Troy Jackson

ME-Sen

Data Centers and AI
Health Care
Taxes
Monopolies
Money in Politics
Ethics
Everyday Costs
Party Leadership
Workers
Social Security
Housing
Wall Street
Abortion
Climate
Immigration
Democracy
War

Supported stronger oversight of data-center development

I don't know if we can stop [data centers], but we need to make sure we are not paying more in electric rates because of data centers coming in. We need to make sure that our water rates are protectedCampaign website, September 2, 2026

I'm not really supportive of data centers, but I understand that that may be something that we have to deal with, but I think we have to put real guard railsDebate, October 14, 2026

we need to make sure we are not paying more in electric rates because of data centers coming in. We need to make sure that our water rates are protectedNews story, September 2, 2026

Developer responsibility for infrastructure and utility costs

Enforceable water, energy, and community protections

we need to make sure we are not paying more in electric rates because of data centers coming in. We need to make sure that our water rates are protectedNews story, September 2, 2026

Supported reining in or regulating Big Tech and AI companies

I'm not going to let the billionaires write the rules. You know, I mean, that's just not going to happen. I mean, because all they care about is more profits. They don't care about us. And there is there's ways that you can write legislation that we protect jobs. We make sure that that AI, if we allow it, has safeguards inside.Town hall, October 27, 2026

I'm very much in support of getting a government that actually is willing to take these issues on and not listen to people like Zuckerberg and other ones. Let's actually uh. Let's get some real uh guidelinesVideo, October 22, 2026

Called for big structural changes that expand public coverage or Medicare benefits: Medicare for All, a public option, a Medicare buy-in, lowering the Medicare age such as Medicare at 55, or dental, vision, and/or hearing in Medicare

yes, I do support Medicare for All.Debate, October 7, 2026

I support Medicare for All, so that people that I know across the state have health care. It's the worst thing in the world for somebody to lay there at night, not know what's happening to them, [...] and be afraid to go and get the services that they need because they know they can't afford it[..]. And look, I got Republicans, Democrats, Independents all across the state that are supporting my campaign because they know that health care is out of control, and it gets worse when people like Senator Collins vote with Donald Trump 96% of the time.Debate, October 6, 2026

Medicare for All is my top priorityPost on X, September 29, 2026

I’ll fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

So I am running to pass Medicare for All. to take on corporate price gouging and build housing that folks in the state can actually afford. And I'm running to protect Social Security and Medicare. They are not going to touch that. And give every worker the freedom to organize a union without intimidation or retaliation.Video, July 25, 2026

I'll fight for Medicare for all, lower prescription drug costs, and the right to make your own health care decisionsVideo, October 30, 2026

We can fix what's broken in Washington. We can pass Medicare for all. We can take on corporate power from the politicians in their pocket.Video, July 25, 2026

So, I am running to pass Medicare for all, take >> [cheering] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> to take on corporate price gouging and build housing that folks in the state can actually afford. >> [cheering] >> And I'm running to protect Social Security and Medicare. They're not going to touch that. >> [cheering] >> And give every worker the freedom to organize A UNION WITHOUT INTIMIDATION OR RETALIATION. >> [cheering] [applause] >> And I will fight to restore abortion rights nationwide.Video, July 28, 2026

Troy believes health care is a right, not a privilege, and supports Medicare for All so every American can get the care they need without worrying about premiums, deductibles, or the fear of going bankrupt because they got sick. In the Senate, he would support and cosponsor the Medicare for All Act, take on Big Pharma and the insurance companies, and save working people money.Campaign website (undated)

I feel strongly that healthcare, Medicare for all is the thing that I'm going to fight forTown hall, September 2, 2026

we can have Medicare for all. You know, And and and please don't let them tell you that Medicare for all means that you're going to lose in your health insurance. You're going to get the health insurance you deserve and and we all deserve.Town hall, October 27, 2026

But in the end, I want to fight for Medicare for allDebate, September 5, 2026

And yes, I do support Medicare for All.Debate, October 7, 2026

We can pass Medicare for all.Video, July 25, 2026

We should be able to have a Medicare for All system, we should be able to afford prescription drugs, we should be able to afford childcare.Post on X, October 20, 2026

I am going to fight like hell for Medicare for All.Post on X, September 28, 2026

I'll fight for Medicare for all, lower prescription drug costsVideo, October 30, 2026

this is about making sure that we have Medicare for all prescription drug coverage child care and UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALSVideo, October 17, 2026

Medicare for all is something that I believe in.Video, October 28, 2026

fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

I think it is. I mean you know I mean we're at 65 cut it down to 10 years. I think doing in steps like that will show people that it is possible.Video, September 29, 2026

I am running to pass Medicare for All. to take on corporate price gouging and build housing that folks in the state can actually afford. And I'm running to protect Social Security and MedicareVideo, July 25, 2026

Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

Health care is a human right, not a privilege reserved for people who can afford it. That’s why I proudly support Medicare for All, lowering drug costs, and taking on Big Pharma when I get to the U.S. Senate so that Mainers aren’t avoiding the doctor or rationing life-saving medication due to costsCampaign website, September 23, 2026

Lower costs for Maine families by passing Medicare for All, cutting prescription drug prices, lowering electricity bills, building more housing, and making child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 6, 2026

I’ll fight for Medicare for All, lower prescription drug costs,Campaign website, October 29, 2026

I'll fight for Medicare for All, lower prescription drug costs, rural hospitals, abortion rights and working people who have watched corporations and billionaires get their way in Washington for far too long.Campaign website, October 29, 2026

We do have Medicare. All we have to do is go down at it's 65 right now. Go to 55, go to 45 in a four-step process.Debate, October 13, 2026

we can have Medicare for all.Town hall, October 27, 2026

So I am running to pass Medicare for All, to take on corporate price gougingVideo, July 25, 2026

I'm happy to work with him on Medicare for AllVideo, October 11, 2026

- Lower families’ costs: Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

I support Medicare for all so that people that I know across the state have healthcareDebate, October 7, 2026

we should have healthcare in this country. We should have Medicare for allTown hall, September 5, 2026

And yes, I do uh support Medicare for all. You know what's an unavoidable death is being able to go into the hospital and and get service and not know that you're going to go bankrupt because the healthc care industry is trying to rook you out of everything that you haveDebate, October 7, 2026

healthc care is my guideline. Medicare for allTown hall, September 5, 2026

I do uh support Medicare for all. You know what's an unavoidable death is being able to go into the hospital and and get service and not know that you're going to go bankrupt because the healthc care industry is trying to rook you out of everything that you have. That is what Senator Collins wants to keep goingDebate, October 7, 2026

what I'm going to be pushing for and what a lot of other people are going to be pushing for are healthc care for all, Medicare for all, prescription drug coverage, child careInterview, September 29, 2026

I'm going to fight hard for it. This is number one thing for meInterview, September 3, 2026

I’m for Medicare-for-all, making billionaires pay their fair share, and bringing down the cost of livingCampaign email, October 6, 2026

SO, I AM RUNNING TO PASS MEDICARE FOR ALLVideo, July 25, 2026

Medicare for All would save lives, save working people money, and finally take power away from Big Pharma and the insurance companiesPost on X, September 15, 2026

