This is me as a kid. I don’t remember the exact moment the photo was taken, but I probably caught that fish with my dad. We didn’t spend a whole lot of time together when I was growing up because he worked such long hours out in the woods, but I really loved the time we did get.

Fast forward a little more than a decade, and this is me again, this time with two sons of my own. I hate that I didn’t spend a whole lot of time with them growing up either, because just like my dad, I was out in the woods working the same long hours to try to make ends meet.

I’ve been trying to put this into words for a long time.

When we’re living in a system that’s rigged to benefit the super-rich — a system that forces us to work 80-hour weeks to put food on the table, or take two or three jobs at a time to afford health insurance — we’re losing a whole lot more than just money.

We’re losing what little time we have with our families.

I’m still trying to make up for a life lost with my kids.

When my boys were growing up, times were tough for our family. There was never enough money, and I was spending all my time out on the road, driving hours to chase down logging jobs that I needed if we were gonna be able to get by.

Leaving home before sunrise, never getting back before sunset, spending nights sitting around the kitchen table looking at the bills piling up, and doing it all again the next day.

You’re bone-tired, and it takes a toll on your family.

And it’s not just me. I see it everywhere I go: people constantly having to chase down money for the next medical bill, the rent that’s always due, the damn groceries that just keep getting more expensive — it gets so bad there’s no time left for living life.

The oligarchy’s greatest robbery from the working class is our time. The people in power see working-class folks as nothing more than a commodity.

This billionaire economy is not just about taking our money. It is about taking pieces of our lives away from us.

So when I’m out on the road across Maine, and I’m talking to folks about the stakes of this election and what I’m fighting for, I want to be clear:

Yes, I’m fighting for higher wages and lower costs, for affordable healthcare and tax breaks for working families.

And what all of that really means is I’m fighting for the things that make your life worth living.

That’s what this is all about.

It’s what I’ve been fighting for my whole life, and it’s what I’ll fight for in the U.S. Senate, if you can help me get there.

If you’re in a position to donate, will you chip in right now to support this fight? We’re up against tens of millions of dollars in MAGA dark money trying to protect Susan Collins, not to mention the money pouring in from Elon Musk, and we’re already being outspent.

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Thank you for being a part of this team, however you can.

—Troy

I’ve never sent so many freaking emails in my life, but I promise this is the last email I’ll send this month. Will you chip in any amount today to help me hit my $1,000,000 end-of-month goal before midnight? We’re just $31,000 short. →

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Look, this isn’t just a number I made up.

$1,000,000 is the goal my Campaign Manager and our team set to ensure we can counter Susan Collins’ massive attack ad spending.

And if we don’t hit it, we will be starting September behind. With just 65 days until Election Day, if you fall behind, you don’t have time to catch up.

So it isn’t just ads that would suffer, but then we’d have to rethink how many organizers we can hire, how many yard signs we can print, how many mailers we could send, how many voters we can reach.

You get the idea – falling short means losing to Susan.

So, as much as I hate to keep asking you for money, I have to ask one last time: will you ensure we hit our $1,000,000 deadline before midnight tonight? We’re so close. →

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Until next month,
Troy

Folks, I grew up in Allagash, watching my dad work long weeks as a logger and fight for fair pay in the woods. Later, I would go on to lead my own fight for fair wages as a logger.

Every time big landowners and politicians would say they had our backs, but when the rubber hit the road, we were left to fend for ourselves. So trust me when I say I know an empty promise when I see one.

No one has made more empty promises than Susan Collins, who claims to be an independent moderate who fights for Mainers, while greenlighting Trump’s agenda and taking millions from billionaires who want her to do their bidding.

When JD Vance came to Maine, he called Susan his “good friend” and said she is doing an “amazing job”. Bipartisan? Yeah right.

I’ll tell you the real truth Susan Collins doesn’t want you to know: she voted with Donald Trump 96% of the time. Ninety-six percent. That’s not independence, and it’s not representing “Maine values.”

Let’s just call it what it is: a rubber stamp.

She confirmed the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, then acted surprised when they did exactly what they said they’d do. Mainers trusted her judgment on that. She let us down when it mattered most.

Courage after the fact isn’t courage

It’s a pattern of hers that I’ve watched for years: Susan Collins only votes against Donald Trump when the outcome is already decided, when her vote won’t change anything, and when it’s politically safe for her. When the cameras are rolling and the damage is already done, Susan swoops in and boisterously expresses her “concern”.

It’s quite honestly a load of bullsh*t, and I’m sick and tired of her stunts.

It’s the Washington two-step: help Trump get what he wants, wait until the outcome is locked in, then cast a vote that looks good in a press release.

Mainers deserve better than that. We deserve a senator who fights before the outcome is decided, not after.

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I’m a fifth-generation logger from Allagash.

I don’t have a political dynasty behind me. I don’t have a corporate PAC writing me checks. What I have is 20 years in the Maine legislature fighting for working Mainers, because that’s who raised me and that’s who I answer to.

Susan Collins has had thirty years in Washington to prove she’ll stand up for Mainers when it counts. Instead, she’s spent that time perfecting the art of looking independent while voting like a loyal soldier. When I’m in the Senate, I’ll wake up every day fighting for the same working families I’ve always fought for.

The fight ahead

We can’t afford six more years of this. Not with a Senate majority on the line, and not with JD Vance flying in to prop her up. Collins already has $60 million in MAGA money behind her, and Trump’s billionaire allies are ready to spend even more to keep her in Washington.

This November, we have a real chance to send Susan Collins home. But we can’t get there without hitting our biggest end-of-month fundraising goal yet. That’s the fight I’m in. I hope you’re in it with me.

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In solidarity,

Troy

Folks, I’ve been meeting with supporters at stops across Maine, from Lisbon Falls, Portland, to Winslow, and Belfast.

I’ve never seen this type of momentum in Maine.

And I’ve been paying attention for a long time; I’ve never seen working-class folks so fired up. They’re sick and tired of the government that we have because of Susan Collins, and they want change.

In Lisbon Falls, I met with union workers who are sick and tired of Susan Collins putting billionaires over blue-collar folks just trying to pay their bills.

In Portland, I talked about my commitment with local Mainers to always fight for Maine while Susan Collins puts billionaires first.

In Winslow, we talked about how Susan Collins has failed to protect Maine’s public lands and nature.

In Belfast, supporters gathered to hear me speak about my campaign and the incredible grassroots momentum we’ve built together.

In Augusta, I rallied volunteers before they headed out to knock doors for candidates up and down the ballot.

Folks are fired up. Our ground game is growing every day.

But unfortunately, the 6% of voters who are undecided are the hardest to reach. So we can’t just knock doors; we also need to run TV ads.

Which sounds easy enough, until you realize Susan Collins and her allies have $60 million to spend on TV ads alone.

We have to raise $1 million before midnight on Monday to stay competitive and win this race in just 67 days. I know it’s a big leap, but I am hoping I can count on you to help us get there. Whether you can chip in $1 or $100, your support for this campaign means the world to me.

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See you on the road,

Troy

Hey, it’s Troy Jackson.

Republicans just threw a major punch, and I need your help to respond.

Senate Republicans dropped their first television ad against me this month, backed by their super PAC that has already committed $42 million in ad spend with one goal: keep Susan Collins in Washington and keep me out.

I want to be honest with you about what this ad spend means.

Folks, you deserve more than a scare tactic in your inbox. This isn’t just an ad from my opponent.

Republicans don’t spend $42 million attacking candidates they think they can beat easily. They spend it when they’re scared. And right now, they’re scared sh*tless of what we’re building in Maine. And this spending is a signal that they are going to do whatever it takes to win this race.

I’ve spent my life in the North Woods, working alongside my fellow loggers, millworkers, and families who’ve watched Washington forget about them again and again.

On the other hand, Susan Collins has been in the Senate for nearly three decades after promising to serve only two terms.

In that time, she’s mastered the art of sounding independent while voting with Trump when it counts most: on the Supreme Court, on tax breaks for billionaires, on putting rural hospitals at risk – on the issues that actually shape whether working Mainers can just afford to live.

But now, Susan Collins’ record is catching up with her.

Our campaign is building something real out here; we are energizing the laborers and union workers who are tired of being an afterthought. We’re not out-raising Susan Collins’ billionaire backers dollar for dollar, and we don’t have to. We just have to make sure Mainers hear our message before the airwaves get buried in these Republicans’ attack ads.

Here’s the part I won’t sugarcoat: this race is going to come down to the wire.

Maine is not a state Democrats can take for granted, and it’s not a state we can afford to lose. If Susan Collins holds this seat, Democrats’ path back to a Senate majority gets a lot harder, maybe even impossible.

So I’m asking you directly: help us answer this first ad before the next one drowns us out for good.

We’ve set a goal of raising $500,000 for a new round of TV ads to spread our message to Mainers before Susan Collins and her allies get to them first. Every contribution helps us stay on the air and stay in this fight.

So will you chip in today and help us retire Susan Collins once and for all? →

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In solidarity,

Troy

Hey, it’s Troy Jackson.

