Previous Offices Held
Serving third term in Maine House (Ran and won three consecutive terms from 2020-2026); 2020: Won my election to the Maine House Of Representatives as progressive Independent for Scarborough; 2022: Won re-election primary and general election as Democrat for Scarborough; 2024: Won re-election primary and general election as Democrat for Scarborough.
Top Three Priorities
1) Fight climate change by lowering costs through expansion of affordable clean energy, strengthening utility oversight, and improving transparency. 2) Protect civil rights and due process, including access to healthcare, legal support, and basic services, while defending reproductive rights and advancing justice reforms. 3) Reform property taxes and increase equitable school funding while providing municipalities less regressive revenue options.
Why are you running?
Scarborough is my hometown, and I serve because I love this community. I first ran six years ago driven by climate change. Today, we face overlapping crises from rising costs, federal government lawlessness, and ICE abuses impacting new Mainers and Mainers of color. After three terms and nearly 30 bills passed, fighting climate change, affordability, and against ICE and federal government abuses, I’m running for State Senate for Scarborough and Gorham with experienced leadership.
What is one way Maine is on the right track? What is one way the state is on the wrong track?
Six years ago, I ran against an incumbent involved in politics for almost 20 years, because I wanted to be part of a new generation focused in community, listening, and beyond partisanship. Because of my experience with Seeds of Peace, I am moved to reach across the aisle because that’s where I believe most people I represent are at and how they think. I believe better policies are done sustainably outside of party politics to deliver better, more lasting results for all Mainers.
As one of several dozen legislators in your chamber, how would you make a measurable difference for your constituents?
I was able to work with fellow legislators and get the legislature to pass 30 of my bills, including those lowering energy costs, advancing criminal justice reform, protecting reproductive health, and expanding clean energy. The best way to know what I will do is to look at what I’ve done. I’ll bring that same focus and effectiveness to the State Senate I’ve done for 6 years.
Surveys show the economy is the top concern of voters. What is a specific proposal addressing Maine voters’ economic anxieties that you’d work to make law?
A bill I passed last year, LD 1777, will save Mainers over $1 billion on electricity by closing loopholes benefiting big business and out of state interests over Mainers. If elected, I would build on this work by pass a bill to halt AI data center expansion in our state, and advance affordable clean energy, including heat pumps, solar, offshore wind, and storage.