SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Troy Jackson has spent his first 45 days as a candidate for US Senate introducing himself to Maine voters as someone beyond the man who emerged from the wreckage of Graham Platner’s campaign.
But inside the union hall of the United Steelworkers Local 9, Jackson needed no introduction. Arriving for a cookout last Sunday, he seemingly knew everyone wearing the shirt or hat of their union as he shared hamburgers and inside jokes.
That’s because while Platner earned the support of the labor movement, Jackson has lived it. His ties with organized labor in Maine span decades, beginning when
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