Here’s a little-known fact: Susan Collins and I were both born in Aroostook County in Maine. That’s about where our similarities end.

I worked eighty-hour weeks logging – the kind of work that wears down your body and never quite catches you up on the bills.

Susan Collins’ family owned one of the biggest lumber suppliers up there. Big logging companies didn’t sweat our low wages, lack of healthcare, or quality of life.

Since then, our two paths diverged even further.

I spent years as a logger myself before going to the State Capitol to fight for the fair wages and treatment I never got as a working-class guy.

Whether fighting wealthy landowners for fair wages or speaking up on the floor of the State Senate, I’ve never stopped fighting.

Susan Collins grew up far away from working-class struggles, and her time in Washington has only extended her distance from Mainers. She’s spent the last 30 years building her wealth and power. She uses her power to enrich her wealthy donors and, these days, she bows down to Trump as well. She voted with him 96% of the time.

I can’t imagine standing in the same room with Trump with a smile on my face, let alone voting for 96% of his dangerous agenda.

Here is Susan, earlier this year, shooting the shit with Trump and holding one of his MAGA hats.

It just goes to show that just because you grew up in working-class Maine doesn’t mean you give a damn about the people from there.

Susan Collins doesn’t need to choose between a paycheck and a doctor’s visit, and it shows. I have, and so have my parents and most of the people I grew up around. She’s had decades in office to do something to help, and instead we got more of the same.

Here’s where we actually stand: we started this race as the underdog, tens of millions of dollars behind with only a couple of months to close the gap. Collins’ allies alone have over $50 million in ad reservations against me. And yet, a new poll just came out, and we’re neck-and-neck.

Tied. Against that kind of money, from a campaign that started as a long shot.

This is exactly the time when the outcome of this race gets decided — not by who has more money banked, but by who can keep their message in front of Maine voters over these next few weeks. Every ad we can afford to run is a chance to remind people that even though Susan Collins grew up in Maine, she abandoned Mainers long ago.

I grew up watching people like my family get left behind by people like Susan Collins. I’m done watching her get rich while the people I know struggle. That’s why I am running, and that’s why we must win.

I hate to ask for money, especially when I’ve worked as hard as I have for every last cent since I was a kid, but I can’t win this race alone. If you’re able to help us keep our ads on the air, now’s the time it matters most. Chip in whatever makes sense to you →

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Solidarity forever,

Troy

Hey, it’s Troy Jackson with big news.

My 2016 Dodge Caravan just rolled past 500,000 miles.

I’m driving to Mainers across all 16 counties.

To living rooms and diners and union halls and driveways, because that’s where this campaign gets won, not at some fancy big-donor event, but wherever people are willing to talk to me.

Susan Collins is driving to you too, but not in a 2016 minivan.

She just kicked off her own tour of Maine in a bus wrapped in her name and big enough to hold a mobile office inside it. When you’ve got 100 billionaires backing you, I guess you can really deck out your ride.

I looked into what renting something like that for a week costs, and it’s not far off from what my 2026 Dodge Caravan is worth. That’s not a knock on her bus. That’s just the difference between a campaign backed by billionaires and one backed by people like you.

I’ve got a van with more miles on it than most cars will ever see, a cooler in the back, and usually a slice of pizza I grabbed between stops. That’s how this campaign runs. No sleek black sedans or fundraising dinners with the ultra-wealthy — just me, the road, and whoever’s willing to say hello.

That’s how we’re going to win.

We are not going to outspend Susan Collins and her billionaire backers. We both know that. What we can do is stay loud and visible enough that Mainers hear from us just as much as they hear from her on the airwaves, in their mailbox, at their door.

That takes gas money. And it’ll take a lot of ad money. I’ll need a whole lot of people to show up for this campaign the same way I’m showing up in all 16 counties.

So if you’ve got it in you today, I could use your help keeping gas in the tank and my ads on the air.

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Honk if you see me out there.

Troy

Hi, it’s Troy Jackson. I want to talk about why I’m running.

Mainers are doing everything they can to build a good life and still cannot get ahead.

The rich and powerful have made it so hard to get by — and our families suffer, like they always do when things get tough. I spent years putting in 80-hour weeks out in the woods, driving hours to chase down logging jobs, and coming home pissed off that I still couldn’t pay the bills. Those hours, days, and weeks spent away from my kids are something I’ll never get back.

And I know I’m not the only parent who feels that way.

Trying to fight for the things that make your life worth living, to me, is the greatest thing that any of us can do.

This economy is not just taking our money. It is taking pieces of our lives away from us.

• We’re watching the price of groceries climb while food companies report record profits.

