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Previous Offices Held<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2022 (Senate District 13), 2024 (Senate District 13)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Top Three Priorities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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All people should have access to the healthcare they need and Mainers should never have to choose between life-saving care and paying the bills. Climate change is a quality of life and economic issue; we must act on climate science to protect our heritage industries and the future of our communities. The economy improves when regular people have buying power, so we need solutions that help everyone access better jobs that pay living wages and affordable housing, childcare and utilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Why are you running?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I always knew I wanted to leave the world better than I found it. That\u2019s what drew me to school counseling as a career, and later to serve in the Maine Senate. This district means so much to me; it\u2019s where I grew up and where I have chosen to raise my own family. I\u2019ve spent my career building strong communities and a good, sustainable future for our children and grandchildren, and look forward to continuing to put this experience to work for us in Augusta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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What is one way Maine is on the right track? What is one way the state is on the wrong track?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Many Maine policymakers put our people first, making sure there\u2019s as much stability as possible and attempting to fill in the gaps created by federal budget cuts. However, I\u2019m seeing increasing polarization in the Legislature and more people choosing to play partisan games, promote wedge issues, and perpetuate national talking points instead of coming together to work on the issues that actually impact Mainers\u2019 day-to-day lives. That doesn\u2019t serve our state or communities in the way we deserve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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As one of several dozen legislators in your chamber, how would you make a measurable difference for your constituents?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019ve proven I can work across the aisle to move bipartisan legislation forward. Policymaking is a team sport and I\u2019ve shown my skills in finding stakeholders and working together to create solutions. I prioritize issues that are important to my district based on things I hear from constituents, but many of these solutions help the whole state, like making healthcare more affordable, lowering prescription prices, supporting working families and protecting heritage industries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Surveys show the economy is the top concern of voters. What is a specific proposal addressing Maine voters\u2019 economic anxieties that you\u2019d work to make law?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Many of the economic stressors we\u2019re feeling are directly impacted by federal policies, but there are things we can do at the state level to make life more affordable. Work I\u2019m looking forward to engaging in includes lowering the cost of prescription drugs, finding solutions to health insurance that aren\u2019t so federally dependent, lowering property taxes for year-round residents by increasing taxes on second and third homes and supporting working families with affordable housing and childcare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5063,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_candidate_first_name":"Cameron","voter_guide_candidate_middle_name":"","voter_guide_candidate_last_name":"Reny","voter_guide_candidate_suffix":"","voter_guide_candidate_race_id":11922,"voter_guide_candidate_age":41,"voter_guide_candidate_hometown":"","voter_guide_candidate_occupation":"Incumbent State Senator","voter_guide_candidate_bio":"I grew up in a working-class family in Bristol, near where I\u2019m raising my own kids now. I spent my career working with Maine families as a school counselor and representing my community in Augusta.","voter_guide_candidate_education":"M.S. in School Counseling from the University of Southern Maine","voter_guide_candidate_years_in_municipality":"","voter_guide_candidate_headshot_url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1ya1spgu6n6ys-AtmijHAIWhrF-6-515I","voter_guide_candidate_date_filed":"","footnotes":""},"vg_party":[1073],"vg_residence_municipality":[],"class_list":["post-11923","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\/11923","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\/11923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11924,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidates\/11923\/revisions\/11924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_party","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_party?post=11923"},{"taxonomy":"vg_residence_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_residence_municipality?post=11923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}