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Maine People’s Alliance releases annual legislative scorecard

July 1, 2024

Scorecard identifies legislators who voted to advance progressive policies, 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 2nd year of the 131st session. 

Legislators voted on major issues this year, and our scorecard includes votes on reproductive and gender-affirming health care; tax fairness and corporate transparency; the pay and labor conditions of some of our most essential workers; reforming the juvenile carceral system; prescription drug affordability; expanding gun safety laws after the October 2023 Lewiston shooting; and, once again, coming a little closer to acknowledging the inherent sovereignty of the Wabanaki people in Maine. 

“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 MPA Co-Director Amy Halsted (she/her). “In this election year, it’s also vital that voters know that elections matter. We would not have won everything we did in this session without the strong support of progressive lawmakers voters put into office last election.”

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

  • Stacy Brenner, District 30 – Cumberland
  • Anne Carney, District 35 – Cumberland
  • Mark Lawrence, District 35 – York
  • Mike Tipping, District 8 – Penobscot

House members

  • Mana Abdi, District 95 – Lewiston 
  • Dan Ankeles, District 100 – Brunswick
  • Poppy Arford, District 101 – Brunswick
  • Sally Cluchey, District 52 – Bowdoinham
  • Ed Crockett , District 112 – Portland
  • Deqa Dhalac, District 120 – South Portland
  • Drew Gattine, District 126 – Westbrook
  • Valli Geiger, District 42 – Rockland
  • Cheryl Golek, District 99, Harpswell 
  • Lori Gramlich, District 131 – Old Orchard Beach
  • Tavis Hasenfus, District 57 – Readfield
  • Becky Jauch, District 51 – Topsham
  • Christopher Kessler, District 121 – South Portland
  • Grayson Lookner, District 113 – Portland
  • Marc Malon, District 133 – Biddeford
  • Kristi Mathieson, District 151 – Kittery
  • Nina Milliken, District 16 – Blue Hill
  • Margaret O’Neil, District 129 – Saco
  • Laurie Osher, District 25 – Orono
  • Sean Paulhus, District 50 – Bath
  • Ambureen Rana, District 21 – Bangor
  • Lois Reckitt, District 122 – South Portland
  • Tiffany Roberts, District 149 – South Berwick
  • Amy Roeder, District 23 – Bangor
  • Melanie Sachs, District 102 – Freeport
  • Erin Sheehan, District 132 – Biddeford
  • David Sinclair, District 50 – Bath
  • Sophie Warren, District 124 – Scarborough
  • Lynne Williams, District 14 – Bar Harbor
  • Sam Zager, District 116 – Portland

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Maine People’s Alliance (MPA) was founded in Lewiston in 1982 and has grown to be the largest community organization in Maine, and one of the largest in the country. MPA is a powerful grassroots network of more than 32,000 members who work together on issues that include but are not limited to climate change, toxics use reduction, health care access, affordable housing, racial justice, and immigrant rights.

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