Opens in a new tab
Press Release
October 16, 2026

PRESS RELEASE: READ THE FINE PRINT: Troy Jackson Says He Rejects Corporate PAC Checks, Then Shares TV Ad Buy with Committee that Cashes Them

Jackson says he doesn’t take corporate PAC money – the receipts show otherwise

BANGOR, Maine – Troy Jackson tells Mainers that his campaign refuses corporate PAC money and isn’t “funded by billionaires.” The fine print says otherwise. Television advertising records identify “Women for Troy/DSCC/Jackson” as the advertiser on a joint “hybrid” buy, personally approved by Jackson himself. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is a national party committee that has received donations from 198 corporate PACS and at least 28 billionaires this cycle alone.

“Troy Jackson wants credit for refusing corporate PAC checks while enjoying an advertising partnership with a committee that cashes them,” said Blake Kernen, spokesperson for Collins for Senator. “Apparently, according to Troy Jackson, corporate money is somehow more acceptable once it passes through a party committee before it lands directly in his hands.. Troy’s pledge to not accept corporate PAC money or donations from billionaires comes with fine print – and Mainers should read it.”

And Women for Troy? Despite its separate name, it is a campaign committee, authorized by Troy Jackson, and registered with the Federal Election Commission on October 1. Its donor information is not yet available on the FEC’s public summary page so only Troy Jackson knows who is bankrolling it.

Jackson’s sweeping claims about rejecting corporate influence deserve scrutiny when his own advertising operation partners with a committee that accepts money from billionaires and corporate PACs.

Women for Troy/DSCC/Jackson Television Ads:

DSCC Billionaire Donors This Cycle:

  • Stephen and Susan Mandel (FEC, 2/24/26 ; FEC, 2/24/26)
  • Amy Goldman Fowler (FEC, 7/22/26)
    • Forbes, Accessed on 10/15/26
  • Seth Klarman (FEC, 3/27/26)
    • Forbes, Accessed on 10/15/26
  • George Soros (FEC, 12/10/25)
    • Forbes, Accessed on 10/15/26
  • Reid Hoffman (FEC, 6/9/26);
  • Henry and Marsha Laufer (FEC, 9/2/25; FEC, 3/18/25)
    • Forbes, Accessed on 10/15/26

DSCC Corporate PAC Donors This Cycle:

  • ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ACCENTURE INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)
  • ALTRIA GROUP,  INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC)
  • AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPAC)
  • AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AXPPAC)
  • AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC)
  • BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC)
  • BEST BUY CO., INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL FORUM
  • BHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE)
  • BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLACKROCK PAC)
  • BLUEPAC – BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PAC
  • BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC)
  • CENCORA, INC. PAC
  • CENTENE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CENTENE PAC)
  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION CMTE (CHS PAC)
  • CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. FEDERAL PAC
  • CITIGROUP INC. PAC – FEDERAL (CITI PAC – FEDERAL)
  • CME GROUP INC. PAC
  • COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE – FEDERAL
  • CORNING INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COREPAC)
  • COUPANG, INC. COMPANY PAC (COUPAC)
  • COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC.
  • COZEN O’CONNOR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • CROWLEY MARITIME CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC
  • CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND
  • CVS HEALTH PAC
  • DAVITA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DAPAC)
  • DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • DELTA AIR LINES PAC
  • DEPOSITORY TRUST AND CLEARING CORPORATION PAC – DTCC PAC; THE
  • DOMINION ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE – DOMINION PAC
  • DOW INC. PAC (DOWPAC)
  • DTE ENERGY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DUKEPAC)
  • ECHOSTAR CORPORATION AND DISH NETWORK CORPORATION PAC (ECHOSTAR DISH NETWORK PAC)
  • ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC)
  • ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC
  • EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ENTERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENPAC)
  • ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. / ENTERPRISE MOBILITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • EXPERIAN NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXPERIAN PAC)
  • EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC)
  • FEDEX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE – FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC)
  • FORD MOTOR COMPANY CIVIC ACTION FUND
  • FOX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FOX PAC)
  • FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • GENENTECH INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENENPAC)
  • GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC)
  • GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GM PAC)
  • GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC PAC (GSK PAC)
  • GOOGLE LLC NETPAC
  • HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC
  • HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)
  • HUMANA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIIPAC)
  • IHEARTMEDIA, INC. PAC
  • INTEL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC
  • LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES’ POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC. EMPLOYEE PAC (MASTERCARD PAC) OR (MASTERCARD EMPLOYEE PAC)
  • MCDONALDS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC)
  • META PLATFORMS, INC. PAC
  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC – MSVPAC
  • MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC
  • MORGAN STANLEY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ORACLE AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ORACLE PAC)
  • PFIZER INC. PAC
  • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I
  • QUALCOMM INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (QPAC)
  • REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ROCKET LIMITED PARTNERSHIP PAC (ROCKET PAC)
  • SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • SOUTHERN COMPANY EMPLOYEES PAC
  • SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SYNCPAC)
  • TARGET CORPORATION CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM (TARGETCITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM)
  • TEXTRON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION BIPARTISAN PAC (BNY BIPAC)
  • THE BOEING COMPANY PAC
  • THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • THE GRANT THORNTON ADVISORS LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)
  • UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT
  • UNITED AIRLINES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UAPAC)
  • UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. PAC (UPSPAC)
  • UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC)
  • UNUM GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UNUMPAC)
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)
  • VISA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
  • ZENECA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AZPAC)
  • MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PAC
  • 3M COMPANY PAC
  • ANTHROPIC PBC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • BMO FINANCIAL CORP GOOD GOVERNANCE FUND: FEDERAL (BMO PAC)
  • BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • BROADCOM INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BROADCOM PAC)
  • BURNS AND MCDONNELL INC. PAC
  • CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC
  • DIRECT SUPPLY, INC. PARTNERS PAC (DSI PARTNERS PAC)
  • DUNKIN’ BRANDS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DUNKIN’ PAC)
  • EDJ HOLDING COMPANY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EDWARD JONES PAC)
  • FIRSTENERGY CORP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY PAC
  • INSPIRE BRANDS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • LOCKTON INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • MCKESSON CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL FUND
  • PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • T-MOBILE US, INC.  POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)
  • TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE TEPAC
  • THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)
  • U.S. BANCORP FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • U.S. BANCORP POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PROGRAM
  • US ONCOLOGY INC. NETWORK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ZETA GLOBAL HOLDINGS CORP. EMPLOYEE PAC
  • PATTERN ENERGY GROUP INC. PAC
  • AMEREN CORPORATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMEREN FEDPAC)
  • AVANGRID POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • DAY & ZIMMERMANN INC FEDERAL PAC (AKA ‘DAYPAC – FEDERAL’)
  • EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A.K.A. EDWARDS PAC)
  • LIFEPOINT HEALTH PAC – THE PAC OF LIFEPOINT CORPORATE SERVICES, GENERAL PARTNERSHIP (LCSGP) AND FACILITIES WHICH ARE SUBSIDIARIES OF LIFEPOINT HEALTH (COLLECTIVELY LIFEPOINT)
  • NUCOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC
  • SUNRUN INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SUNRUN PAC)
  • VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES, INC. PAC
  • WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WABPAC)
  • ALKERMES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE,
  • PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • EDF POWER SOLUTIONS, INC. PAC
  • TELADOC HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • AES CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; THE
  • ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALNYLAM PAC)
  • AMHP HOLDINGS CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMERIHEALTH CARITAS PAC)
  • BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION PAC (BE PAC)
  • CARRIER GLOBAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • COINBASE, INC. INNOVATION PAC (COINBASE INNOVATION PAC)
  • COMMUNITY CARE HEALTH NETWORK, LLC/MATRIX MEDICAL NETWORK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MATR
  • DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. EMPLOYEES’ POLITICAL PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE (DIAGEO PAC)
  • DRAFTKINGS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE DBA DRAFTKINGS PAC
  • EDP RENEWABLES NORTH AMERICA LLC PAC (AKA EDPR NA PAC)
  • EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC. EMPLOYEES PAC
  • ERICSSON INC. U.S. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (‘ERICSSON PAC’)
  • FIRST SOLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • FLUENCE ENERGY PAC AKA FLUENCE PAC
  • FRAMATOME INC PAC
  • HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND
  • INTERNATIONAL PAPER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IP-PAC)
  • JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • MIZUHO AMERICAS GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND (MIZUHO AMERICAS PAC)
  • NELNET INC PAC (NELNET PAC)
  • REWORLD WASTE, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (REWORLD WASTE PAC)
  • RWE CLEAN ENERGY SERVICES, LLC PAC
  • TRANSDIGM GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA ULTRAGENYX PAC)
  • VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VPAC)
  • VILLAGEMD PAC
  • CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC. PAC
  • INVENERGY LLC PAC
  • BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS INC. PAC
  • COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COGNIZANT PAC)
  • GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GUIDEWELL PAC)
  • IHG SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IHG PAC)
  • NATIONAL HEALTH CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • NOMURA HOLDING AMERICA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NOMURAPAC)
  • OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PAC
  • PRIME POLICY GROUP LLC/BURSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ANDURIL PAC)
  • EMPLOYEES OF QUANTA SERVICES, INC.
  • FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ALLY FINANCIAL INC. ADVOCACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES INC PAC
  • CLEARWAY ENERGY INC PAC
  • HALEON US HOLDINGS LLC PAC
  • HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES’ POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
  • RELATIVITY SPACE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RELATIVITY PAC)
  • SPARK THERAPEUTICS, INC. PAC (SPARK PAC)
  • THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ACI PAC)
  • THE PREMIER, INC. EMPLOYEES’ CIVIC ACTION FUND

Join Our Team

Sign Up Form - Vertical

Stand With Susan

Here goes your text ... Select any part of your text to access the formatting toolbar.
$5
$15
$25
$50
$100
Other