I support Medicare for All because every Mainer deserves affordable, reliable health care — and I’ll keep fighting to move us in that directionPost on X, September 18, 2026

I'm running to change that. So I am running to pass Medicare for All, to take on corporate price gougingVideo, July 25, 2026

And we also know who's to blame. And I'm running to change that. So I am running to pass Medicare for All, to take on corporate price gougingVideo, July 25, 2026

Jackson also laid out his health care vision – taking on Big Pharma, passing Medicare for All, lowering prescription drug costs, keeping rural hospitals open, and ensuring that families don’t go broke from a visit to the doctor – and recommitted to his central campaign promise of fighting for working people.Campaign website, October 15, 2026

Jackson: “I support Medicare for All, so that people that I know across the state have health care.Campaign website, October 6, 2026

- Troy Jackson will fight to un-rig the health care system and pass Medicare for All so that we can finally bring down costs for Mainers.Campaign website, October 15, 2026

The two leaders shared their plans to work together to pass Medicare for All, put a check on Trump’s dangerous and illegal policies, and put working people firstCampaign website, October 11, 2026

Called to reverse the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or ACA coverage

I mean, there's a lot, obviously, but repealing the big beautiful bill, which I know will be a big uphill deal. So we can get some semblance of our health care back. I mean, our health care wasn't good before, but, you know, trying to get that back so that we can work on Medicare for all, I believe strongly in that, and that's my top priority.Video, October 22, 2026

Called for lowering prescription-drug prices

I’ll fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

I'll fight for Medicare for all, lower prescription drug costs, and the right to make your own health care decisionsVideo, October 30, 2026

We should be able to have a Medicare for All system, we should be able to afford prescription drugs, we should be able to afford childcare.Post on X, October 20, 2026

I'll fight for Medicare for all, lower prescription drug costsVideo, October 30, 2026

fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

I’ll fight for Medicare for All, lower prescription drug costs,Campaign website, October 29, 2026

In the U.S. Senate, he'll fight for the federal government to negotiate drug prices directly, the way Canada, Australia, and New Zealand do.Campaign website (undated)

In fact, I actually helped sponsor a bill to lower insulin to $30 here in Maine.Debate, October 14, 2026

That's why I took on Big Pharma to lower the costs of prescription drugs and why I'll fight for a tax cut for working people.Paid ad, October 2, 2026

The government getting involved for negotiating prescription drug prices is the number one thingCampaign website, September 23, 2026

Lower the cost of prescription drugs - Tax billionaires and make large corporations pay their fair shareCampaign website, July 12, 2026

Lower the cost of prescription drugsCampaign website, July 12, 2026

- Lower families’ costs: Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

The biggest problem that we have right now is Senator Collins' insistence on supporting the Iran war because Donald Trump wanted it. Right now, we're paying 80% more this year than we were last year for heating oil — that's a fact. And what we have to do is prioritize where we're willing to spend our money. I don't want to spend it in Iran. I want to spend it here in the United States, making sure that people have health care, lower cost prescriptions, heating oil, and things like that.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

I made sure that we had lower prescription drugs. I went after health careDebate, October 7, 2026

I've done lower prescription drugs, child care, uh, uh, universal school mealsDebate, October 7, 2026

I want to spend it here in the United States making sure that people have health care, lower cost prescriptions, heating oil, and thingsDebate, October 14, 2026

That's why I took on Big Pharma to lower the costs of prescription drugs, and why I'll fight for a tax cut for working people, and protect the Social Security and Medicare that we paid into.Video ad, October 2, 2026

And we also we also took on big pharma to lower the cost of prescription drugsRally speech, October 10, 2026

You know, we took on big pharma to try and lower the cost of prescription drugsSpeech, October 12, 2026

In the legislature, Troy fought hard to successfully lower prescription drug prices, passed universal school meals, protected union jobs, expanded rural health care, delivered property tax relief, safeguarded our environment, and championed and passed some of the strongest reproductive health protections anywhere in the country.Campaign website, July 12, 2026

He has delivered on the costs families face every day. In the State Senate, Troy helped lower prescription drug costs, deliver free school meals, pass paid family and medical leave, expand health care, win collective bargaining rights for loggers, and invest in rural communitiesCampaign website, October 6, 2026

Jackson also laid out his vision for Maine: protecting reproductive freedom, lowering prescription drug costs, keeping rural hospitals open, and making Washington answer to working people.Campaign website, October 6, 2026

- In the Maine Senate, Jackson proved that he will fight for and deliver health care for Maine by taking on Big Pharma, strengthening rural health care, fighting for affordable insulin, and lowering prescription drug prices.Campaign website, October 15, 2026

I’ve fought to lower prescription drug costs and feed kids at school.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

In the legislature, Troy fought hard to successfully lower prescription drug pricesCampaign website, July 12, 2026

He helped lower prescription drug costs, expand access to health care, secure collective bargaining rights for loggers, deliver free school meals, and strengthen abortion protections after Roe fellCampaign website, October 6, 2026

Senate, he'll fight for the federal government to negotiate drug prices directly, the way Canada, Australia, and New Zealand do.Campaign website, October 15, 2026

I've used my power to lower prescription drugs, protect abortion rightsDebate, October 14, 2026

I fought to lower prescription drug costs and make sure kids could eat at school. I’ll bring that same fight to Washington so Mainers can afford the lives they work so hard to build.Campaign website, October 6, 2026

Prescription-drug price limits

In fact, I actually helped sponsor a bill to lower insulin to $30 here in Maine.Debate, October 14, 2026

Called for restoring ACA subsidies

It would be better to get back to those subsidies than where we are right now. But overall, I want a Medicare for All system.News story, October 27, 2026

Government price negotiation

In the U.S. Senate, he'll fight for the federal government to negotiate drug prices directly, the way Canada, Australia, and New Zealand do.Campaign website (undated)

The government getting involved for negotiating prescription drug prices is the number one thingCampaign website, September 23, 2026

Senate, he'll fight for the federal government to negotiate drug prices directly, the way Canada, Australia, and New Zealand do.Campaign website, October 15, 2026

Passing Medicare for All

yes, I do support Medicare for All.Debate, October 7, 2026

Medicare for All is my top priorityPost on X, September 29, 2026

I’ll fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

I'll fight for Medicare for all, lower prescription drug costs, and the right to make your own health care decisionsVideo, October 30, 2026

We can fix what's broken in Washington. We can pass Medicare for all. We can take on corporate power from the politicians in their pocket.Video, July 25, 2026

I feel strongly that healthcare, Medicare for all is the thing that I'm going to fight forTown hall, September 2, 2026

But in the end, I want to fight for Medicare for allDebate, September 5, 2026

And yes, I do support Medicare for All.Debate, October 7, 2026

We can pass Medicare for all.Video, July 25, 2026

We should be able to have a Medicare for All system, we should be able to afford prescription drugs, we should be able to afford childcare.Post on X, October 20, 2026

I am going to fight like hell for Medicare for All.Post on X, September 28, 2026

I'll fight for Medicare for all, lower prescription drug costsVideo, October 30, 2026

this is about making sure that we have Medicare for all prescription drug coverage child care and UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALSVideo, October 17, 2026

