{"id":1495,"date":"2025-09-16T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainepeoplesalliance.org\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2025-09-16T15:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:22:02","slug":"housing-taxing-the-rich-childcare-paid-family-leave-key-issues-in-mpa-legislative-scorecard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainepeoplesalliance.org\/housing-taxing-the-rich-childcare-paid-family-leave-key-issues-in-mpa-legislative-scorecard\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing, taxing the rich, childcare, paid family leave key issues in MPA legislative scorecard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 16, 2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The scorecard identifies legislators who voted to advance policies to improve Mainers\u2019 lives, and who stood in the way.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Maine People’s Alliance today released its annual legislative scorecard<\/a>, highlighting some of the most important votes legislators took in the 1st year of the 132nd session.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scorecard includes votes on housing, workers\u2019 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\u2019 actions during the 2025 session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the most important votes this year were on the question of whether our state\u2019s wealthiest residents should pay more in taxes, to fund things we rely on like infrastructure, education and health care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPA Co-Director Amy Halsted (she\/her) says, given the fundamental importance of revenue, this is a tremendous victory. \u201cAfter decades of steady work to undo the LePage tax cuts<\/a> and fight harmful Reagan-era rhetoric<\/a> about taxes, this year showed us finally moving toward the wealthiest Mainers paying what they truly owe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPA scored bills proposing to modernize Maine\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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,\u201d said Halsted. \u201cWe\u2019re so pleased with how far we\u2019ve come \u2013 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\u2019s office.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPA also awarded \u201cspecial mentions<\/a>\u201d to legislators who went above and beyond in service of their constituents, and championed all Mainers \u2013 regardless of who they are, where they\u2019re from and how much money they have in the bank \u2013 on the issues about which they feel most passionate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislators who received a 100% score<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Senators<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Bailey, Donna, District 31 – York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beebe-Center, Pinny, District 12 – Knox<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brenner, Stacy, District 30 – Cumberland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carney, Anne, District 29 – Cumberland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curry, Chip, District 11 – Waldo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daughtry, Mattie, District 23 – Cumberland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duson, Jill, district 27 – Cumberland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grohoski, Nicole, District 7 – Hancock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingwersen, Henry, District 32 – York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence, Mark, District 35 – York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nangle, Tim, district 26 – Cumberland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pierce, Teresa, District 25 – Cumberland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafferty, Joe,  District 34 – York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reny, Cameron, District 13 – Lincoln<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotundo, Peggy, District 21 – Androscoggin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talbot Ross, Rachel, District 28 – Cumberland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tepler, Denise, District 24 – Sagadahoc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tipping, Mike, District 8 – Penobscot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House members<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Abdi, Mana, District 95 – Lewiston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ankeles, Dan, District 100 – Brunswick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archer, Marshall, District 129 – Saco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arford, Poppy, District 101 – Brunswick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beck, Matthew, District 122 – South Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bell, Art, District 103 – Yarmouth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyer, Michelle, District 123 – Cape Elizabeth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brennan, Michael, District 115 – Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cluchey, Sally, District 52 – Bowdoinham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copeland, Lynn, District 130 – Saco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeBrito, Flavia, District 64 – Waterville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dhalac, Deqa, District 120 – South Portland <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dodge, Janice, District 39 – Belfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doudera, Vicki, District 41 – Camden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faircloth, Sean, District 24 – Bangor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fecteau, Ryan, District 132 – Biddeford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friedmann, Gary, District 14 – Bar Harbor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gattine, Drew, District 126 – Westbrook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geiger, Valli, District 142 – Rockland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gere, Traci, District 134 – Kennebunkport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golek, Cheryl, District 99 – Harpswell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graham, Annie, District 105 – North Yarmouth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gramlich, Lori, District 131 – Old Orchard Beach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hasenfus, Tavis, District 57 – Readfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia, Cassie, District 65 – Waterville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kessler, Christopher, District 121 – South Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kuhn, Amy, District 111 – Falmouth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee, Adam, District 89 – Auburn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lookner, Grayson, District 113 – Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macias, Rafael, District 51 – Topsham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malon, Marc, District 133 – Biddeford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathieson, Kristi, District 151 – Kittery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matlack, Ann, District 43 – St. George<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCabe, Julia, District 93 – Lewiston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meyer, Michele, District 150 – Eliot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milliken, Nina, District 16 – Blue Hill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montell, Karen, District 54 – Gardiner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moonen, Matt, District 117 – Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noonan Murphy, Kelly, District 125 – Scarborough<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osher, Laurie, District 25 – Orono<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pluecker, Bill, District 44 – Warren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pugh, Dylan, District 114 – Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rana, Ambureen, District 21 – Bangor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ray, D. Michael, District 40 – Lincolnville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rielly, Morgan, District 127 – Westbrook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roeder, Amy, District 23 – Bangor <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sachs, Melanie, District 102 – Freeport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sato, Eleanor, District 109 – Gorham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shagoury, Dan, District 55 – Hallowell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinclair, David, District 50 – Bath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skold, Charles, District 119 – Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stover, Holly, District 48 – Booth Bay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supica, Laura, District 22 – Bangor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren, Sophie, District 124 – Scarborough<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Webb, Kilton, District 98 – Durham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yusuf, Yusuf, District 118 – Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zager, Sam, District 116 – Portland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

####<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

####<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact: Nora Flaherty-Stanford, (207) 370-8314, nora@mainepeoplesalliance.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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