Dark money PAC deploys $1.5 million ad campaign to support Troy Jackson

Published August 10, 2026 3:39pm ET | Updated August 10, 2026 3:43pm ET



A pop-up super PAC with financial ties to a dark money behemoth has already poured more than $1 million into the Maine Senate race exclusively in support of newly anointed Democratic nominee Troy Jackson.

The Government That Works PAC spent $1.5 million over just two days in support of Jackson’s Senate campaign, according to recently released Federal Election Commission filings.

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