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Our Revolution Rallies Behind Troy Jackson

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Our Revolution Rallies Behind Troy Jackson to Replace Graham Platner on Maine Senate Ballot

 

With just days before Maine’s replacement deadline, Our Revolution is mobilizing behind former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson to ensure the people-first movement that won the Democratic primary isn’t replaced by the political establishment.

After withdrawing our endorsement of Graham Platner in light of the serious allegations against him, Our Revolution made two things clear.

First, the allegations are serious, and Platner should step aside.

Second, this is not an opening for Democratic insiders to handpick a replacement that ignores the will of Maine voters.

Mainers voted decisively for a bold progressive agenda: Medicare for All, a campaign free from corporate money, an end to endless wars, and a candidate who would stand with working people instead of powerful interests. That mandate deserves to be honored.

That’s why Our Revolution is rallying behind Troy Jackson to carry that movement forward.

A logger, union leader, and former President of the Maine State Senate, Troy has spent his life fighting for working people. He led Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns in Maine in both 2016 and 2020, and Bernie later endorsed Troy’s campaign for governor. Long before this Senate seat became available, Troy had built a record of standing with workers, unions, and rural communities across Maine.

Chip in a donation of any amount to help us nominate Troy Jackson to replace Platner on the Senate ballot in Maine!

As Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese said:

“Last night we made clear that Graham Platner should withdraw from Maine’s Senate race. The allegations against him are serious, and he must step aside. We also made something else clear: this is not the Democratic establishment’s opening to handpick a replacement.

“Maine’s progressives didn’t win the primary by a fluke or by a narrow margin. Working people voted for Medicare for All, for a Senate campaign free of corporate money, an end to forever wars, and for a candidate who would actually fight for them. That mandate doesn’t disappear because one candidate is gone.

“That is why we are rallying behind Troy Jackson. He has spent his life in the fight working people are asking for—not arriving to it because a seat opened up.

“We have days, not weeks, to make sure a real progressive is on this ballot. If we do not organize now, we risk watching the Democratic establishment hand Maine a corporate placeholder while the party that just got outvoted decides it knows better.

“This is bigger than one Senate seat. To take back the Senate, Democrats have to defeat Susan Collins, and they won’t do it by abandoning the coalition that already showed up once. Our Revolution is putting our full organizing machine behind Troy Jackson starting today.”

Our organizing machine is already moving.

With the replacement deadline rapidly approaching, we’re mobilizing our Citizen Action Team, activating volunteers, and organizing across Maine to ensure voters are represented by a candidate who reflects the agenda they overwhelmingly supported.

This fight extends far beyond one state.

Defeating Susan Collins is critical to winning back the Senate. But just as important is protecting the integrity of a movement built by ordinary people—not party insiders or corporate donors. Maine voters already spoke. They chose a people-first platform. Our Revolution is committed to making sure that platform remains on the ballot.

The urgency of this moment has already drawn national attention, with coverage from The New York Times, the Associated Press, The Guardian, Politico, The Hill, and other major outlets. The conversation isn’t simply about replacing one candidate—it’s about whether the Democratic Party will respect the will of primary voters or allow the establishment to override it.

Now is the time to take action. Can you donate $5, $10, or $27 to power our organizing work to nominate and elect Troy Jackson as the next Senator from Maine? Every dollar helps!

Together, we can ensure Maine Democrats have a nominee who will fight for working people, take on corporate power, and help build the progressive Senate majority our country needs.

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Stand With Bernie: Get Oligarch Money OUT of Politics

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A jaw-dropping new report reveals the truth: just 20 billionaire donors flooded our political system with nearly $5 BILLION between 2015 and 2024. These ultra-rich powerbrokers are quite literally buying our democracy – and we HAVE to do something to stop it.

TAKE ACTION: Call on Democratic Party leaders to ban Oligarch money from the 2026 primaries and beyond.

Bernie Sanders is sounding the alarm, saying we must overturn Citizens United and replace billionaire-funded elections with public financing. And while that’s the long-game, there’s also something we can do TODAY: get dark money OUT of Democratic primaries to stop billionaires from rigging our elections. 

We already won a DNC resolution to ban dark money from the 2028 presidential primary – but we’re not done yet.

Add your name now to demand Democratic Party leaders in every single state BAN Dark Money from Democratic primaries starting in 2026!

Across the country, billionaire PACs, anonymous Super PACs, and shadowy front groups are spending MILLIONS to defeat progressives in local primaries. We saw it with Mamdani and SO many other races.

But here’s the secret the media won’t tell you: the Democratic Party’s state and county officials hold the real power over primary rules. Across all 50 states, party officials act as the gatekeepers – choosing whether to open the door to billionaire money or to shut it tight.

That’s why we need Democratic officials in every state and county to say they won’t allow dark money spending in the 2026 primaries. So right now we’re mobilizing our Citizen Action Team state by state, city by city to make it happen. 

Our movement already won a huge step forward when, earlier this year, we pushed the Democratic National Committee to pass a resolution to get Dark Money out for the 2028 presidential primary. And now it’s our job to make every state and county do the same for 2026.

Our Revolution organizers are already on the ground – mobilizing volunteers, gathering signatures, and presenting petitions to party leaders. In several states, grassroots pressure is already starting to move the needle. Now, we’re ramping up nationwide.

Add your name now to demand a ban on Dark Money in ALL Democratic primaries in 2026. Let’s finish what we started and win a Democratic Party that belongs to US – not the billionaire class.

Every name counts. The more supporters we have in each state, the stronger our demands. When you sign, your name joins a growing list that we’ll put directly in front of local party officials – showing them this is a movement they cannot ignore.

When we organize, we win,

Our Revolution

BREAKING: Our Revolution Pushes DNC to End Dark Money in Primaries

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VICTORY! We just won a major milestone in the fight to get Big Money out of politics. The DNC voted Wednesday to finally crack down on dark money in presidential primaries.

“Blocking corporate money in the nominating process and blocking dark money — those are two great steps,” Our Rev Chair Larry Cohen told Common Dreams.

“New progressive candidates have been blocked by the onslaught of money from crypto, fossil fuel and an endless parade of corporate spending, as well as AIPAC and other right-wing groups and Republican billionaires,” Our Revolution Chair Larry Cohen wrote in an op-ed in The Nation.

“This resolution is about putting power back where it belongs — in the hands of voters, not corporate elites,” said Our Revolution leader Joseph Geevarghese. “This victory belongs to the grassroots.”

This comes after 10 years organizing, electing progressives into the party structure, and keeping up grassroots pressure — we delivered 13,000+ petitions just this week to the DNC.

Now the hard work begins: making sure these reforms are enforced for 2028 and beyond. For too long, Super PACs and billionaires have drowned out grassroots voices.

Our Revolution will keep leading the charge to get AIPAC, crypto, and other dark money out of the party — and we won’t stop until primaries belong to the people. Donate $5, $10, or $27 to fuel the next phase of this fight.