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Legislative Candidates for the Towns of MSAD #55

Compiled by Katherine Rhoda

 

Would you like to learn more about the candidates running to represent the towns of MSAD #55 in the Maine Legislature? Below is a summary of their contact details and online links. There is further info in these non-partisan voters’ guides, as noted:

League of Women Voters (LWV) https://www.vote411.org/

Bangor Daily News Maine Voters Guide (BDN) https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022-maine-voters-guide/

Ballotpedia (BP) https://ballotpedia.org/

Not all candidates responded to questionnaires from those guides. Vote Smart (VS) provides candidate funding data, as well as voting records of those currently in the Legislature, along with other info when available. Ballotpedia (BP) shows how many votes party candidates received in their primaries, along with other info when available.

 

Legislative districts were readjusted based on the 2020 census. All five towns are now within the Senate District 22, but we are split among four House districts:

• 82 includes Hiram and Porter

• 84 includes Baldwin

• 138 includes Cornish

• 139 includes Parsonsfield

 

Senate District 22 includes Baldwin, Cornish, Hiram, Parsonsfield, and Porter, as well as Acton, Limerick, Limington, Naples, Newfield, Sebago, Shapleigh, and Standish. Candidates are:

James D. Libby (R)


207-289-7413

LWV, VS, BP

Michael A. McKinney (D)


LWV, VS, BDN, BP

 

House District 82 includes Hiram and Porter, as well as Brownfield, Fryeburg, and Lovell. Candidates are:

Nathan R.L. Burnett (D)

207-551-3381

LWV, VS, BDN, BP

Caleb J. Ness (R)

VS, BP

 

House District 84 includes Baldwin, as well as Naples, Sebago, and part of Standish. Candidates are:

Barry F. Powers (D)

207-291-0224

LWV, VS, BDN, BP

Mark Walker (R)

207-272-2728

VS, BP

 

House District 138 includes Cornish, as well as Limington, and parts of Hollis and Buxton. Candidates are:

Michael T. Barden III (I)

207-819-5284

VS, BDN, BP

Mark J. Blier (R)

207-712-5705

VS, BP

 

House District 139 includes Parsonsfield, as well as Limerick and part of Waterboro. Candidates are:

David Woodsome (R)

207-432-5643

VS, BP

Nancy G. Piche (D)

207-590-5187

VS, BP


 

Sources consulted in compiling this summary:

State of Maine electoral districts https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/apport/index.html

League of Women Voters https://www.vote411.org/

DuckDuckGo search engine

Facebook candidate profiles

Maine Democratic Party https://www.mainedems.org/

York County Democratic Committee chair Kathy Purdy

Maine Republican Party https://mainegop.com/

Cumberland County Republican Committee https://ccrcme.com/

Oxford County Republican Committee http://oxfordcountygop.org/

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