Housing, taxing the rich, childcare, paid family leave key issues in MPA legislative scorecard

September 16, 2025

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The scorecard identifies legislators who voted to advance policies to improve Mainers’ lives, and who stood in the way.

The Maine People’s Alliance today released its annual legislative scorecard, highlighting some of the most important votes legislators took in the 1st year of the 132nd session. 

The scorecard includes votes on housing, workers’ rights, paid family and medical leave, child care, transgender rights, immigration, climate change and other important issues, along with a scorecard on Gov. Janet Mills’ actions during the 2025 session. 

Some of the most important votes this year were on the question of whether our state’s wealthiest residents should pay more in taxes, to fund things we rely on like infrastructure, education and health care. 

MPA Co-Director Amy Halsted (she/her) says, given the fundamental importance of revenue, this is a tremendous victory. “After decades of steady work to undo the LePage tax cuts and fight harmful Reagan-era rhetoric about taxes, this year showed us finally moving toward the wealthiest Mainers paying what they truly owe.” 

MPA scored bills proposing to modernize Maine’s income tax brackets, tax millionaires to fund public education, and tax rich corporations to support agriculture in Maine. The scorecard also grades legislators on their votes to address Maine’s housing and childcare shortages, ensure that agricultural workers are finally included in the minimum wage, and protect the human rights of trans people and Mainers who have moved here from other countries.

“Our annual scorecard is a chance to give credit to those lawmakers who voted to move our state forward and improve the lives of everyday Mainers,” said Halsted. “We’re so pleased with how far we’ve come – but we have a long way still to go. Looking toward the future, our successes and  frustrations this year underline the need for progressive leadership in the legislature and governor’s office.” 

MPA also awarded “special mentions” to legislators who went above and beyond in service of their constituents, and championed all Mainers – regardless of who they are, where they’re from and how much money they have in the bank – on the issues about which they feel most passionate.

Legislators who received a 100% score:

Senators

Bailey, Donna, District 31 – York

Beebe-Center, Pinny, District 12 – Knox

Brenner, Stacy, District 30 – Cumberland

Carney, Anne, District 29 – Cumberland

Curry, Chip, District 11 – Waldo

Daughtry, Mattie, District 23 – Cumberland

Duson, Jill, district 27 – Cumberland

Grohoski, Nicole, District 7 – Hancock

Ingwersen, Henry, District 32 – York

Lawrence, Mark, District 35 – York

Nangle, Tim, district 26 – Cumberland

Pierce, Teresa, District 25 – Cumberland

Rafferty, Joe,  District 34 – York

Reny, Cameron, District 13 – Lincoln

Rotundo, Peggy, District 21 – Androscoggin

Talbot Ross, Rachel, District 28 – Cumberland

Tepler, Denise, District 24 – Sagadahoc

Tipping, Mike, District 8 – Penobscot

House members

Abdi, Mana, District 95 – Lewiston

Ankeles, Dan, District 100 – Brunswick

Archer, Marshall, District 129 – Saco

Arford, Poppy, District 101 – Brunswick

Beck, Matthew, District 122 – South Portland

Bell, Art, District 103 – Yarmouth

Boyer, Michelle, District 123 – Cape Elizabeth

Brennan, Michael, District 115 – Portland

Cluchey, Sally, District 52 – Bowdoinham

Copeland, Lynn, District 130 – Saco

DeBrito, Flavia, District 64 – Waterville

Dhalac, Deqa, District 120 – South Portland 

Dodge, Janice, District 39 – Belfast

Doudera, Vicki, District 41 – Camden

Faircloth, Sean, District 24 – Bangor

Fecteau, Ryan, District 132 – Biddeford

Friedmann, Gary, District 14 – Bar Harbor

Gattine, Drew, District 126 – Westbrook

Geiger, Valli, District 142 – Rockland

Gere, Traci, District 134 – Kennebunkport

Golek, Cheryl, District 99 – Harpswell

Graham, Annie, District 105 – North Yarmouth

Gramlich, Lori, District 131 – Old Orchard Beach

Hasenfus, Tavis, District 57 – Readfield

Julia, Cassie, District 65 – Waterville

Kessler, Christopher, District 121 – South Portland

Kuhn, Amy, District 111 – Falmouth

Lee, Adam, District 89 – Auburn

Lookner, Grayson, District 113 – Portland

Macias, Rafael, District 51 – Topsham

Malon, Marc, District 133 – Biddeford

Mathieson, Kristi, District 151 – Kittery

Matlack, Ann, District 43 – St. George

McCabe, Julia, District 93 – Lewiston

Meyer, Michele, District 150 – Eliot

Milliken, Nina, District 16 – Blue Hill

Montell, Karen, District 54 – Gardiner

Moonen, Matt, District 117 – Portland

Noonan Murphy, Kelly, District 125 – Scarborough

Osher, Laurie, District 25 – Orono

Pluecker, Bill, District 44 – Warren

Pugh, Dylan, District 114 – Portland

Rana, Ambureen, District 21 – Bangor

Ray, D. Michael, District 40 – Lincolnville

Rielly, Morgan, District 127 – Westbrook

Roeder, Amy, District 23 – Bangor 

Sachs, Melanie, District 102 – Freeport

Sato, Eleanor, District 109 – Gorham

Shagoury, Dan, District 55 – Hallowell

Sinclair, David, District 50 – Bath

Skold, Charles, District 119 – Portland

Stover, Holly, District 48 – Booth Bay

Supica, Laura, District 22 – Bangor

Warren, Sophie, District 124 – Scarborough

Webb, Kilton, District 98 – Durham

Yusuf, Yusuf, District 118 – Portland

Zager, Sam, District 116 – Portland

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With more than 32,000 members, MPA is the largest community organization in Maine, and one of the largest in the country. We work together on issues that include but are not limited to housing, care, climate change and environmental justice, health care access, racial justice, and immigrant rights.

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Contact: Nora Flaherty-Stanford, (207) 370-8314, [email protected]