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The Politician Under Troy Jackson’s Logging Jacket

Maine Democrat candidate for Senate Troy Jackson has a compelling story.

There is another side to Jackson: roughly 20 years in the state Legislature.

His record raises serious questions about how he would legislate.

Troy Jackson has a compelling story to tell Maine voters. He grew up poor in a remote logging town, worked long hours in the woods, and promises to take on the wealthy interests he says have abandoned ordinary Americans.

The Democrat nominee challenging Republican Sen. Susan Collins is a fifth-generation logger from Allagash, and his television advertisements make sure voters know it.

But there is another side to Jackson’s biography that deserves considerably more attention: roughly 20 years in the Maine Legislature, including six as president of the state senate.

Jackson isn’t some political newcomer taking on the establishment. For years, he was part of it.

This is despite the fact that Jackson has built much of his campaign around attacking Collins for her ties to corporate donors and wealthy special interests.

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Yet in September, The Washington Post reported that Jackson helped lead the Maine Senate Democratic Campaign Committee while it accepted tens of thousands of dollars from pharmaceutical companies, tobacco interests, and gambling businesses.

Among its donors were Merck, Johnson & Johnson, tobacco giant Altria, DraftKings, and FanDuel.

Jackson maintains that fundraising........

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