{"id":5803,"date":"2026-07-31T12:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5803"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:37:58","slug":"maine-dem-senate-candidate-troy-jackson-fathered-two-kids-with-his-second-cousin-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5803","title":{"rendered":"Maine Dem Senate candidate Troy Jackson fathered two kids with his second cousin: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson is in a long-term relationship with his high school sweetheart \u2014 who is also his second cousin, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5801\">Longtime QVC host Rick Domeier announces retirement after 30 years: \u2018A road I\u2019ve never been on before\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jackson, 58, and Lana Pelletier share two adult sons and the same great-grandparents, according to Thursday\u2019s report published by The Maine Wire, which notes that such relationships are both legal under state law and not uncommon in the rural North Maine Woods region, near the Canadian border.<\/p>\n<p>While Jackson, a onetime logger and the former president of the Maine State Senate, has described Pelletier as his wife in the past, locals tell independent reporter Steve Robinson the couple has never been legally married.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5799\">Thousands of illegal African migrants overrun Spanish enclave, turn streets into open toilets and bathe in fountains: \u2018An apocalypse\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jackson was formally nominated at a special party convention July 25 to challenge incumbent GOP Sen. 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