Maine Dem Senate candidate Troy Jackson fathered two kids with his second cousin: report

Maine Dem Senate candidate Troy Jackson has two adult sons with his second cousin and long-term partner Lana Pelletier, according to a new report.

July 30, 2026 10:02 PM ET A Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate has fathered two children with a blood relative, according to a new report.Maine nominee Troy Jackson and his longtime partner, Lana Pelletier, are second cousins who descend from the same great-grandparents, Thomas Pelletier and Edith Thibodeau, The

Maine‘s Democratic Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, ran an anonymous political trash talk account that he used to troll former Gov. Paul LePage and other state Republicans while he served in the state Senate. Jackson managed an alias account called “Canadians for LePage” while LePage served as governor in 2012, commenti

Troy Jackson ran anonymous account to troll Republicans online  cnn.com

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Tuesday declined to endorse Troy Jackson, the state’s Democratic nominee for Senate, months out from the general election.  “We haven’t spoken, but clearly Susan Collins is vulnerable, and she should be — she should be defeated,” Mills said in an interview with Maine’s Total Coverage. Jack

Kamala Harris endorses Democrat Troy Jackson, in Maine's US Senate race after last-minute nomination  Toronto Star

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has endorsed Maine's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, who became the party's nominee over the weekend

Kamala Harris endorses Democrat Troy Jackson, in Maine's US Senate race after last-minute nomination  AP News

Democrats have a new candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine: Troy Jackson. In one of the country's most closely-watched races, he'll have less than 100 days to make his case.

Troy Jackson, a former logger, faces the tall task of taking down Susan Collins.

Jackson will take on incumbent GOP Senator Susan Collins in a race that could determine control of the Senate.