• People are skipping doses of medication, canceling checkups, and — I know this very well — praying to God they don’t get sick because they can’t afford another damn bill.

• Older Mainers are wondering whether the retirement they worked their entire lives for will still be there for them.

• Rural communities are watching their jobs, their schools, and their hospitals disappear, and it’s affecting the urban areas too.

Susan Collins keeps telling us everything is just fine — when we know it isn’t.

We all have eyes. We can see our paychecks and the bills we have piling up.

We know we’re getting screwed, and we know who to blame.

I am running to change that.

• I am running to pass Medicare for All, take on corporate price-gouging, and build housing folks can actually afford.

• I am running to protect Social Security and Medicare — they are not going to touch that — and to give every worker the freedom to organize a union without intimidation or retaliation.

• I will fight to restore abortion rights nationwide; I will stand with LGBTQ+ Mainers; and I will stand up to Donald Trump and ICE when they attack our communities, terrorize our neighbors, and threaten the freedoms generations before us fought to secure.

That is what all of us here in Maine deserve from our next United States senator.

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And it is the exact opposite of what Susan Collins has given us.

She made a promise back in the fall of 1996 to only run for two terms. That same fall, my father and I were watching work dry up in the logging industry.

By the next spring, we had to sell what we had to get out from under the debt that was creeping up. Like many people, I was just trying to figure out how to keep taking care of my family.

Thirty years later, Susan Collins is still in Washington.

She helped deliver enormous tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy — on our backs. And she voted to confirm Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade.

She has served the billionaires and corporations that fund her campaigns. And when Mainers needed her most, she has served herself.

For thirty years, she has told us she is “concerned.”

But look: concern is not courage — and what she says up here in Maine does not erase what she does down in Washington.

So one way or the other, this November, she will answer to the people of Maine. Because this election will not be decided by corporate PACs, Big Pharma, insurance companies, or any of the other billionaires funding Susan Collins.

It will be decided in union halls and at kitchen tables.

On front porches, in conversations between neighbors, and in communities that have been ignored or taken for granted for far too long.

And that’s how we, together, will win this.

Person by person.

Town by town.

County by county.

Because this movement is not from the left. It is not from the right. It’s from the bottom – and we are rising.

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Susan wants us to believe that she is unbeatable. Here’s what I say to that:

I’ve spent my entire life being told that people like us are not supposed to have power.

If you have ever been ignored, underestimated, pushed around, or told you have to wait your turn while the rich cut the line, this campaign is for you.

If you believe in your heart that health care is a right, this campaign is for you.

And if you believe workers deserve power, this campaign is for you.

If you believe our freedoms are worth defending, this campaign is for you.

And if you believe Maine deserves a senator who will fight like hell for working-class people, this campaign is damn sure for you.

We have a party to unite.

We have a movement to build.

We have a senator to defeat.

And together, we are going to win.

I can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done, and everything you will do. I’m so inspired by all of you. God bless you, and let’s get to work winning this race.

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Solidarity forever,

Troy

Hey, it’s Troy Jackson.

There have been a few polls that have come out since we’ve launched that show our campaign ahead, but just barely.

I know we can win this race because of the working-class movement we’re building and the on-the-ground energy I see every day, not because of the polls.

Maine polling can be unreliable

I know polls show that we’re leading, but the truth is Maine is hard as hell to accurately poll, and here’s a breakdown of why:

1. We have spotty cell coverage in rural areas, which means huge parts of the state are hard to reach. Those folks are often underrepresented or misrepresented in polls.

2. We’re a ranked-choice-voting state, which means head-to-head polling models aren’t going to be an accurate representation of how voters will behave when they actually fill out their ballots.

We’re a state full of independent and unaffiliated voters, who can often split their votes between Democrats and Republicans in any given election.

These are challenges unique to Maine, and why polls lulled Democrats into a false sense of security in the past. Maine Democrats have lost campaigns to Susan Collins after polling close to double digits ahead.

I am not making that same mistake. I know this race is going to be close, no matter what polls say.

And we have to fight like we are the underdogs every single day because Susan Collins started with $11 million and a nearly 30-year head start.

So here’s my plan to send Susan Collins packing:

I’ve seen the power of grassroots movements. I saw it as a logger fighting for fair wages; I saw it as a Maine State Senator representing a district that went for Donald Trump and Susan Collins. But I don’t want folks thinking this race is a for-sure bet and tuning out because we’re leading in some polls.

Susan Collins and her backers have announced over $42 million in attack ads just this week. So, we have a plan to run our ads just as far and wide, to the voters who will decide this election. But to make that dream a reality, we need to raise $500,000 every week until Election Day.

