Resurfaced assault report puts Dem Senate nominee in GOP crosshairs: 'Graham Platner 2.0'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Multiple Democrats who were questioned by Fox News Digital about Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson denied knowing anything about a report that the Democrat, who recently replaced scandal-plagued Graham Platner as the party's nominee, allegedly fathered two children with his second cousin. Republicans are targeting Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson after a newly resurfaced 1988 police record detailed accusations that he assaulted a man and pushed his longtime partner during a late-night confrontation in Fort Kent, Maine. Jackson, a one-time logger and a former state Senate president, was chosen a couple of weeks ago by Maine Democrats to replace embattled oysterman Graham Platner, who won the June Democratic Senate nomination in a landslide before imploding and dropping out of the race last month amid rape allegations that he denied. Jackson is