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Senator Troy D. Jackson is currently serving his third term in the Maine Senate representing District 35, Aroostook County. He is currently the Democratic Lead on the Labor, Commerce, Research, and Economic Development.

Prior to serving in the Maine Senate, Jackson served three terms in the House of Representatives.

Senator Jackson is a strong labor advocate, who in recent years has led the cause for fair wages for loggers and independent truckers. While a member of the House, Troy sponsored several pieces of legislation addressing logging issues. He served as the House Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and has served as the Senate Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor.

He was a member of the Governor’s Advisory Council on the Sustainability of the Forest Products Industry in Maine, which is charged with developing recommendations to improve the competitiveness of Maine’s forest products industry nationally and internationally. Chaired the Citizen Trade Policy Commission.

Outside of his time in the Maine Legislature, Senator Jackson works as a logger in northern Maine.

Jackson was born and raised in the St. John Valley. He graduated from Allagash Consolidated Community High School in Allagash and from the University of Maine at Fort Kent with a business degree. In 2004, Jackson received the “Outstanding Young Alumni” award from the University of Maine Fort Kent. Jackson is also a recipient of the MEA “Friend of Education” in 2009.

Senator Jackson resides in Allagash with his wife, Lana Pelletier, and their two children, Chace and Camden.

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For Immediate Release: SENATOR JACKSON HONORED BY LABOR ADVOCATES

Apr 29, 2013

Receives the Frances Perkins Award at Western Maine Labor Council annual dinner LEWISTON – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) was given the Frances Perkins Award at the Western Maine Labor Council’s annual Workers’ Memorial Day Dinner on Sunday in Lewiston. The award is given annually in honor of Frances Perkins, who was Secretary...

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Calls for health reforms in legislative testimony AUGUSTA – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) urged Maine lawmakers to adopt reforms aimed at improving access to and the quality of health care. Jackson sponsored L.D. 1162 and appeared before the Insurance and Financial Services Committee in support of his bill. During his testimony he...

SENATOR JACKSON SPONSORS MEASURES TO PROTECT INJURED WORKERS

Apr 10, 2013

AUGUSTA –Earlier today, Senator Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) introduced two measures to strengthen workers’ compensation insurance benefits for workers who were injured on the job through no fault of their own. “Injured workers have already been dealt a bad hand,” said Senator Jackson. “They need to be able to focus on their health and not worry...

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For Immediate Release: Senator Jackson Sponsors Bill to Encourage Hiring of American Loggers

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