So, in a race this important and this close, I’d be awfully grateful to have your support. Will you chip in a couple of bucks so we can make sure our ads stay on the air and get to the voters they need to? →

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Solidarity forever,

Troy Jackson

Folks, it’s Troy Jackson. When I was 28 years old, Susan Collins was elected to the U.S. Senate for the first time. She promised back then that she’d only serve two terms.

Now I’m 58 years old, and Susan is still my senator.

After three decades in Washington, she’s made it clear who she’s there for: the corporations and billionaires (and trillionaire Elon Musk) who keep her in power. And of course, Donald Trump — who she’s voted with 96% of the time.

Speaking of her votes, Susan’s voting record in the Senate is a complete disaster. She’s voted against affordable healthcare, against organized labor, against getting dark money out of politics, and against reproductive freedom.

She’s said over and over again how concerned she is, or troubled, or saddened — or even very concerned. But none of that has made her actually stand up and fight for the working Mainers who put their trust in her.

Mainers are sick and tired of Susan Collins and her fake concerns.

But Susan still has one big advantage over my campaign: she’s got a 30-year, $10 million head start, and we’ve got less than 100 days to go until Election Day.

My team and I are going to every corner of Maine to talk to as many folks as we can, and we’re building up a huge team of volunteers on the ground who are dedicated to seeing this thing through. More than a thousand Mainers joined our volunteer kickoff meeting this week, and I’m grateful to every single person who’s getting involved in this campaign.

While this movement organizes on the ground, we also need to build up our resources for the attack ads that are coming. Republicans have already started a $42 million ad campaign to keep Susan Collins in power (and keep me out), and we know the GOP is ready to spend hundreds of millions of dollars if that’s what it takes.

I’m used to being counted out.

They said way back when that a bunch of loggers couldn’t take on the big landowners exploiting them. But we did.

They said a working-class guy from Allagash couldn’t rise to lead the Maine Senate. And I did.

Now they’re gonna say that a grassroots campaign powered by working people cannot defeat Susan Collins and her billionaires.

They’re wrong. And it’s up to us to prove that.

If you’re in, can you pitch in to my campaign today to defeat Susan Collins once and for all? Together, we’re going to rise up, and we’re going to win this.

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Solidarity forever,

Troy Jackson

My campaign just released a new ad about this, and I want you to be one of the first to see it, because it’s an important one. Take a look:

WATCH THE AD

When I was growing up in Allagash, I was one poor kid in a town full of poor people. We were doing everything right, but still struggled to get ahead. And it’s even worse now.

People in this country work so damn hard, and still feel so damn broke.

That’s no way to live, and our government isn’t stepping up to fix it. Susan Collins keeps telling us everything is just fine, like we’re too dumb to realize that it’s not.

But we all have eyes, and when we look at our paychecks and bills, we can plainly see that we’re getting screwed.

You deserve better.

You deserve a government that sees the struggles way too many people are going through and comes up with real solutions to make life better.

To make healthcare more affordable and lower the prices of prescription drugs. To make the dream of homeownership a real possibility again for young people who’ve watched it slipping away. To make sure working people can afford to retire after decades of putting in long hours away from their families to make ends meet.

I’m running for Senate because I believe all of that is possible.

But it’s only possible if we elect people who care.

Susan Collins has made it crystal clear over the past three decades that she doesn’t care about Mainers. She cares about the billionaires (and the trillionaire, Elon Musk) who are keeping her in power. She cares about making the super-rich even richer. And God knows she cares about Donald Trump — enough to have voted with his agenda 96% of the time.

She doesn’t give a shit about us.

So it’s time to kick her out of office and make a change. Working Mainers are counting on their government to fix things — or at least they were, before they started giving up on the whole damn system that’s left them in the dust.

If we can win this race in less than 100 days, we can start to set things right.

I know it won’t be easy. We’re starting from scratch with a short runway, and Susan’s got a $10 million head start.

But I also know this movement coming from every corner of Maine and across the entire country is incredibly powerful, and that if we all work together, we can pull this off.

The ad my campaign put up today talks about this broken system and the stakes of this election. If you’re with me, will you help me get it in front of every voter in Maine? You can make a donation using this link or the button below.

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Thanks for being on this team, and for reading these updates.

—Troy

We know it, you know it, Elon Musk knows it. Maine is the most important Senate race in the country — and Susan Collins is the most vulnerable she’s ever been. That’s why Elon is pouring in MILLIONS of dollars to sink our campaign so he can keep his bought-and-paid-for vote in the Senate.

