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Maine Democrats on Saturday overwhelmingly nominated Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president and logger by trade, as their party\u2019s nominee to challenge longtime Republican incumbent Susan Collins in November\u2019s high-stakes US Senate election.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWell, thank you, Maine,\u201d Jackson, 58, said after securing the votes of 566 of 571 delegates during Saturday\u2019s special Democratic convention at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. \u201cToday we turn the page, today this becomes a general election campaign, and today we win the work of defeating Susan Collins in November.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor nearly 30 years, Collins has told Maine that she is \u2018concerned\u2019,\u201d Jackson said, referring to the 73-year-old incumbent\u2019s go-to word when President Donald Trump and Republicans attack rights and justice. \u201cShe was concerned while she rubber-stamped Trump\u2019s Medicaid cuts and gutted our healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s concerned when she cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy,\u201d he continued. \u201cConcerned when she confirmed justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. <\/em>And really tragically, she was concerned when she gave [US Immigration and Customs Enforcement] billions to terrorize our neighbors and murder people in the streets with no accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut concern does not lower the costs of groceries or gas,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cConcern does not keep our monitoring wards of rural hospitals like down in Lincoln County open. Concern does not restore all the rights that she\u2019s taken away. Maine does not need another six years of concern. We need someone with courage. We need a fighter, and we need a senator who remembers exactly who sent them to Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if you\u2019ve ever been ignored, underestimated, pushed around, or told that you have to wait your turn while the rich cut the line, I\u2019m asking you to stand with us in this campaign,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf you believe in your heart that healthcare is a right, stand with us. And if you believe that workers deserve power, stand with us. And if you believe our freedoms are worth defending, stand with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if you believe that Maine deserves a senator who will fight like hell for working-class people, well, stand with us,\u201d Jackson added. \u201cWe have a party to unite, we have a movement to build, and we have a senator to defeat.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jackson\u2019s improbably rapid rise followed former Democratic nominee Graham Platner\u2019s withdrawal from the race earlier this month amid allegations of sexual assault and abusive behavior. Supporters of Platner\u2019s progressive platform warned at the time that they would not back a replacement candidate who did not share the same pro-worker, anti-war agenda.<\/p>\n

While Collins spokeswoman Blake Kernen called Jackson a \u201clow-energy version\u201d of Platner, Maine Democrats decided the fifth-generation lumberjack fit the bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe working class has been left behind and forgotten about,\u201d Shelly Mountain, a former Aroostook County Democratic Committee chairwoman and Jackson delegate at the convention, told NBC News. \u201cHe is definitely working class and always\u2014has always\u2014been a champion for the working class.\u201d<\/p>\n

Progressive politicians, advocacy groups, and labor organizations cheered Jackson\u2019s nomination, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) saying that \u201che\u2019s ready to fight for working people and flip this seat.\u201d<\/p>\n

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) president Brian Bryant said Saturday that \u201cTroy Jackson knows firsthand what it means to work hard for a living and fight for a better future for working families.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout his career, he has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with union members and working people, never backing down from a challenge when workers\u2019 rights were on the line,\u201d he added. \u201cHe represents the strength of a people-powered movement focused on fairness, opportunity, and economic justice. Troy has our full support as he heads to the general election.\u201d<\/p>\n

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