Medicare for all is something that I believe in.Video, October 28, 2026

fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

I’ll fight for Medicare for All, lower prescription drug costs,Campaign website, October 29, 2026

we can have Medicare for all.Town hall, October 27, 2026

So I am running to pass Medicare for All, to take on corporate price gougingVideo, July 25, 2026

I'm happy to work with him on Medicare for AllVideo, October 11, 2026

- Lower families’ costs: Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

I support Medicare for all so that people that I know across the state have healthcareDebate, October 7, 2026

we should have healthcare in this country. We should have Medicare for allTown hall, September 5, 2026

healthc care is my guideline. Medicare for allTown hall, September 5, 2026

I'm going to fight hard for it. This is number one thing for meInterview, September 3, 2026

I’m for Medicare-for-all, making billionaires pay their fair share, and bringing down the cost of livingCampaign email, October 6, 2026

SO, I AM RUNNING TO PASS MEDICARE FOR ALLVideo, July 25, 2026

Medicare for All would save lives, save working people money, and finally take power away from Big Pharma and the insurance companiesPost on X, September 15, 2026

I support Medicare for All because every Mainer deserves affordable, reliable health care — and I’ll keep fighting to move us in that directionPost on X, September 18, 2026

I'm running to change that. So I am running to pass Medicare for All, to take on corporate price gougingVideo, July 25, 2026

And we also know who's to blame. And I'm running to change that. So I am running to pass Medicare for All, to take on corporate price gougingVideo, July 25, 2026

Jackson: “I support Medicare for All, so that people that I know across the state have health care.Campaign website, October 6, 2026

- Troy Jackson will fight to un-rig the health care system and pass Medicare for All so that we can finally bring down costs for Mainers.Campaign website, October 15, 2026

The two leaders shared their plans to work together to pass Medicare for All, put a check on Trump’s dangerous and illegal policies, and put working people firstCampaign website, October 11, 2026

Lowering the Medicare age, such as Medicare at 55

I think it is. I mean you know I mean we're at 65 cut it down to 10 years. I think doing in steps like that will show people that it is possible.Video, September 29, 2026

We do have Medicare. All we have to do is go down at it's 65 right now. Go to 55, go to 45 in a four-step process.Debate, October 13, 2026

Called for higher taxes on billionaires and the wealthy

I'm gonna tax those billionaires when I get the US Senate.Debate, October 16, 2026

Repeal the Big Beautiful Bill, take back those tax cuts for the wealthyNews story, September 29, 2026

Billionaires shouldn't be paying less taxes than a teacher or a logger. It's time that your hard work paid off.Paid ad, September 15, 2026

Cut taxes for working people, make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, and strengthen the right to organize.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

Tax billionaires and make large corporations pay their fair shareCampaign website, July 12, 2026

Billionaires and big corporations aren't paying their fair share while working families struggle to make ends meet. Troy will make them pay, including by lifting the cap so the wealthiest Americans pay into Social Security at the same rate working people do.Campaign website (undated)

I'm going to tax those billionaires when I get to the US Senate.Debate, October 16, 2026

I’ll fight for tax cuts for working people, make billionaires and corporations pay their fair shareBallotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

Lower the cost of prescription drugs - Tax billionaires and make large corporations pay their fair shareCampaign website, July 12, 2026

In the Senate, I’ll fight to lower costs, protect Social Security and Medicare, defend abortion rights, and make the wealthy pay their fair share.Campaign website, October 29, 2026

I’m for Medicare-for-all, making billionaires pay their fair share, and bringing down the cost of livingCampaign email, October 6, 2026

I’ll fight for tax cuts for working people, make billionaires and corporations pay their fair share, ban members of Congress from trading stocks, overturn Citizens United, and get money out of politics.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

- Put working people first: Cut taxes for working people, make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, and strengthen the right to organize.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

Billionaires shouldn't be paying less taxes than a teacher or a loggerCampaign website, September 15, 2026

- Put working people first: Cut taxes for working people, make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, and strengthen the right to organize.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

- Put working Mainers before corporations and billionaires by cutting taxes for working people, making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share, banning congressional stock trading, overturning Citizens United, and getting big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 6, 2026

Troy Jackson: “Billionaires shouldn't be paying less taxes than a teacher or a loggerCampaign website, September 15, 2026

Called for corporations to pay more in taxes

Cut taxes for working people, make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, and strengthen the right to organize.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

Tax billionaires and make large corporations pay their fair shareCampaign website, July 12, 2026

I’ll fight for tax cuts for working people, make billionaires and corporations pay their fair shareBallotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

Lower the cost of prescription drugs - Tax billionaires and make large corporations pay their fair shareCampaign website, July 12, 2026

- Put working people first: Cut taxes for working people, make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, and strengthen the right to organize.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

- Put working people first: Cut taxes for working people, make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, and strengthen the right to organize.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

Called for stronger competition and limits on monopoly power

we have a monopoly here of greed that's running this and and I feel strongly we got to go after big pharmaVideo, September 28, 2026

Called for campaign-finance reform to reduce big money's influence

Troy believes elections should be decided by voters, not billionaires, corporations, and dark-money groups able to spend unlimited sums with little transparency. While Susan Collins is beholden to special interests, Troy rejects money from corporate PACs, AIPAC, and active Big Oil and Big Pharma lobbyists. In the Senate, he'll fight for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and for publicly financed federal campaigns modeled on Maine's Clean Election system.Campaign website (undated)

Ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and get big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

Together, we can unrig this broken system and get dark money out of politics.Post on X, October 19, 2026

We need a Congress that will pass laws to force super PACs and dark money groups to disclose their donors, match small-dollar donations with public funds like we do here in Maine, and stop super PACs from operating as arms of the campaigns they support.Campaign website, October 1, 2026

Overturn Citizens United and get dark money out of politicsCampaign website, July 12, 2026

The article highlighted Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Troy Jackson’s promise to enact serious campaign finance reforms so that billionaires can’t buy elections.Campaign website, October 20, 2026

- Clean up Washington: Ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and get big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

- Clean up Washington: Ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and get big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

Called to overturn Citizens United

Ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and get big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

Overturn Citizens United and get dark money out of politicsCampaign website, July 12, 2026

- Clean up Washington: Ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and get big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

- Clean up Washington: Ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and get big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

Refused corporate PAC money

Troy rejects money from corporate PACs, AIPAC, and active Big Oil and Big Pharma lobbyists.Campaign website (undated)

I refuse to take a dime from corporate PACs (unlike Susan), so I can’t run my campaign without folks like you chipping inCampaign email, October 8, 2026

Troy refuses to take a dime from corporate PACsCampaign email, October 14, 2026

I refuse to take a dime from corporate PACs (unlike Susan),Campaign email, October 8, 2026

I don't take corporate money. I don't trade votes for things like that.News story, October 6, 2026

Troy’s U.S. Senate campaign does not accept contributions from corporate PACs, AIPAC, or lobbyists representing Big Pharma and Big Oil.Campaign website, July 12, 2026

I refuse corporate PAC money, I want to ban congressional stock trading, I fight for working Mainers every dayDebate, October 7, 2026

I refuse corporate PAC money, I want to ban congressional stock trading, I fight for working Mainers every day. I'm not taking money from corporations like Senator Collins doesDebate, October 7, 2026

