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SENATOR TROY D. JACKSON
of Aroostook County
(D) Senate District 35
Allagash,
Caribou, Castle Hill, Caswell, Connor Twp., Cyr Plantation, Eagle Lake, Fort Kent, Frenchville, Garfield
Plantation, Grand Isle, Hamlin, Limestone, Madawaska, Mapleton, Nashville Plantation, New Canada, New
Sweden, T11-R14, Perham, Portage Lake, T17-R2, T17-R3, T17-R4 a/k/a Sinclair, T17-R5, T15-R6, T16-R4
a/k/a Madawaska Lake, Saint Agatha, St. Francis, St. John Plantation, Stockholm, Van Buren, Wade,
Wallagrass, Washburn, Westmanland, Winterville Plantation and Woodland.
SENATE ASSISTANT MAJORITY
LEADER
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- District Map
- Committee Membership:
- Term Limited in 2016
- Legislative Session
Service:
House 121-123
Senate 124-126
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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Senate President
Justin Alfond
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