FORT KENT – Troy Jackson of Fort Kent has announced he is running as an unenrolled candidate for state representative from District 151.

Jackson thinks that running as an unenrolled candidate will keep the focus on issues that need to be addressed in northern Maine.

One of his goals is to visit every home in the district.

District 151 includes Allagash, Eagle Lake, Fort Kent, New Canada, Portage Lake, St. Francis, Wallagrass and the plantations of Garfield, Nashville, Oxbow, St. John and Winterville, plus unorganized territories.