I refuse corporate pack money. I want to ban congressional stock trading. I fight for working mayors every dayDebate, October 7, 2026

I don't take corporate pack money or trade tax dollars for donationsRally speech, October 10, 2026

I knew that if I was going to run, I had to run my way: no corporate PACCampaign email, August 21, 2026

I knew that if I was going to run, I had to run my way: no corporate PAC. The people of Maine and folks who wanted a government that works for them would be the lifeblood of our campaignCampaign email, October 13, 2026

No. Troy’s U.S. Senate campaign does not accept contributions from corporate PACs, AIPAC, or lobbyists representing Big Pharma and Big Oil.Campaign website, July 12, 2026

And unlike Susan Collins, I don’t take a dime from corporate PACs.Campaign email, October 5, 2026

Creating public financing for elections

Stronger donor disclosure

Called for banning stock trading by members of Congress

Ban members of Congress from trading stocksCampaign website, July 12, 2026

But I know we need a stock trading ban for members of congress, because elected officials can't be allowed to game the system.Post on X, October 21, 2026

Ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and get big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

He supports a comprehensive ban on members of Congress trading individual stocks — a ban Susan Collins has opposed — and would back legislation that requires covered assets to be divested or placed beyond a member’s control.Campaign website (undated)

I want to ban congressional stock tradingDebate, October 7, 2026

I refuse corporate PAC money, I want to ban congressional stock trading, I fight for working Mainers every dayDebate, October 7, 2026

I refuse corporate PAC money, I want to ban congressional stock trading, I fight for working Mainers every day. I'm not taking money from corporations like Senator Collins doesDebate, October 7, 2026

I refuse corporate pack money. I want to ban congressional stock trading. I fight for working mayors every dayDebate, October 7, 2026

And she still refuses to support a ban on members of Congress trading stocksVideo, July 25, 2026

she still refuses to support a ban on members of Congress trading stocks. I mean, that is the ultimateVideo, July 25, 2026

she still refuses to support a ban on members of Congress trading stocksVideo, July 28, 2026

- Clean up Washington: Ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and get big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

- Clean up Washington: Ban congressional stock trading, overturn Citizens United, and get big money out of politics.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

Supported stronger conflict-of-interest and ethics rules

I think first and foremost, we have to have real ethics reform that's accountable, that you can hold people to. I think that we should have term limitsDebate, October 16, 2026

Called out Trump's corruption, self-dealing, or profiting from office

This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, and then Donald Trump helped her cover it upCampaign website, September 22, 2026

Collins fights for Donald Trump, billionaires and big corporations — no matter how corrupt or shady — and her husband’s stock portfolioCampaign website, October 8, 2026

Collins fights for Donald Trump, billionaires and big corporations — no matter how corrupt or shady — and her husband’s stock portfolio. Troy fights for MaineCampaign website, October 8, 2026

We don't have to settle for Donald Trump's corruption, chaos, and crimesVideo, October 30, 2026

We don't have to settle for Donald Trump's corruption, chaos, and crimesCampaign website, October 30, 2026

Reforming the Supreme Court

I think first and foremost, we have to have real ethics reform that's accountable, that you can hold people to. I think that we should have term limitsDebate, October 16, 2026

I think first and foremost, we have to have real ethics reform that's accountable, that you can hold people to. I think that we should have term limits, and I'm not against putting more people on the court because this court obviously is not working.Debate, October 16, 2026

we have to have real ethics reform that's accountable, that you can hold people to. I think that we should have term limitsDebate, October 16, 2026

Yeah, I mean, definitely for judges, but also for congressional members. I mean, this lifetime dealings, getting all cozy with the lobbyists and things like that, that has to end, and the only way it's going to do that is term limits.Debate, July 17, 2026

Setting Supreme Court term limits

I think first and foremost, we have to have real ethics reform that's accountable, that you can hold people to. I think that we should have term limitsDebate, October 16, 2026

we have to have real ethics reform that's accountable, that you can hold people to. I think that we should have term limitsDebate, October 16, 2026

Called for reversing tariffs that raise household costs

I think that having the majority is going to mean that uh we can have a functioning Congress that stops the tariffs, can get out of the Iran warVideo, October 30, 2026

Called for stopping price gouging

So I am running to pass Medicare for All, to take on corporate price gougingVideo, July 25, 2026

I'm running to change that. So I am running to pass Medicare for All, to take on corporate price gougingVideo, July 25, 2026

And we also know who's to blame. And I'm running to change that. So I am running to pass Medicare for All, to take on corporate price gougingVideo, July 25, 2026

TO TAKE ON CORPORATE PRICE gouging and build housing that folks in the state CAN ACTUALLY AFFORDVideo, July 25, 2026

Called for making child care more affordable

I’ll fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

We should be able to have a Medicare for All system, we should be able to afford prescription drugs, we should be able to afford childcare.Post on X, October 20, 2026

fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

the federal government needs to help subsidize this more so that uh you know, people can afford to do itTown hall, September 28, 2026

I mean that that's a clear understanding for me is like why why waste your time if you're not making enough money to cover the child care. And I just, you know, now it's become the point where I think that, you know, the federal government needs to help subsidize this more so that uh, you know, people can afford to do it.Video, September 29, 2026

If you don't pump $70 billion in rogue agency like ICE, if you don't fund foreign wars, fund bombs going to Israel, if you don't give tax cuts to wealthy people, I think you have the resources to do childcareNews story, September 29, 2026

- Lower families’ costs: Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

I've done lower prescription drugs, child care, uh, uh, universal school mealsDebate, October 7, 2026

I want to prioritize it. Giving people in the state and in this country health care, prescription drugs, child care, you know, nursing homes, you know, inh home nursing care, um, housingDebate, October 14, 2026

“What I have is deep desire to help people in this country get quality affordable healthcare, get prescription drugs, childcare and I’m not going to be catering to the billionaires like Susan Collins does,”.News article, October 28, 2026

Women leaders highlight Jackson’s work to protect reproductive freedom, lower child care costs, and elevate women’s voicesCampaign website, October 21, 2026

Called for lowering household utility bills

I’ll fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

fight to pass Medicare for All, lower prescription drug and electricity costs, build more housing, and make child care more affordable.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

- Lower families’ costs: Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

I want to spend it here in the United States making sure that people have health care, lower cost prescriptions, heating oil, and thingsDebate, October 14, 2026

We need to get out of Iran. We need to lower theseDebate, October 9, 2026

Pushing universal child care

I believe that we should have, you know, universal child care across the spectrumTown hall, September 28, 2026

Blamed high gas and fuel prices on the Iran war, tariffs, or oil companies

Today, heating oil is over $6 a gallon, and instead of helping us, Susan Collins is funding this reckless war in Iran that is driving our costs through the roof.Campaign website, October 16, 2026

Named policies to lower child-care costs: universal child care, public funding or subsidies, or caps on family costs

I believe that we should have, you know, universal child care across the spectrumTown hall, September 28, 2026

the federal government needs to help subsidize this more so that uh you know, people can afford to do itTown hall, September 28, 2026

Public funding, subsidies, or child-care tax credits

the federal government needs to help subsidize this more so that uh you know, people can afford to do itTown hall, September 28, 2026

