances are, it’s the same story in your neck of the woods. #mepolitics

The Maine Wire recently alerted its readers to a scary Pride crosswalk in Bangor. I decided to investigate the situation for myself. It turns out, shockingly, that the Maine Wire is full of it. I stand proudly with the LGBTQ+ community, today and every day. #Pride2026 #mepolitics

A Koch-funded outfit recently sent a deceiving email to members of the state workers union, encouraging them to stop paying dues. This is classic union busing tactic. As the two endorsed MSEA-SEIU candidates in this gubernatorial primary, @shennabellows.bsky.social and I wanted to respond.

Thank you, Bernie Sanders, for your support. Working Mainers will take back our state on June 9th. #mepolitics

The oligarchs who run this system want to work us to death. They want to monetize every moment of our lives and squeeze every dime out of our labor. That wheel they have us chasing all the damn time? Well, we built it. On June 9th, we're taking it back. #mepolitics

Maine needs a governor who will tell the corporate lobbyists in Augusta exactly where they can shove it. I’m not running for those guys or their bosses. My only special interest is you. #mepolitics

I used to think a fifth-generation logger from Allagash had no place in our political system. Bernie Sanders helped me see otherwise. He showed it was possible to stand up to power and influence, fight like hell for everyday people, and win. Senator, your endorsement means the world. #mepolitics

Thank you, Bernie and Graham. Together, we’re going to do what the wealthy elite who own this system tell us can’t be done: tax the rich, rebuild Maine, and refund the working class. Our time is now. #mepolitics

Thank you, Bernie Sanders. What Zohran Mamdani built in New York City, we are building here in Maine: a grassroots movement of working people from all walks of life standing up against power and greed to take back what's ours. #mepolitics

Thank you, Portland. The political revolution is here, and the working class is going to win. #mepolitics

The working class is done waiting. Our time is now. #mepolitics

Thank you Orono. Solidarity forever. #mepolitics

“It's an honor to share this stage with Troy Jackson, who has been a diligent and dedicated fighter his entire life for working people in the state of Maine.” Thank you, Graham. It’s an honor as well to earn your number one choice for Governor. Let’s do this. ✊🏼

Thank you, Graham. I'm proud to have your vote for Governor of Maine. Solidarity forever. ✊🏻 @grahamformaine.bsky.social

If politicians are worthy of government-sponsored healthcare, everybody is. When I'm Governor, we're not waiting for DC to get its act together. We will pass universal healthcare ourselves. #mepolitics

Donald Trump is the worst conman in the world. But he gained support among my working class neighbors because they were pissed off at a rigged system that was stealing their time and livelihoods. For that, I can’t blame them. This campaign is about making their lives better, too. #mepolitics

Maine is more than a summer playground for wealthy vacationers. Tourists are always welcome here, but we’re going to charge them a bit more in peak season so we can rebuild our state and refund the working class. #mepolitics

Roosevelt would never have gotten the New Deal off the ground if he’d spent his time worrying about what Republicans had to say. When I’m Governor, we will pass universal childcare with or without them. #mepolitics

Not only can a Bernie-style Democrat win in Maine in November, a Bernie-style Democrat is our party's best shot. I’ve been proving it deep red Aroostook County for years. #mepolitics @mainepublic.org

I convened a roundtable in Lewiston to hear directly from residents of mobile home parks who've been exploited by slumlords and big private equity firms. Their shocking stories have been mostly ignored in the conversation about Maine's housing crisis. When I'm Governor, that changes. #mepolitics

Yes, I am going to tax millionaires and corporations so we can rebuild this state for working class families like mine. If that makes me “radical,” I don’t give a damn. #mepolitics

I will cut your property taxes. Republicans will cut millionaires’ income taxes (again) so they can bankrupt nursing homes, childcare, and trade schools for working class Mainers. That’s the difference. #mepolitics

Early voting starts today in Maine! You can vote in person at your municipal office, or you can request an absentee ballot online and vote by mail. I’m running as a Democrat, but unenrolled voters *can vote* in this primary without registering with a specific party. #mepolitics

This has been going on in Maine for years. As Senate President, I passed a bill to ban the aerial spraying of glyphosate. But the corporate landowners wanted it vetoed, so Governor Mills vetoed it. If the big landowners wouldn't drink this, why the hell are they making us drink it? #mepolitics

In light of the disastrous Virginia ruling, it’s clear we can’t wait for the courts to save us. To protect our state and country, we need to run Democrats with track records of winning in Trump-dominated areas. I’ve done that three times. I’ll do it again as your nominee for Governor. #mepolitics

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I'm glad to see Robert "Bobby" Charles' GOP primary opponents are finally starting to catch on. DC lobbyists don't drain the swamp. They *are* the swamp. It's why I debated him back in February while his fellow Republicans were still eating out of the palm of his hand. #mepolitics

"Bipartisanship" isn't worth it to me if it means cutting taxes for the rich or rolling back reproductive rights. As Maine's next governor, I will never pass a budget that does either. #mepolitics

Paying yet another Trump Tax at the pump today. $87 to fill up the van at $4.39 a gallon. Thank you, Mr. President! 🫡

Maine can’t pretend to value education if we’re going to insult our teachers with salaries that don’t cover the cost of living. When I’m Governor, I’ll work with the Legislature to raise the minimum teacher salary to $60,000, effective immediately. #mepolitics

Organized labor won us the weekend. It won us a 40-hour workweek. It won us time to live our lives for ourselves. Ever since then, corporations, billionaires, and their hired politicians have been trying to claw that time away from us. We're not going to let them. #MayDay #mepolitics

