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A First Look At Maine House Candidates

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With the March 15 filing deadline less than 40 days away, races for the Maine State House, where Democrats hold a 96-55 majority, are beginning to take shape.

However, even at this late date, the picture is unclear. Although most of the seats have at least one candidate, well more than half do not yet have candidates from both parties. That makes it more than a little challenging to do any kind of analysis or forecast, so we’ll wait until later for that.

Our information, garnered from candidate filings withMaine Ethics, will be updated periodically. These listings will use the following notation to provide more information about each candidate or seat:

(OS, R/D): Open Seat. The R or D indicates which party currently holds the seat, Republican or Democrat. If there is a question mark next to OS, it means that while the seat is not officially open, another person from the incumbent’s party has filed their candidacy and the incumbent has not.

*: This candidate is the incumbent.
**: This person has previously served in the Maine Legislature.
(F): This person has previously run for the Legislature, unsuccessfully.

The candidate listings are current as of Saturday, February 6, 2010. We know of several people intending to run in both parties, but their names will not be added until they officially file as candidates. Please note in the comments if you believe we have missed any of these notes or made any errors. Thanks!

2010 Maine House Candidates

DistrictDemocrat(s)Republican(s)Green(s)Independent(s)
1
2Charles Theriault*
3Bernard Ayotte*
4Peter Edgecomb*
5Michael Willette*Jessica Chase
6Tyler Clark*
7Alex Willette
8Richard Cleary*Joyce Fitzpatrick, Michael Beaulieu
9 (OS, R)Ricky Long
10Herb Clark*
11Everett McLeod*
12
13Robert Duchesne*Geraldine Randall
14Richard Blanchard*Daniel Phillips
15Adam Goode*
16Steven Butterfield*Douglas Damon
17Sara Stevens*Katrin Pedersen Teel
18James Martin*James Parker
19Emily Cain*
20Ben Pratt*Darren Hall
21
22 (OS, R)Stacey Guerrin
23Dave Richardson*
24Tammy Lockheart***Doug Thomas*
25 (OS, R)Bob Ehmrich, Kenneth Fredette
26Paul Davis*
27Peter Johnson*
28Matthew QuinnDean Cray*
29Stacey Fitts*
30
31Joyce Maker, C. Dean Ingham
32Katherine CassidyDave Burns*Daniel Swain
33Dianne Tilton*
34Robert Eaton*
35Elspeth Flemings*
36 (OS, D)Jacqueline Spofford
37 (OS, D)Ben Wootten, Ralph ChapmanMadeleine Leach
38Louis LuchiniMichael Povich, Matthew Boucher
39Shelby WrightAndre Cushing*Carolyn Rae Dodge
40Kim Rosen*, Dick Campbell**
41Veronica Magnan*James Gilway
42 (OS, R)Joseph BrooksJeffrey Kaelin**, Peter Rioux
43Erin Herbig
44Andrew O'Brien*Wendy Pelletier
45Ryan Harmon, Paul Cowing, Peter Sheff
46Joan Welsh*
47Ed Mazurek*
48Charles Kruger*
49Wes Richardson*
50Dana Dow**, Henry Simmons***
51Jonathan McKane*
52Lisa Miller*Deborah Sanderson
53Lee RobertsLes Fossel*
54 (OS, R)Peter GarrettSusan Morissette
55Helen HansonDave Cotta*
56Anna Blodgett*Scott Milweski, Nathan Fellows
57Maeghan MaloneyJarody (F)
58Emily MitchellKaren Foster, Brian Hale
59Stephen Hanley*
60Denise Tapler (F)Kerri Prescott*
61Bruce MacDonald*Linc Sample
62 (OS, D)Michael Clark
63Charlie Priest*
64 (OS, D)David Chipman
65Peter Kent*
66Alexander Cornell du Houx*Jonathan CrimminsK. Fred Horch
67Seth Berry*Brant Miller
68Michael Beaulieu
69Brian Bolduc*
70Michael ScottBruce Bickford*
71Michel Lajoie*Mark Chizmar
72Michael Carey*
73Richard Wagner*
74Margaret Rotundo*Matthew Fournier
75Stacy Dostie*Stephen Wood
76Henry Beck*
77Pamela Trinward*
78Bob Nutting*
79Sharon Treat*Carol Kemmere
80 (OS, D)Raymond Simond, Scott WingTimothy McDonald, Melvin NewendykeJonathan Yellowbear
81Gary Knight*
82Pat Flood*
83Pat Jones*Dennis Keschl
84 (OS?, D)Robert SezakJohn Picchiotti
85Jeff McCabe*Jason Gayne
86Phil Curtis*
87Paul Gilbert*
88 (OS?, R)John BertlLarry Dunphy
89Yvette RobinsonLance Harvell*
90 (OS, R)Irving FaunceRussell Black, Michael Wells
91Charles McGrewJarrod Crockett*
92Matthew Peterson*Justin Thacker
93Sheryl Briggs*Cynthia Bissell
94Teresea Hayes*Ryan Lorrain (F)
95 (OS, R)Russell NewcombTom Winsor
96Larry Sirois*Joshua Morris
97George Cunningham
98 (OS, R)Lisa VillaPaul Waterhouse
99Ralph Sarty*
100Colin O'NeilJim Hamper*
101Rich Cebra*
102Michael Shaw*
103
104Janice ComberDale Crafts*
105David Van Wie*Eleanor Espling
106David Webster*
107Melissa Walsh Innes*
108Meredith Strang Burgess*Erin Lindsay Cianchette
109 (OS, R)Anne GrahamGary Foster
110Mark Bryant*
111
112Mary Nelson*
113Charles Burns
114Peter Stuckey*
115
116
117Anne Haskell*
118Jon Hinck*
119 (OS, D)Jill Barkley
120Diane Russell*
121Cynthia Dill*
122Terry Morrison*
123Jane Eberle*
124Bryan Kaenrath*
125Ann Peoples*Michael Lawson
126Timothy Driscoll*
127Sean Flaherty*
128 (OS?, D)Brian Dell'Olio
129Daniel LeVasseur
130Linda Sanborn
131Robert Hunt*Don Marean**, Jim Libby
132George Hogan*William Gombar
133Don Pilon*Brad Watts
134Linda Valentino*
135Paulette Beaudoin*
136 (OS, D)Dennis Anglea, Bobby Mills, William Moriarty, Megan Rochelo
137Alan Casavant*
138 (OS, D)Diana Waterman
139Joseph Wagner*
140Gary Connor*
141Edward Legg*Paul Bennett
142Andre Boland*
143John Tuttle*
144Larissa CrockettPamela Gerry
145Thomas Wright*
146Mark Eves*
147Kathy Chase*
148Roberta Beavers
149Michael Score
150Windol Weaver*
151 (OS, D)Devin Beliveau, William Pierce
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3 Responses to “A First Look At Maine House Candidates”