If we don’t have the immediate resources to fight back, we’ll be at risk of handing this race away to the GOP before it even fully begins. So we’re asking you one of the most important questions you’ll get today:

Will you make a critical donation right now to help us fight back against Elon Musk, defeat Susan Collins, and win in Maine?

FLIP MAINE BLUE →

The polls are on our side, but we cannot let Elon Musk buy the Senate majority, folks.

Troy

Have you been on these new betting markets? People are putting money down on everything from sports to elections.

I even see people betting on the outcome of this race, so let me tell you right now: I don’t want you betting a damn dollar on this race.

Because here’s the reality: The best possible bet you can make in this race is by donating to our campaign. If you were planning on throwing in a few bucks to watch a betting line go up or down, please help us knock a few extra doors instead by giving whatever amount feels right to you today.

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There’s a difference between a bet and an investment.

A bet is something you place from the sidelines. You put your money down, you watch, and whatever happens, happens. You’re not really a part of it, and it’s sort of like letting everyone else do the work for you.

An investment is different. It’s a stake in something you believe in. You are getting off the sidelines because you know that your involvement will make an impact.

Our race will be decided at the doors, on the phone, at kitchen tables and union halls, and in neighborhoods across Maine.

But that work is expensive, and relies on what we can raise from people who are able to step up.

The problem isn’t just that campaigning is expensive — it’s also Susan Collins’ war chest we’re up against.

Susan Collins and her allies have amassed more than $60 million to hold on to this seat. We haven’t raised a tenth of that yet. And now, Elon Musk has dumped millions into this race to protect the billionaire-friendly status quo in Washington.

I understand why Elon’s not a fan of me. I don’t work for him, and I won’t fight for him. is billionaire buddies like Susan Collins do, and they will.

Instead, for 20 years in the Maine legislature, I fought for free school meals, paid family leave, child care, and some of the strongest protections for reproductive rights in the country.

Susan Collins spent that same twenty years voting to keep money in billionaires’ pockets, Donald Trump included.

This race will be close, I don’t need a betting market to tell me that. But that’s why I need you with us.

If you believe Maine deserves a senator who answers to working people instead of billionaires and dark money, I hope you’ll consider being part of this — not as a spectator watching how it turns out, but as someone who helped make our victory happen. Please, give any amount that feels right to you today.

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Solidarity forever,

Troy

It’s Troy Jackson, Democrat running to defeat Susan Collins. I know your inbox looks a lot like mine right now.

Every campaign in the country is sending you “urgent messages” about “must-meet deadlines”.

And I know my campaign has been asking a lot of you lately, too. But I need you to know that I don’t take your support lightly, and I try to only reach out when there’s something real to tell you.

So here’s the update: this week, our campaign put our first ads on the air.

For the first time, Maine voters are starting to see our people-first message on their screens.

It’s cool to watch. People who’ve never met me are hearing, for the first time, why a logger from Allagash decided to run for the United States Senate, and what I’ll do when I get there.

But ads don’t stay on the air for free. And keeping them there is one of the best ways to reach voters who are still deciding. In a race like ours that will be decided by small margins, that means everything.

Susan Collins has a lot of cash to spend to get her message out.

Susan has $10 million behind her. Some estimates say Donald Trump’s billionaire allies could pour as much as $200 million into Maine to protect her. They hate the idea of a working-class guy being in Washington that much.

I’ve spent twenty years in the Maine legislature fighting for working people, and Susan Collins has spent that same time saying she’s “concerned,” only to roll over for Trump when it matters most.

She knows this race is damn close. That’s exactly why her MAGA allies are already pouring in money and running attack ads to defeat us.

Here is the good news: They may outspend us, but I’ll be damned if they out-organize us.

We don’t need MAGA billionaires. All we need is just one person at a time chipping in or stepping up because they believe in what we’re building. It’s how a fifth-generation logger with no personal fortune or family money to pour into my campaign ends up with a real shot at flipping this seat.

And there’s no real path to a Democratic Senate majority that doesn’t run through this state.

What happens next is up to us.

If you want a better future for Maine, one with a real leader who stands up to Donald Trump and puts working Mainers first, can I count on you to contribute $5 to keep our ads on the air and flip Maine blue?

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Solidarity forever,

Troy

Apparently, Elon Musk has gotten off Twitter long enough to realize that he’s got a real problem here in Maine.

And his problem is me and you, folks.

We’re working to try to get a government that we should have. That we deserve. And our movement is growing every single day.

So now, Elon said he’s going to spend $100 million dollars across a number of states, including Maine, to try to keep us down.

He’s doing this to make sure that Susan Collins gets back in office.

