Troy Jackson

@SenTroyJackson

A fifth-generation logger from Allagash turned President of the Maine Senate.

Joined June 2018

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    5 Dec 2018

    And we are off! The first legislative day for the 129th Maine Legislature has begun!

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  3. 20 hours ago

    Check out my latest column in : Access to health care is about the freedom to have control over your own life, your own future.

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  4. Jan 2

    It was a true honor just to be in the room for this historic occasion. It was an even greater honor to administer the oath office to - Maine's first-ever female governor (and first from Franklin County too)!

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  5. 27 Dec 2018

    ICYMI: “We are here to make Maine a better place to work, live and raise a family. These committee assignments seek to maximize the strengths of all our members so we can make that vision a reality.”

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  6. 16 Dec 2018

    ICYMI - My statement regarding the latest ruling out of Texas. ⬇️

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  7. 14 Dec 2018

    ICYMI: "Jeanne Lambrew is a strong choice to lead DHHS as we look to promote the health, safety and well-being of all Mainers in this new era."

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  8. 5 Dec 2018

    Allagash is a community with a deep and complex history that comes to us from Ireland and Scotland. It was an honor to have my first moments as President accompanied by Ursa Beckford’s bagpipe renditions of “The Wearing of the Green” & “The Gathering of the Clans at Glengarry.”

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  9. 5 Dec 2018

    "I am confident we are like those waters, able to find our course amidst the rush. We can do this together."

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  10. 5 Dec 2018

    "Today, the St. John River sleeps under ice. Yet beneath the ice, it’s rushing with currents strong and sure, with a certainty and a purpose."

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  11. 5 Dec 2018

    "If we succeed in conquering our divisions and remaining true to the spirit of change that defines this era, we will end this session with Maine stronger than we found it."

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  12. 5 Dec 2018

    "This is how our time here works. We cannot control the past, we can only do our part here so that our friends, family and neighbors will be better off going forward."

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  13. 5 Dec 2018

    "I choose not to see two different Maines but a unity in the many Maines. And I urge you to join me in making that same choice."

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  14. 5 Dec 2018

    "The diversity of our backgrounds and identities is exactly what is called for in these days. It may be a volatile characteristic at times but it’s only in the complexity of our perspectives that we will find a path forward."

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  15. 5 Dec 2018

    "So my challenge to all of us here today is to not let what makes this Senate Chamber so strong become its greatest weakness."

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  16. 5 Dec 2018

    "This is why I’ve decided to break a decades-long tradition and remove the structural division that has existed in this chamber. This session our seating arrangement will reflect the communities we live in. We aren’t siloed."

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  17. 5 Dec 2018

    "And that could not be more important given that division is one the greatest crises of our time."

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  18. 5 Dec 2018

    "Sen. Dow and I enter this legislative session as true friends, which gives me great hope for the next two years. Where our respective politics fail to meet, I know that our culture and our shared values will bridge the gap."

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  19. 5 Dec 2018

    "Our goal here and now is to show people what government can and should be. We must do our part in the time we occupy."

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  20. 5 Dec 2018

    These are clear moments in my life when the government failed the very people it was supposed to serve. This pattern reaches back through the ages to countless people whose lives could have been better but were not."

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  21. 5 Dec 2018

    "I was 13 years old when my mother got herself through college, started teaching and began earning less than two-thirds of the salary I would make only five years later."

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