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<p><span style="font-weight:400">Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson has two children with his second cousin — longtime partner Lana Pelletier — according to genealogical records first <a href="https://x.com/SteveRob/status/2082913987633848818" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by journalist Steve Robinson. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Jackson, a former Maine Senate president, became the Democrats’ nominee after the party’s previous candidate, Graham Platner, withdrew from the race amid rape allegations, forcing Democrats to replace their Senate standard-bearer in one of the nation’s most closely watched contests. Jackson now faces incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in a race viewed as critical to the battle for Senate control.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">According to genealogical records, Jackson and Pelletier share the same great-grandparents, Thomas Pelletier and Edith Thibodeau. Their daughter, Albertine Pelletier, was Jackson’s grandmother, while their son, Louis Pelletier Sr., was Pelletier’s grandfather, making the couple second cousins. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Jackson and Pelletier have been together since high school and are the parents — and simultaneously third cousins — of two adult sons.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The relationship is legal under Maine law. While state law prohibits marriages between first cousins without additional statutory requirements, it places no restrictions on second cousins marrying or having children. Genetic experts generally consider second-cousin relationships as presenting no meaningful increase in the risk of inherited disorders compared with the general population.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Throughout his political career, Jackson has generally referred to Pelletier as his “partner.” The couple has never legally married, although some older official biographies referred to Pelletier as Jackson’s wife. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Jackson has built his political image around his upbringing in the rural St. John Valley, frequently describing himself as a fifth-generation logger from Allagash before rising through organized labor and Democratic politics to become president of the Maine Senate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The revelation comes as Jackson prepares for a high-profile general election against Collins, one of the Senate’s most vulnerable Republican incumbents. National Democrats view the race as a key pickup opportunity as they attempt to regain control of the Senate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Neither Jackson’s campaign nor Pelletier has publicly addressed the genealogical reporting.</span></p>
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