Troy Jackson files first financial disclosure—how wealth compares to Collins'

Troy Jackson, the Democrat challenging Senator Susan Collins in Maine, filed a financial disclosure this week after a nearly two-month extension, revealing up to $430,000 in combined assets with his spouse and no reported liabilities over $10,000. His income came mainly from consulting work for two unions, totaling over $130,000, plus smaller payments from a Maine nonprofit and a labor council.

Collins, by contrast, reported up to $10.1 million in assets in her own May disclosure, largely in mutual funds and stock, on top of her $174,000 Senate salary. A separate tracking site estimates her net worth near $7.1 million and roughly $83 million in stock trades executed on her behalf last year.

Both campaigns used the numbers as ammunition: Jackson's camp framed the gap as proof he understands paycheck-to-paycheck life, while Collins' camp needled him for taking the maximum extension and labeled one of his funding sources a dark money group. Jackson's camp pushed back, noting the group in question delivers food assistance.

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