Elon has had a bunch of bought-and-paid-for friends in Congress for quite a while now. Republicans know he’ll spend millions to elect them, and in turn they’ll protect his corporate interests.

He’s making this $100 million investment because he wants to have politicians in office who are totally beholden to him, and to Donald Trump, too.

He wants to make sure we give tax cuts to billionaires, at the expense of our healthcare systems, our rural hospitals, our much-needed food assistance.

That’s what Elon Musk wants. He doesn’t care about us.

Really, he doesn’t even care about Susan. He cares about himself.

So, I say to Elon: Maine – and really the whole United States – doesn’t want your dirty money in our politics. You don’t get to buy the government that you want.

Folks, this is about all of us coming together and fighting for the government that we deserve. If you’re with me, please consider chipping in to my campaign to fight back against Elon’s millions and retire Susan. →

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Thank you,

Troy

I’m officially the Democratic nominee to defeat Susan Collins in 91 short days.

Before you read any further, can you sign on to officially endorse my campaign to defeat Susan Collins?

Let me tell you a little bit more about why I’m in this race:

I’m running to retire Susan Collins and bring much-needed relief to working Mainers.

I’m running to fight for the people across the country who have been left behind by Donald Trump and his billionaire special interests.

I’m running to help us take back our Democratic Senate majority and end the GOP’s reckless control of our government.

But I’m jumping into this race with just 91 days to go and a lot of ground to cover, so I’m asking for the support of every single grassroots Democrat reading this message.

Will you add your name before midnight to officially endorse my Senate campaign to defeat Susan Collins?

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Your support means everything to me,

Troy

I’ve gotta give it to you.

From the moment we launched our campaign, a lot has happened that’s shown just how strong this people-powered movement is.

First, Susan Collins and the GOP machine spent hundreds of thousands to launch their first attack ad against us. They’re terrified — and they’re right to be.

Second, tens of thousands of Americans took the next step in defeating Susan Collins: they gave whatever they could spare to fund our campaign, even if it was $3.

Third — and what honestly means the most to me — is the huge outpouring of positive messages we’ve been receiving across the country. Folks are feeling inspired and moved to take action because of our movement, and that’s how we’re going to win.

I love reading the messages I receive. If you haven’t had a chance to leave one yet, I’d be honored if you did. You can do that at the link below.

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- Troy Jackson

I know you’ve heard from me a lot since I earned the Democratic nomination in Maine.

And I know you’re probably being bombarded with messages from all sorts of folks asking you to donate before the end of the month.

I’m sure you’re getting emails and texts about what your donation could do.

This isn’t one of those messages.

I want to tell you a story about why I got into politics in the first place.

This story starts back in 1998, when I was working as a logger and a greedy landowner tried to screw my fellow loggers and me out of fair wages. I got together a group of loggers who were pissed off about what was happening, and we went up and blockaded the northern border of Maine to demand fair treatment.

I didn’t lead that blockade to make a political statement. I did it because we were tired of being ignored. Tired of watching our communities hollow out while the people in charge lined their pockets and looked the other way. A whole bunch of politicians, including then-first-term Senator Susan Collins, promised to listen, but they left us high and dry. People in positions of power have a responsibility to listen to their constituents and respond to their struggles, and that’s not what was happening. I realized pretty quick that nothing would change unless there were working-class voices who actually understood this life in those powerful rooms.

That’s why I went on to run for and serve 20 years in the Maine legislature.

While I was in the legislature, I worked hard to create the kind of government I wished had existed for me. I sponsored and passed landmark legislation to make school breakfasts and lunches free for every child in Maine. We invested in child care, housing, and healthcare across the state. We passed paid family medical leave.

I cosponsored and got signed into law some of the country’s strongest reproductive freedom protections. I fought every single day for the people of Maine, no matter where they live or how they vote, and I will continue to do so if the great people of Maine send me to the U.S. Senate.

I’m in this race because Susan Collins has left every single Mainer, including me, in the dust for way too long. She’s always “concerned” about the dangerous and reckless actions of this administration, but she’s voted with Donald Trump 96% of the time.

I’m in this race because nobody else is coming to save us. It’s up to this team.

I have a lot of work to do in these next 95 days to reach every single voter in Maine so that we can win this election, send Susan Collins and her so-called concerns packing, and take back our Democratic Senate majority.

Tonight at midnight is my first campaign fundraising goal since we kicked this thing off a week ago, and what we can raise right now is going to have a big impact on what we can do before November.

If you’re with me, if you’re sick and tired of being left behind by the GOP and their trail of corruption, can I count on you to make a small contribution today to send me to the U.S. Senate?