Named policies to lower household utility bills: utility-rate rules, bill assistance, or lower-cost energy and grid policies

In the Senate, I'll fight for clean energy investments that lower costs, create union jobs here at home, and preserve Maine's natural resources for our kids and grandkids.Campaign press release, August 21, 2026

I get out of Iran and you know, I make sure that I get more money into the LIHEAP program.News story, October 18, 2026

Targeted utility-bill assistance or tax credits

I get out of Iran and you know, I make sure that I get more money into the LIHEAP program.News story, October 18, 2026

Lower-cost energy, grid, or efficiency policies

Challenged Schumer's or Jeffries' leadership

The Democratic Party needs to have a different approach — getting people back in the party, getting working-class, everyday people back in the party — and I don’t believe it’s going to happen with Senator SchumerNOTUS, July 29, 2026

I told Senator Schumer that I’m going to support somebody else...it’s no different now.Post on X, November 2, 2026

Supported replacing Schumer

I told Senator Schumer that I’m going to support somebody else...it’s no different now.Post on X, November 2, 2026

Criticized Schumer's leadership

Criticized Democratic leaders for failing to stand with working people

By returning to our labor roots, the Democratic Party can easily expose MAGA's "pro-worker" charade. Candidates like Graham Platner, Laura Supica, Amy Roeder, Nina Milliken, Mike Tipping, and many others already grasp this. The party establishment would be wise to catch up.News story, March 26, 2026

Supported stronger union organizing and collective-bargaining rights

Because the corporations and billionaires sure as hell stick together and elect officials who work for them. It's about time working people had the same thing.Campaign press release, September 10, 2026

Cut taxes for working people, make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, and strengthen the right to organize.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

Dismantle and abolish ICE, stop sending U.S. tax dollars to fund foreign wars, pass a federal right to abortion, enact comprehensive civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ Americans, and strengthen unions and workers’ rights to organize.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

In the U.S. Senate, he'll fight to protect every American's right to vote and to join a union. He would support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to strengthen federal voting-rights protections and the PRO Act to make it easier for workers to form unions, collectively bargain, and hold employers accountable for violating organizing rights.Campaign website (undated)

strengthen unions and workers’ rights to organizeCampaign website, October 13, 2026

Protect the right to vote and to organize a unionCampaign website, July 12, 2026

In the Senate, I’ll stand with working people fighting for better wages, safer workplaces, the right to organize, and a government that works for them instead of the wealthy and well-connectedCampaign website, September 16, 2026

passing the PRO Act uh so that unions can u you know, get a fair shot at organizing uh workers that want to be organizedInterview, October 1, 2026

I'm happy to work with him on increasing union rights. Going after, you know, people like Elon Musk that want to completely, you know, own this economyInterview, October 11, 2026

I’ll fight to protect abortion rights, strengthen unions and workers’ right to organize, establish comprehensive civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ Americans, abolish ICE, and end U.S. support for endless foreign wars.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

AND GIVE EVERY WORKER THE FREEDOM TO ORGANIZE A UNION WITHOUT INTIMIDATION OR RETALIATIONVideo, July 28, 2026

The freedom to organize a union without intimidation or retaliationVideo, July 25, 2026

- Put working people first: Cut taxes for working people, make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, and strengthen the right to organize.Campaign website, October 8, 2026

- Put working people first: Cut taxes for working people, make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, and strengthen the right to organize.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

- Protect Mainers’ rights and freedoms by restoring a federal right to abortion, passing comprehensive civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ Americans, and strengthening unions and the right to organize, dismantling and abolishing ICE.Campaign website, October 6, 2026

They deserve fair pay, strong benefits, the freedom to organize, and leaders who will listen to them and stand up for public schoolsCampaign website, September 9, 2026

Supported expanding paid leave or paid time off

Every full-time worker in America should have guaranteed paid time off in addition to paid sick leave and family leave. We passed paid family medical leave in Maine, and there’s no damn reason workers in every other state shouldn’t have the same basic dignity.Campaign website, September 9, 2026

In the Maine Legislature, I helped pass prescription drug reform, universal school meals, and paid family and medical leaveBallotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

Supported stronger workplace protections

They deserve good wages, safe working conditions, and a government that has their backsCampaign website, August 31, 2026

Workplace safety and labor-law enforcement

They deserve good wages, safe working conditions, and a government that has their backsCampaign website, August 31, 2026

Supported protecting workers from AI-related harms

Called for making housing more affordable

I do think that we have to, you know, go after private equity and make it so that they can't buy these things and charge outrageous prices.Debate, October 7, 2026

we have to uh you know go after private equity, make it so that they can't uh buy these things and charge outrageous prices, but we also have to as a state put more money into uh creating housing, building more housingDebate, October 7, 2026

I do think that we have to uh you know go after private equity, make it so that they can't uh buy these things and charge outrageous pricesDebate, October 7, 2026

I think we have to put more money into housing, more money into building housing. Uh, I'm very high on the University of Maine's 3D printed homes. I think that's a piece of this. Uh, getting private equity out of our housing market, uh, I think is another thingInterview, October 1, 2026

- Lower families’ costs: Pass Medicare for All, cut prescription drug prices, lower electricity bills, expand housing, and make child care more affordable.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

stopping private equity uh in this country from buying up homes, buying up mobile uh home parks, you know, driving rates insane uh amounts, I think is another big part of stabilizing property tax here uh in this countryInterview, October 1, 2026

getting private equity out of our housing market, uh, I think is another thingInterview, October 1, 2026

TO TAKE ON CORPORATE PRICE gouging and build housing that folks in the state CAN ACTUALLY AFFORDVideo, July 25, 2026

Called for restricting corporate, private equity, and hedge fund purchases of homes

I do think that we have to, you know, go after private equity and make it so that they can't buy these things and charge outrageous prices.Debate, October 7, 2026

I do think that we have to uh you know go after private equity, make it so that they can't uh buy these things and charge outrageous pricesDebate, October 7, 2026

getting private equity out of our housing market, uh, I think is another thingInterview, October 1, 2026

Called out Wall Street, big banks, or private equity

So look, I hate to ask, I always do, but if you can chip in five, ten bucks to make sure that we get a government that we can be proud of, that we can push back against these Wall Street oligarchs and people that are ripping us off, that can help win this race.Video ad, September 16, 2026

Private equity has been buying up our lives, making it harder for people in this country under Susan Collins' watch.Campaign website, September 17, 2026

Supported protecting or expanding abortion access

I’m running for Senate to keep radical anti-abortion extremists out of our courts and make damn sure politicians never again get to take this freedom away from Mainers.Campaign website, September 15, 2026

running for Senate to restore the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never get to take that freedom away from Mainers again.Campaign website, September 3, 2026

I’m running for Senate to restore and expand the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never again get to take this freedom away from Mainers.Campaign website, August 27, 2026

I’m not just going to protect women’s rights and access to critical reproductive care. I’ll fight to expand them — and make sure women, not politicians, have the final say over their own bodies.Post on X, October 24, 2026

Pass a federal right to abortionCampaign website, July 12, 2026

All the while, I was in the Maine Senate where we passed some of the strongest protections for abortion access in the country because I believe these decisions belong to women, their families, and their doctors — not politicians. Mainers are tired of Collins’ lies and broken promises. I’m running for Senate to keep radical anti-abortion extremists out of our courts and make damn sure politicians never again get to take this freedom away from Mainers.Campaign website, September 15, 2026

