Full name: Mark Bryant

Address: 166 Albion Road, Windham

Family: Married with three children

E-mail: repmarkbryant@yahoo.com

Mark Bryant is the Democratic incumbent for House District 110, comprised of portions of Gray and Windham. He is seeking his third term, and has served on the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Judiciary and Veterans Affairs committees.

During Bryant’s time in the Legislature, he has learned how to remain respectful of other people and their disparate opinions during heated debates, all while working toward useful compromises.

He has also learned much from the community and the people around him, as he raised three children in Windham, lived in both rural and urban areas in Maine, and worked in mills, a cannery and the potato fields.

“That whole experience makes a difference in helping you make judgments when you are up in Augusta,” Bryant said.

If re-elected to the Legislature, Bryant wants to continue to work on updating Maine’s revenue streams, making sure more people get access to health care, and creating long-term solutions to rising fuel costs.

Maine’s funding structure is archaic, Bryant said, and needs to be realigned for the 21st century. For example, he said, repairs for roads and bridges are funded through the gas tax, but today’s cars use less and less gas while inflicting on the roads the same amount of damage.

Because of the funding system, which brings in a lot of revenue during good times but falls short when the economy falters, Maine often finds itself running a deficit, Bryant said. If the funding sources are more spread out over all aspects of the budget, there won’t be so drastic of a swing, he said.

“We won’t fluctuate so much. We won’t continue to have these deficits because our funding will be more diversified,” said Bryant. “We need to find more stable ways to get our revenue.”

Bryant has been working with other Windham officials to confront the problems people may have paying for heat. Along with other legislators, he has organized meetings to gather ideas on how to help vulnerable residents.

“Those proactive, community-based things are going to have to happen to help in the short term,” said Bryant, adding that the state should promote energy audits as one way of helping people heat their homes in the future.

Rep. Mark Bryant, D-WindhamRep. Mark Bryant

Full name: Mark Bryant

Address: 166 Albion Road, Windham

Family: Married with three children

E-mail: repmarkbryant@yahoo.com

Mark Bryant is the Democratic incumbent for House District 110, comprised of portions of Gray and Windham. He is seeking his third term, and has served on the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Judiciary and Veterans Affairs committees.

During Bryant’s time in the Legislature, he has learned how to remain respectful of other people and their disparate opinions during heated debates, all while working toward useful compromises.

He has also learned much from the community and the people around him, as he raised three children in Windham, lived in both rural and urban areas in Maine, and worked in mills, a cannery and the potato fields.

“That whole experience makes a difference in helping you make judgments when you are up in Augusta,” Bryant said.

If re-elected to the Legislature, Bryant wants to continue to work on updating Maine’s revenue streams, making sure more people get access to health care, and creating long-term solutions to rising fuel costs.

Maine’s funding structure is archaic, Bryant said, and needs to be realigned for the 21st century. For example, he said, repairs for roads and bridges are funded through the gas tax, but today’s cars use less and less gas while inflicting on the roads the same amount of damage.

Because of the funding system, which brings in a lot of revenue during good times but falls short when the economy falters, Maine often finds itself running a deficit, Bryant said. If the funding sources are more spread out over all aspects of the budget, there won’t be so drastic of a swing, he said.

“We won’t fluctuate so much. We won’t continue to have these deficits because our funding will be more diversified,” said Bryant. “We need to find more stable ways to get our revenue.”

Bryant has been working with other Windham officials to confront the problems people may have paying for heat. Along with other legislators, he has organized meetings to gather ideas on how to help vulnerable residents.

“Those proactive, community-based things are going to have to happen to help in the short term,” said Bryant, adding that the state should promote energy audits as one way of helping people heat their homes in the future.

Rep. Mark Bryant, D-WindhamRep. Mark Bryant