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Thank you,

Troy

Hi, this is Troy Jackson. I’m a fifth-generation logger from Allagash who’s running a people-powered campaign to defeat Susan Collins and the MAGA-money machine.

I’m going to ask you to chip in $3 to flip this critical Senate seat, defeat Susan Collins, and take back our Senate Majority for Democrats.

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Susan Collins has over $10 million to spend against me, and I’m starting from behind with 97 days until Election Day.

I got my start in politics after a greedy landowner tried to screw me and my fellow loggers out of fair wages. I stayed in this fight because if we want to see real change in our system, we need working-class voices in the rooms where decisions are made.

We’re going to need a groundswell of grassroots support to fight back against Susan Collins’s millions and prove that we have the momentum it takes to win. Can you chip in just $3 to send this fifth-generation working-class logger to the Senate to fight for you? →

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We’re in this together,

Troy

Hi, it’s Troy Jackson. I want to talk about why I’m running.

Mainers are doing everything they can to build a good life and still cannot get ahead.

The rich and powerful have made it so hard to get by — and our families suffer, like they always do when things get tough. I spent years putting in 80-hour weeks out in the woods, driving hours to chase down logging jobs, and coming home pissed off that I still couldn’t pay the bills. Those hours, days, and weeks spent away from my kids are something I’ll never get back.

And I know I’m not the only parent who feels that way.

Trying to fight for the things that make your life worth living, to me, is the greatest thing that any of us can do.

This economy is not just taking our money. It is taking pieces of our lives away from us.

• We’re watching the price of groceries climb while food companies report record profits.

• People are skipping doses of medication, canceling checkups, and — I know this very well — praying to God they don’t get sick because they can’t afford another damn bill.

• Older Mainers are wondering whether the retirement they worked their entire lives for will still be there for them.

• Rural communities are watching their jobs, their schools, and their hospitals disappear, and it’s affecting the urban areas too.

Susan Collins keeps telling us everything is just fine — when we know it isn’t.

We all have eyes. We can see our paychecks, and the bills we have piling up.

We know we’re getting screwed, and we know who to blame.

I am running to change that.

• I am running to pass Medicare for All, take on corporate price-gouging, and build housing folks can actually afford.

• I am running to protect Social Security and Medicare — they are not going to touch that — and to give every worker the freedom to organize a union without intimidation or retaliation.

• I will fight to restore abortion rights nationwide; I will stand with LGBTQ+ Mainers; and I will stand up to Donald Trump and ICE when they attack our communities, terrorize our neighbors, and threaten the freedoms generations before us fought to secure.

That is what all of us here in Maine deserve from our next United States senator.

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And it is the exact opposite of what Susan Collins has given us.

She made a promise back in the fall of 1996 to only run for two terms. That same fall, my father and I were watching work dry up in the logging industry.

By the next spring, we had to sell what we had to get out from under the debt that was creeping up. Like many people, I was just trying to figure out how to keep taking care of my family.

Thirty years later, Susan Collins is still in Washington.

She helped deliver enormous tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy — on our backs. And she voted to confirm Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade.

She has served the billionaires and corporations that fund her campaigns. And when Mainers needed her most, she has served herself.

For thirty years, she has told us she is “concerned.”

But look: concern is not courage — and what she says up here in Maine does not erase what she does down in Washington.

So one way or the other, this November, she will answer to the people of Maine. Because this election will not be decided by corporate PACs, Big Pharma, insurance companies, or any of the other billionaires funding Susan Collins.

It will be decided in union halls and at kitchen tables.

On front porches, in conversations between neighbors, and in communities that have been ignored or taken for granted for far too long.

And that’s how we, together, will win this.

Person by person.

Town by town.

County by county.

Because this movement is not from the left. It is not from the right. It’s from the bottom – and we are rising.

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Susan wants us to believe that she is unbeatable. Here’s what I say to that:

I’ve spent my entire life being told that people like us are not supposed to have power.

If you have ever been ignored, underestimated, pushed around, or told you have to wait your turn while the rich cut the line, this campaign is for you.

If you believe in your heart that health care is a right, this campaign is for you.

And if you believe workers deserve power, this campaign is for you.

If you believe our freedoms are worth defending, this campaign is for you.

And if you believe Maine deserves a senator who will fight like hell for working-class people, this campaign is damn sure for you.

We have a party to unite.

We have a movement to build.

We have a senator to defeat.

And together, we are going to win.

I can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done, and everything you will do. I’m so inspired by all of you. God bless you, and let’s get to work winning this race.

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Solidarity forever,

Troy