And since then, I mean, I co-sponsored LD 1619, which is the most progressive reproductive rights bill in the country. I had to fight for that. I had people make unbelievable accusations about us, but we stuck it out because we knew how important that was because women told us that they needed that type of healthcare, and I didn't fail them on that.Debate, October 9, 2026

I made sure that low-income women had access to reproductive rights through MaineCare. I mean, over the last decade or more, I've been fighting consistently to make sure that women had access because I understood that it was important, it was healthcare, and it was an economic issue for them to decide when and if they were gonna have a family.Debate, October 9, 2026

I co-sponsored LD 1619, which is the most progressive reproductive rights bill in the country. I had to fight for that. I had people make unbelievable accusations about us, but we stuck it out because we knew how important that was because women told us that they needed that type of healthcare, and I didn't fail them on thatDebate, October 9, 2026

Absolutely. I would vote for it.Debate, October 9, 2026

I mean, I've made sure that Maine has some of the most progressive reproductive rights bills in the country. I made sure that low-income women had access to reproductive rights through MaineCare. I mean, over the last decade or more, I've been fighting consistently to make sure that women had access because I understood that it was important, it was healthcare, and it was an economic issue for them to decide when and if they were gonna have a family.Debate, October 9, 2026

Do you support the right to an abortion? YesLocal media questionnaire, April 17, 2026

abortion is health care. And the decision about whether and when to have a child belongs to a womanCampaign website, September 4, 2026

I sponsored one of the strongest abortion protection laws in the country, which stripped away criminal penalties targeting abortion care and protected the ability of doctors to provide care based on their medical judgment — not the judgment of politicians.Campaign website, September 4, 2026

I was in the Maine Senate where we passed some of the strongest protections for abortion access in the country because I believe these decisions belong to women, their families, and their doctorsCampaign website, September 15, 2026

In the Senate, I’ll fight to lower costs, protect Social Security and Medicare, defend abortion rights, and make the wealthy pay their fair share.Campaign website, October 29, 2026

We made sure that low-income women had access under Mainecare, and I will. I can promise you that I'm not going to turn my back on that, and I'm not going to put another Supreme Court justice on like Brett Kavanaugh.Campaign website, October 7, 2026

We’ve fought together to protect abortion rights and expand reproductive health care in Maine, and when Roe was overturned, we got to work and passed some of the strongest protections for abortion access in the country.Campaign website, September 3, 2026

I've been fighting for [reproductive rights] for more than a decade now. I'm very proud that we have some of the most progressive reproductive rights bills in the country. We made sure that low-income women had access under Mainecare, and I will. I can promise you that I'm not going to turn my back on that, and I'm not going to put another Supreme Court justice on like Brett Kavanaugh.Campaign website, October 7, 2026

Protect Mainers’ rights and freedoms by restoring a federal right to abortionCampaign website, October 6, 2026

restoring a federal right to abortionCampaign website, October 6, 2026

I've used my power to lower prescription drugs, protect abortion rightsDebate, October 14, 2026

I co-sponsored LD 1619, which is the most progressive reproductive rights bill in the country. I had to fight for that.Debate, October 9, 2026

I’ll fight to protect abortion rightsBallotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

I’ll never stop fighting for your reproductive freedom.Post on X, September 24, 2026

I’ll stand up for reproductive freedom every damn time.Post on X, October 23, 2026

As Senate President, I helped lead the fight to ensure Maine remained a place where reproductive freedom would be protected.Campaign website, September 4, 2026

Jackson backed LD 227, Maine’s shield law protecting reproductive-health patients and providers from hostile actions initiated by other states.Campaign website, September 15, 2026

Troy helped strengthen Maine’s abortion protections after Roe v. Wade was overturned — co-sponsoring major legislation (LD 1619) that expanded abortion access, protected providers from criminal penalties, and improved data privacy practices.Campaign website, July 12, 2026

Protecting access to contraception

He also sponsored legislation (LD 1954) requiring state-regulated health plans to cover FDA-approved prescription contraception without out-of-pocket costs.Campaign website, July 12, 2026

Restoring nationwide abortion rights

running for Senate to restore the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never get to take that freedom away from Mainers again.Campaign website, September 3, 2026

Where Collins has failed, Troy will fight to make the right to abortion federal law.Campaign website, October 31, 2026

I’m running for Senate to restore the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never get to take that freedom away from Mainers again.Campaign website, September 3, 2026

I’m running for Senate to restore and expand the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never again get to take this freedom away from Mainers.Campaign website, August 27, 2026

I will fight to restore abortion rights nationwideVideo, July 25, 2026

Pass a federal right to abortionCampaign website, July 12, 2026

Where Collins has failed, Troy will fight to make the right to abortion federal law.Campaign website (undated)

Absolutely. I would vote for it.Debate, October 9, 2026

Troy Jackson has spent more than a decade protecting abortion rights in Maine and will fight to restore those rights nationwide.Campaign website, September 3, 2026

Susan Collins helped put the votes on the Supreme Court that overturned Roe. Troy Jackson will fight to restore the rights they took away.Campaign website, August 27, 2026

Protect Mainers’ rights and freedoms by restoring a federal right to abortionCampaign website, October 6, 2026

restoring a federal right to abortionCampaign website, October 6, 2026

restoring a federal right to abortion, passing comprehensive civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ Americans, and strengthening unions and the right to organize, dismantling and abolishing ICECampaign website, October 6, 2026

pass a federal right to abortion, enact comprehensive civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ AmericansCampaign website, October 13, 2026

Putting abortion rights into federal law

running for Senate to restore the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never get to take that freedom away from Mainers again.Campaign website, September 3, 2026

Where Collins has failed, Troy will fight to make the right to abortion federal law.Campaign website, October 31, 2026

I’m running for Senate to restore the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never get to take that freedom away from Mainers again.Campaign website, September 3, 2026

I’m running for Senate to restore and expand the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never again get to take this freedom away from Mainers.Campaign website, August 27, 2026

Pass a federal right to abortionCampaign website, July 12, 2026

Where Collins has failed, Troy will fight to make the right to abortion federal law.Campaign website (undated)

Absolutely. I would vote for it.Debate, October 9, 2026

Protect Mainers’ rights and freedoms by restoring a federal right to abortionCampaign website, October 6, 2026

restoring a federal right to abortionCampaign website, October 6, 2026

pass a federal right to abortion, enact comprehensive civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ AmericansCampaign website, October 13, 2026

Restoring Roe's protections

running for Senate to restore the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never get to take that freedom away from Mainers again.Campaign website, September 3, 2026

I’m running for Senate to restore the federal right to abortion and make damn sure politicians never get to take that freedom away from Mainers again.Campaign website, September 3, 2026

Expanding clean energy

Let's actually build clean energy programs here in MaineDebate, October 16, 2026

Get off of fossil fuel, get into clean energy so we won't be subject to this boom and bust of what we're seeing.Debate, October 7, 2026

