Previous Offices Held
MSAD #75 School Board, 2 terms, 1996-2002; appointed to Topsham Finance Committee 2 3 yr terms 2008-2013; Topsham State Representative lost elections in 2008 and 2010, won 4 elections 2014-2022. Won state senate seat 2024.
Top Three Priorities
Clean air and water, protecting and innovating natural resource based industries (fisheries and agriculture), reducing dependence on property taxes.
Why are you running?
I am running to keep doing the work of supporting and aiding my constituents, fighting to protect the natural beauty of our state, and most of all working towards all Mainers being able to afford a place to live, good things to eat, and to see a medical professional when they need one. I'd also like my granddaughter to be able to stay in Maine, and want to stay in Maine when she grows up.
What is one way Maine is on the right track? What is one way the state is on the wrong track?
Maine is on the right track in working towards more clean energy. Maine is on the wrong track when it comes to healthcare.
As one of several dozen legislators in your chamber, how would you make a measurable difference for your constituents?
I will answer my phone, return calls, and reply to emails. It may not be immediate but I will get there!
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?
Preventing price gouging.