{"id":11541,"date":"2026-09-25T19:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/candidates\/chellie-pingree\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:07:40","slug":"chellie-pingree","status":"publish","type":"candidate","link":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/candidates\/chellie-pingree\/","title":{"rendered":"Chellie Pingree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Previous Offices Held<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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U.S. House of Representatives, 2008-present, Maine State Senate 1992-2000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Top Three Priorities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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My top priorities are lowering costs for Maine families \u2014 especially healthcare, housing, food and energy; protecting our democracy, reproductive freedom and fundamental rights; and building an economy that works for working people by raising wages, strengthening unions, supporting small businesses and farms and creating good-paying jobs across Maine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Why are you running?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Maine needs a strong voice in Congress who will stand up for working people, protect our rights and democracy and take on the rising costs squeezing families. I\u2019ve spent my career fighting for Maine communities, and I want to keep delivering commonsense solutions while fighting Republican policies that make life harder for the people of Maine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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If elected, how would you work with the Trump administration to deliver results for Maine? How would you push back?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019ll work with any administration when it delivers for Maine. But I will not stay silent while the Trump administration attacks our rights, ignores the law, guts programs Maine people depend on or drives up costs for working families. I\u2019ll use my voice, my vote and every tool available in Congress to fight back, hold this administration accountable and protect Maine people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Due in large part to partisan gridlock, Congress has become historically unproductive. Given the lack of laws being passed, how would you deliver results for your constituents?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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My job is to deliver for Maine whether Washington is functioning or not. I\u2019ll keep working across the aisle when we can find common ground, use my role on Appropriations to fight for Maine priorities and help constituents navigate federal agencies and secure the resources they deserve. When Congress is stuck, I\u2019ll keep finding every available way to get results for Maine people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Many experts agree that over the past few decades, Congress has steadily lost power to the executive branch. Is this an acceptable trend? If not, what would you do to reverse it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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No. The Republican majority has abandoned Congress\u2019s responsibility to conduct meaningful oversight of the Trump administration and defend its constitutional authority. When Democrats win back the majority, we will restore real oversight, enforce Congress\u2019s powers of the purse and subpoena and hold this administration accountable. Congress must be a coequal branch of government \u2014 not a rubber stamp for any president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5052,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_candidate_first_name":"Chellie","voter_guide_candidate_middle_name":"Marie","voter_guide_candidate_last_name":"Pingree","voter_guide_candidate_suffix":"","voter_guide_candidate_race_id":11538,"voter_guide_candidate_age":71,"voter_guide_candidate_hometown":"","voter_guide_candidate_occupation":"Small business owner","voter_guide_candidate_bio":"I\u2019m a small business owner, mother and grandmother, and have spent my career working to strengthen Maine communities and create opportunity for working families.","voter_guide_candidate_education":"College of the Atlantic","voter_guide_candidate_years_in_municipality":"","voter_guide_candidate_headshot_url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=19_CfsOKTgTb8jKjNqqLjBDOCT08aTKlq","voter_guide_candidate_date_filed":"","footnotes":""},"vg_party":[1073],"vg_residence_municipality":[],"class_list":["post-11541","candidate","type-candidate","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","vg_party-democratic"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidates\/11541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidates"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/candidate"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidates\/11541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11542,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidates\/11541\/revisions\/11542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_party","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_party?post=11541"},{"taxonomy":"vg_residence_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_residence_municipality?post=11541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}