Previous Offices Held
Unsuccessfully sought Sanford City Council seat in 2012.
Top Three Priorities
1. economic growth, 2. better healthcare, 3. government efficiency and oversight.
Why are you running?
I've seen great economic and social progress in my life, but now I see that stalling when it should be continuing forward. I think that Maine is too influenced by national party politics and corporate interests. Our party system is not producing candidates that are willing to stand up to their own parties and weather the middle. I come to this race looking to help. I am running unaffiliated with either party so I can stake out commonsense positions in congruence with the majority of House District 141.
What is one way Maine is on the right track? What is one way the state is on the wrong track?
Maine is a beautiful place to live. We care deeply about the environment and protect it with restrictions on development and moratoriums for businesses or industries that are harmful. Maine reacts to protect its environment, instead of being proactive. We want to restrict data centers now, but in 2021, we gave out a tax break to those same developers with no guidance. A similar story can be told of the PFAS regulations that were rolled out without a plan.
As one of several dozen legislators in your chamber, how would you make a measurable difference for your constituents?
By focusing on policies that directly benefit my district: ● Conforming to IRS tax changes would help working families by keeping that money in our community, not Augusta. ● Down payment assistance that helps spur demand for housing locally (the construction industry is the largest industry employer in House District 141). ● Investing in healthcare facilities and people, not insurance schemes, to add healthcare access in the district, funded by a fee on large employers for each employee on MaineCare.
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?
Lowering taxes, supporting homebuilding and investing in healthcare from above. Maine needs to plan and act to compete with other states and beyond to get private enterprise and federal spending. We need to support our defense manufacturing and shipyards, help our continuously developing blue economy and forest products industries, bring scale to farmers and producers so they can supply food to Maine schools and other markets, and compete for the development that we want as industries emerge.