By
Ed Kilgore,
political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015
Troy Jackson in action.
For all the turmoil afflicting Maine Democrats following the implosion of Graham Platner’s Senate candidacy, they moved quickly and decisively to choose a replacement to take on Republican incumbent Susan Collins in November. In the initial rounds of the process leading up to a nominating convention, former legislative leader and labor stalwart Troy Jackson did so overwhelmingly well that his major opponents promptly dropped out, as CBS News reported:
