A Familiar Face, a Different Message: Troy Jackson's Democratic Nomination Troy Jackson, a veteran state legislator and logger from Maine, secured the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat currently held by Republican Senator Susan Collins.
At the party's state convention, he won 566 votes to Sandra Pelletier's five. Jackson's path to the nomination is notable, given his initial run as a Republican in 2000 and his slow transition to progressive causes.
Despite voting against same sex marriage and abortion rights in the past, Jackson has rebranded himself as a champion of these issues.