Troy Jackson’s Son Charged Nearly $200,000 Lobbying The Maine Senate In Jackson’s Final Year As Its President
Collin Anderson
Washington Free Beacon
August 3, 2026
Maine’s newly minted Democratic Senate nominee, Troy Jackson, says he’s running for office because he’s “tired” of “high-priced lobbyists and corporate greed” killing “good bills” that would “protect workers.” And yet, his lobbyist son charged nearly $200,000 working to influence the state legislature while Jackson served his final year as president of the Maine Senate, records show.
Jackson was first elected to the chamber in 2008 and became its president a decade later, in 2018. He held the role until December 2024, when he left the Legislature due to term limits. Jackson’s former chief of staff, B.J. McCollister, left his office three years prior, in 2021, to launch the Resurgam Group, a “full service lobbying” firm that pledges to “leverage our strong existing relationships” in the State Legislature to “help deliver results.” In 2022, McCollister brought on Jackson’s son, 35-year-old Chace Jackson, as a partner, describing him in a press release as a “long-time advocate and organizer.” The release did not mention his father.
Chace Jackson did not struggle to land clients, according to the Maine Ethics Commission’s lobbyist disclosure database, which only goes back to 2024. During that year, his firm received $182,500 in lobbying compensation from nine of Jackson’s clients, including corporate giants like Diageo, the multinational alcoholic beverage behemoth headquartered in London and known for brands like Johnnie Walker and Casamigos, the “ultra-premium tequila” founded by Hollywood actor George Clooney.
Last year, with his father out of the Legislature, Chace Jackson represented just five clients, while zero are listed for 2026, records show. It’s unclear whether he is still lobbying or working in politics. Chace Jackson did not respond to a request for comment.
The Resurgam Group merged with another firm, Frame Strategies, in January. McCollister, Troy Jackson’s former chief of staff, is the firm’s new president, and Jackson’s U.S. Senate campaign appears to be a client: A July 28 PolitiFact article detailing an allegation that Troy Jackson threw a water bottle at a female colleague in the Maine Senate quotes McCollister as a “Jackson campaign adviser.” Frame Strategies’s website features a number of Resurgam Group staffers but makes no mention of Chace Jackson, who appears to have recently deleted his LinkedIn account.
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