The AI company Palantir (owned by billionaire scumbags Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and Stephen Cohen) powers mass surveillance, invasive data mining, and the racist targeting of our neighbors by ICE. Our message to Maine Med is simple. No more taxpayer money for Palantir. @nationalnurses.bsky.social

Corporate landowners are spraying glyphosate, a key ingredient in Roundup, all over Maine's woodlands. We're told it's safe. They used to tell us DDT and PFAS were safe, too. If the corporate landowners wouldn't drink this, why the hell are they making us drink it? #mepolitics

I’m tired of good laws not being enforced. I’m tired of good bills getting vetoed. And I’m tired of lobbyists and corporate-backed politicians telling us we need to wait a little longer for meaningful action. On June 9th, we have a message for them: We're done waiting. Our time is now. #mepolitics

I’m not afraid to say it: We’re going to tax the rich. Working Mainers are shouldering too much of the load, and it’s time they get a break. #mepolitics

Thank you, Portland! Together, we’re going to make Maine work for working people again. #mepolitics

As Senate President, I passed a bill to ban the aerial spraying of glyphosate, a key ingredient in Roundup, which is wreaking havoc all across our state. But big landowners wanted it vetoed, so it was. When I’m Governor, I’m signing this damn bill into law. #mepolitics

Government’s got plenty of Ivy League graduates. It doesn’t have many folks like me who graduated from UMaine Fort Kent after going back to school as a 29-year-old logger. Those are the sorts of people who need a voice in our state government. When I’m Governor, they’ll have one. #mepolitics

No matter what you call it, cutting taxes for the rich is the biggest scam in history. #mepolitics

When I’m Governor of Maine, we’ll stand up to Donald Trump with more than empty words and symbolic gestures. We will arrest ICE agents who break the law in our state. That is a promise. #mepolitics

These Big Tech billionaires want our water, they want our energy, and they want to steal our data. Governor Mills just vetoed a pause on data centers in Maine. When I'm Governor, this bullshit ends. #mepolitics

Today's my mother Colleen's birthday. Last weekend, we sat down at her table in Allagash, where we had a long talk about teaching, parenting, economics, the joys and pains of growing up in the County, and so much more. Here's a short glimpse into that discussion. I love you, Mom. Happy birthday.

I’ll admit it. I’m tired of having a government that cares more about cutting taxes for the rich than it does about funding the programs working Mainers need to survive. #mepolitics

Millionaires like Jonathan Bush don't like my plan to raise their taxes so we can fund childcare, nursing homes, and trade schools for everyday Mainers. Unfortunately for Mr. Bush, I don't give a damn.

It isn’t trickle “down” economics. It’s trickle “on” economics. The rich are pissing on us and laughing all the way to the bank. #mepolitics

As Governor of Maine, I will pass the strongest labor laws in this country. Not only that, but I’ll do what our previous governors haven’t: I’ll damn well enforce them. #mepolitics

I'm sickened by the news about the Amazon worker who died on the job in Oregon. His coworkers were forced to walk over his body while they continued working. To oligarchs like Jeff Bezos, profits matter more than working class lives. That’s the type of greed we have to fight back against together.

Today I introduced my plan to: ✅ Double the millionaires tax ✅ Deliver property tax relief ✅ End LePage’s tax cuts for the rich ✅ Improve education, healthcare, and infrastructure ✅ Refund the working class I am told the wealthy elite aren’t going to like it. Unfortunately for them, I don’t care.

Time is something we don’t get enough of in Maine. Too many folks are juggling multiple jobs just to survive. I know that life, and I can tell you it’s not living. People deserve better.

New inflation numbers just came out, and they’re clear as day. Trump is screwing us with his foolish, illegal war in Iran. Food, fuel, and energy prices are through the roof. Mainers deserve better than this.

I won four straight elections in a heavily pro-Trump district. A lot of fancy consultants would tell you it takes some magic formula to do that, but it doesn’t. If you focus on real economic issues that affect working class people, working class people will support you.

The only way for working people to build our future is to build it for ourselves. That's what this campaign is about. We're not from the left or the right. We're from the bottom. And we're rising. In November, we're taking back the Blaine House. Thank you, Bernie Sanders.

Donald Trump and the Epstein class are scared of us. They’re desperate to make us turn on each other, turn on immigrants, turn on our friends and family members. We won’t fall for it. We outnumber those scumbags, and we’re taking our country back. #NoKings

Paying my Trump Tax at the pump. If it were up to this guy and Bobby Charles, we’d be defunding all our public services so Maine taxpayers could afford what really matters in life: fatter bonuses for Big Oil lobbyists in DC.

We’re from the bottom, and we’re rising. Trump and his oligarch friends know this. And they’re scared as shit. #NoKings 🇺🇸

No Kings. No Oligarchs. No ICE. Mainers are fighting back. ✊🏼🇺🇸

By returning to our labor roots, the Democratic Party can easily expose MAGA’s “pro-worker” charade. Candidates like Graham Platner, Laura Supica, Amy Roeder, Nina Milliken, Mike Tipping, and many others already grasp this. The party establishment would be wise to catch up.

I’m not surprised Pete Hegseth hasn't shown up to BIW this time around. Like Trump, he stands with the bosses at General Dynamics, not the @uaw.org workers who make this shipyard run. That’s the kind of bullshit we need to change.

Ever since private equity company Sun Communities bought Riverside Drive Park in Augusta, they’ve hiked lot rates, ignored needed repairs, and slashed services for residents. Now, many tell me they’re afraid of speaking out for fear of retaliation. (🧵 1/3)