  1. fredhorch says:
    February 13, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    The race in Brunswick's District 66 will be a three-way contest again, with Republican Jonathan Crimmins challenging Democrat Alex Cornell du Houx in a rematch. I'm the Green candidate this time, but just wanted to point out that you've got a typo in your list. My last name is spelled Horch (with an "H").

    The Greens didn't have a win in the 2008 cycle, but we're still alive and well as a statewide party! In fact, the number of registered Green Independents may be at a record level. – Fred Horch

    • AugustaInsider says:
      February 15, 2010 at 1:53 pm

      Thanks, Fred! We'll correct the name. So far, the number of Green candidates is about on pace with last year. Has the party recruited a number of folks who have yet to officially file?

      • fredhorch says:
        February 15, 2010 at 6:25 pm

        I know that we have been working on recruiting people. I've heard rumors but I can't substantiate any undeclared Green candidates in our local area.

        As I go through the process I'm taking notes and writing up a handbook, "How to Run as a Green Independent for State Representative in Maine."

        If you're new to politics (as I am), you can be blindsided by the early deadlines. Most regular people in Maine are not thinking about going door to door in February for a November election. But you need to be out doing that if you want to get your signatures as a Green Independent. We're finding that it takes about 45 minutes per signature here in Brunswick. So that's an investment of almost 20 hours of calling and knocking on doors in order to get your 25 signatures to get on the ballot.

        Another thing that Green candidates need is up-to-date mailing lists. We're working on that locally.

        In general, this cycle we're still making progress as a viable political party in Maine.

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