Strengthening pollution protections

the use of aerial herbicides in the Maine woods benefits the bottomline of large landowners at the expense and well-being of the people living and working in the region. It's time we recognize the harm done by the aerial spraying of glyphosate and other synthetic chemicals. It's time we do the right thing and put an end to this practice.MOFGA Action Network letter quoting Senate President Troy Jackson on bill LD 125 (pre-campaign, undated) (undated)

Reducing climate pollution

I do think climate change is happening, and the best way that we can do that, or do anything to affect it is get off of fossil fuelsDebate, October 16, 2026

i do think that we have to get off of fossil fuelDebate, October 9, 2026

I do believe that we're having real issues with climate, and our best opportunity is to try and get off fossil fuels.Debate, October 16, 2026

Get off of fossil fuel, get into clean energy so we won't be subject to this boom and bust of what we're seeing.Debate, October 7, 2026

i do think that we have to get off of fossil fuel and there is a wayDebate, October 9, 2026

Moving off fossil fuels

i do think that we have to get off of fossil fuelDebate, October 9, 2026

I do believe that we're having real issues with climate, and our best opportunity is to try and get off fossil fuels.Debate, October 16, 2026

Get off of fossil fuel, get into clean energy so we won't be subject to this boom and bust of what we're seeing.Debate, October 7, 2026

i do think that we have to get off of fossil fuel and there is a wayDebate, October 9, 2026

Supported stronger rights and safeguards in immigration enforcement

We need accountability and a humane immigration system—not billions more for an agency that terrorizes our communities—which is I believe we must abolish ICE.Ballotpedia candidate survey, October 13, 2026

Troy believes Mainers deserve accountability — and an immigration system they can trust, not masked raids and fear.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

Jackson challenged Collins over her support for funding the agency without adequate oversightCampaign website, October 14, 2026

He supports comprehensive immigration reform and replacing the agency with accountable immigration enforcement that respects due process, protects public safety, and treats people humanely.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

Due-process protections

Stronger enforcement accountability

Troy believes Mainers deserve accountability — and an immigration system they can trust, not masked raids and fear.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

Jackson challenged Collins over her support for funding the agency without adequate oversightCampaign website, October 14, 2026

Abolishing or replacing ICE

I've been saying for months now we should defund ICE. We should abolish ICE.Town hall, October 22, 2026

I’d just ban ICE; there’s $100 billionNews story, September 22, 2026

I believe we need to get rid of ICENews story, September 22, 2026

Troy will fight to abolish ICECampaign website, October 13, 2026

Jackson believes we need comprehensive immigration reform and federal law enforcement and immigration services that can be trusted – not masked raids and fear. It’s why Troy will fight to abolish ICE.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

This rogue agency must be abolished, and that’s what Troy will fight to do in the Senate.Campaign website (undated)

I would rather see it disbanded. Let's go back to a Customs and Border Patrol, which used to do that.Video, October 29, 2026

I think this agency is going to have a stain on itself, you know, that is probably going to be hard to actually reform it. I would rather see it disbanded. Let's go back to a Customs and Border Patrol, which used to do that.Video, October 29, 2026

We're going to do something to get rid of ICE.Campaign website, September 26, 2026

ICE has to be eliminatedTown hall, September 5, 2026

it's time that ICE is disbanded and we go back to putting that money in the Customs Border PatrolDebate, October 7, 2026

I do believe it's important to get rid of it and take that money and prioritize it into existing law enforcement that actually people believe inDebate, October 14, 2026

I think ICE needs to be abolishedNews article, August 14, 2026

ICE needs to be abolished, full stopPost on X, September 13, 2026

ICE needs to be eliminated, full stopPost on X, September 14, 2026

Others, like Hannah Reid, cite Troy’s dedication to ending the rogue ICE agency that has terrorized MainersCampaign website, September 26, 2026

The debate, held on the three month anniversary of the fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford, put Susan Collins’ record writing blank checks to ICE and voting with Trump 96% of the time front and center while Jackson shared his commitment to abolishing ICE and protecting Mainers’ rights and freedoms.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

It’s why Troy will fight to abolish ICE.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

Jackson shared his commitment to abolishing ICE and protecting Mainers’ rights and freedomsCampaign website, October 13, 2026

In contrast, Jackson has been clear: ICE must be abolished.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

Others, like Hannah Reid, cite Troy’s dedication to ending the rogue ICE agency that has terrorized Mainers — the same department that Susan Collins has voted to give $70 billion without guardrails, leading to the murder of Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford earlier this yearCampaign website, September 26, 2026

ICE has to be eliminatedCampaign website, September 4, 2026

Supported stronger checks on executive power

and getting our checks and balances back I think is enough right there. uh you know, as opposed to having a president that does whatever he wantsVideo, October 30, 2026

Let's let's let's get a Congress that takes away his ability to be in Iran. Let's get a Congress that takes away his abilityTown hall, September 5, 2026

I'm not going to write another blank check to any president, Democrat or RepublicanDebate, October 7, 2026

we probably ought to have Democrats in charge of the US Senate so that we have the votes to stop this war uh to hold Donald Trump in in check because it sounds like the Republicans won't do thatDebate, October 14, 2026

It's Congress's role and and they won't take that role up because they're afraid to upset him. Um you know they they've given him complete control. So taking that back uh is importantInterview, September 29, 2026

is not designed for a president to just unilaterally do whatever he wants and have Congress rubber stamp it. And that's what Susan Collins is doing by voting with him 96% of the timeInterview, September 29, 2026

this is not an argument for one person just to unilaterally make these decisions without intelligence community coming forward and laying out a caseInterview, September 29, 2026

Well, that sounds like then we probably ought to have Democrats in charge of the U.S. Senate so that we have the votes to stop this war, to hold Donald Trump in check because it sounds like the Republicans won't do that.Campaign website, October 13, 2026

The two leaders shared their plans to work together to pass Medicare for All, put a check on Trump’s dangerous and illegal policies, and put working people firstCampaign website, October 11, 2026

getting our checks and balances back I think is enough right there.Video, October 30, 2026

Supported strengthening voting rights

Protect the right to vote and to organize a unionCampaign website, July 12, 2026

Opposed war with Iran or called for ending it

“I would bring our troops home,”.Campaign website, October 18, 2026

And we wouldn't be in Iran where we are spending so much money, so much waste, but in the end, blowing our fuel prices up to where people in the state aren't gonna be able to heat their homes, people in the logging, fishing, and forester industry won't be able to run their equipment.Debate, October 16, 2026

I would get us out of the Iran war, unlike Senator Collins who voted five times to put us in that war because she does whatever Donald Trump wants and that's what he wantsDebate, October 14, 2026

she's the chair of appropriations i mean money has to come through there for for these wars she still could do something she could use her leverage to stop this warDebate, October 9, 2026

getting out of Iran uh you know would be one big dealTown hall, September 5, 2026

I don't want to spend it in Iran. I want to spend it here in the United States, making sure that people have health care, lower cost prescriptions, heating oil, and things like that.Debate, October 13, 2026

I mean, my my overall theory is we got to get out of Iran, get our fuel prices stabilized.Video, October 29, 2026

I think that having the majority is going to mean that uh we can have a functioning Congress that stops the tariffs, can get out of the Iran warVideo, October 30, 2026

we can have a functioning Congress that stops the tariffs, can get out of the Iran war,Video, October 30, 2026

