Previous Offices Held
Currently serving second consecutive three-year term on Kennebunk Select Board. Member of the York County Budget Committee since 2024.
Top Three Priorities
My priorities are supporting municipal stability, strengthening climate resilience and addressing food insecurity. I will work to identify ways municipalities can responsibly increase local revenue so communities can maintain essential services. I am committed to advancing practical climate resilience strategies that protect our environment, infrastructure and economy. I also support efforts to eliminate food insecurity by promoting the food recovery hierarchy.
Why are you running?
I would like to be a voice for the people of Kennebunk in Augusta. My municipal experience and the relationships I have built have given me the tools and knowledge to know what works well for our community. As a lifelong learner, I look forward to continuing to learn about the needs of the people of my community as it evolves.
What is one way Maine is on the right track? What is one way the state is on the wrong track?
First, driving down the cost of living: lowering expenses for housing, healthcare, childcare, groceries and utilities. Second, securing livable jobs by expanding worker protections, defending retirements and attracting high-paying emerging industries to my towns. Third, protecting our environment by backing local moratoriums to block proposed projects like the Cyro Drive sludge gasification plant and mega-data centers that threaten our water supply, air quality and local power grid.
As one of several dozen legislators in your chamber, how would you make a measurable difference for your constituents?
I believe building on the relationships I already have with legislators and creating new connections is the most important step to make when I first arrive in Augusta. Those connections will hopefully lead me to a firsthand education on how to propose and move legislation through to the governor's desk so I can be most effective for the people of Kennebunk.
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?
I would work to give municipalities more tools to diversify their revenue and reduce their overreliance on property taxes. I support exploring a constitutional amendment to allow locally approved taxes on tourism-related activity, such as lodging and short-term rentals, with revenue dedicated to property-tax relief and local infrastructure. This would give communities greater control and help shift some of the cost of providing services to those who use them.