I get out of Iran and you know, I make sure that I get more money into the LIHEAP program.News story, October 18, 2026

Let's let's let's get a Congress that takes away his ability to be in Iran. Let's get a Congress that takes away his abilityTown hall, September 5, 2026

Well, I think we did have an agreement before Donald Trump tore it up and decided to go to war. And, you know, Senator Collins says that... You know, she voted against it nine times, but she didn't have the votes. Well, if that sounds like it, then we probably ought to have Democrats in charge of the U.S. Senate so that we have the votes to stop this warDebate, October 14, 2026

as far as the the war on Iran, she could have she could have held that. She's still holding that. You know, she could stop the money going for the bombs and things like thatTown hall, September 2, 2026

Well, I I think we did have an agreement before Donald Trump tore it up and and decided to go to warDebate, October 14, 2026

Also, Iran war, I mean, Senator Collins would not push back against that five times she voted for itDebate, October 7, 2026

She still could do something. She could use her leverage to stop this war, but instead they're making moneyDebate, October 9, 2026

We can't afford this war because people are going to start losing their businesses, people are going to start losing their homes that are tied to these businesses, and people will freeze to death this winter becauseDebate, October 9, 2026

We need to get out of Iran. We need to lower theseDebate, October 9, 2026

You certainly didn't have to give tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country while our healthc care systems crashing. You certainly didn't have to fund the Iran war, which isTown hall, September 5, 2026

Say no to the Iran warRally speech, August 30, 2026

We're never getting out of the Iran War with Susan Collins and her husband profiting off it. She voted five times against resolutions that could have ended the war. Vote her outPost on X, September 19, 2026

Instead of helping families, Collins has backed Trump’s war in Iran that’s raising energy costs as winter approaches, failed to stop his blanket tariffs, wrote a blank check to ICECampaign website, October 15, 2026

3) On the war in Iran, Jackson holds Collins accountable for letting Trump’s war continue when she had the power to do something to stop it.Campaign website, October 15, 2026

- And that's all because Donald Trump wanted to go to war with Iran, had no idea what the hell he was doing.Campaign website, October 21, 2026

I mean, she's not interested in getting us out of Iran,” Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy.Campaign website, October 18, 2026

If she wants to stop the war, she can cut the funding off.Campaign website, October 14, 2026

The best time to stop a war is before it starts. Susan Collins repeatedly voted to let Trump's disastrous war in Iran continue. Now Mainers are paying through the nose for gas, diesel, and heating oil.Post on X, September 17, 2026

I would make sure that our troops were protected. I mean, now that they're there, uh, you know, pulling back out of there in a way that we know that they're going to be safe, but getting them out of there so that no more of them actually are killedVideo, October 29, 2026

Called for conditions on or limits to military aid or arms transfers to Israel

Jackson calls for ending U.S. funding for Israel's military; this statement concerns military funding. End the genocide in Gaza and stop U.S. funding for Israel's militaryCampaign website (undated)

he's a war criminal, uh you know, and I don't want the United States uh sending money a blank check toInterview, September 30, 2026

The United States can't continue to send blank checks toInterview, September 29, 2026

The United States can't continue to send blank checks to Netanyahu to, you know, continue to perpetrate thisInterview, September 30, 2026

Supported requiring congressional authorization for military action

Let's let's let's get a Congress that takes away his ability to be in Iran. Let's get a Congress that takes away his abilityTown hall, September 5, 2026

I'm not going to write another blank check to any president, Democrat or RepublicanDebate, October 7, 2026

Called for a specific diplomatic step or civilian protections

I also think that humanitarian aid, United States does have to provide that. It has to go to kids that are starving, people that are starving, people that are injured.Debate, September 5, 2026

I also think that humanitarian aid, uh the United States does have to provide that. Um you know, it has to go to, you know, kids that are, you know, starving, people that are starving, people that are injured.Town hall, September 4, 2026

Called for broad military-aid or arms-transfer stops, extending beyond offensive weapons

Jackson calls for ending U.S. funding for Israel's military; this statement concerns military funding. End the genocide in Gaza and stop U.S. funding for Israel's militaryCampaign website (undated)

Supported stronger oversight of data-center development

Developer responsibility for infrastructure and utility costs

Enforceable water, energy, and community protections

Supported reining in or regulating Big Tech and AI companies

Called for big structural changes that expand public coverage or Medicare benefits: Medicare for All, a public option, a Medicare buy-in, lowering the Medicare age such as Medicare at 55, or dental, vision, and/or hearing in Medicare

Called to reverse the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or ACA coverage

Called for lowering prescription-drug prices

Prescription-drug price limits

Called for restoring ACA subsidies

Government price negotiation

Passing Medicare for All

Lowering the Medicare age, such as Medicare at 55

Called for higher taxes on billionaires and the wealthy

Called for corporations to pay more in taxes

Called for stronger competition and limits on monopoly power

Called for campaign-finance reform to reduce big money's influence

Called to overturn Citizens United

Refused corporate PAC money

Creating public financing for elections

Stronger donor disclosure

Called for banning stock trading by members of Congress

Supported stronger conflict-of-interest and ethics rules

Called out Trump's corruption, self-dealing, or profiting from office

Reforming the Supreme Court

Setting Supreme Court term limits

Called for reversing tariffs that raise household costs

Called for stopping price gouging

Called for making child care more affordable

Called for lowering household utility bills

Pushing universal child care

Blamed high gas and fuel prices on the Iran war, tariffs, or oil companies

Named policies to lower child-care costs: universal child care, public funding or subsidies, or caps on family costs

Public funding, subsidies, or child-care tax credits

Named policies to lower household utility bills: utility-rate rules, bill assistance, or lower-cost energy and grid policies

Targeted utility-bill assistance or tax credits

Lower-cost energy, grid, or efficiency policies

Challenged Schumer's or Jeffries' leadership

Supported replacing Schumer

Criticized Schumer's leadership

Criticized Democratic leaders for failing to stand with working people

Supported stronger union organizing and collective-bargaining rights

Supported expanding paid leave or paid time off

Supported stronger workplace protections

Workplace safety and labor-law enforcement

Supported protecting workers from AI-related harms

Called for high earners to contribute more to Social Security

Opposed benefit cuts

Eliminating the payroll-tax cap

Raising the payroll-tax cap

Called for making housing more affordable

Called for restricting corporate, private equity, and hedge fund purchases of homes

Called out Wall Street, big banks, or private equity

Supported protecting or expanding abortion access

Protecting access to contraception

Restoring nationwide abortion rights

Putting abortion rights into federal law

Restoring Roe's protections

Expanding clean energy

Strengthening pollution protections

Reducing climate pollution

Moving off fossil fuels

Supported stronger rights and safeguards in immigration enforcement

Due-process protections

Stronger enforcement accountability

Abolishing or replacing ICE

Supported stronger checks on executive power

Supported strengthening voting rights

Opposed war with Iran or called for ending it

Called for conditions on or limits to military aid or arms transfers to Israel

Supported requiring congressional authorization for military action

Called for a specific diplomatic step or civilian protections

Called for broad military-aid or arms-transfer stops, extending beyond offensive weapons