COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Brunswick (partially).
There are 7,146 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Poppy Arford, a Democrat from Brunswick. Rep. Arford is a health care advocate and has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2020.
Rep. Arford has previously worked as an Outward Bound instructor, leading wilderness expeditions with adjudicated youth. She has worked as a Registered Substance Abuse Counselor and as the Director of ShareCenter, a program that provides reusable resource materials to educators. Rep. Arford has served as a patient advocate and healthcare consumer representative on statewide healthcare quality improvement and price transparency efforts, including six years on the board of directors for Maine Health Data Organization.
Rep. Arford serves on the health coverage, insurance and financial services committee which covers banking; financial institutions; credit unions; consumer credit; credit law (business-related); Uniform Consumer Credit Code; Bureau of Financial Institutions; Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection; mortgage lending; foreclosure prevention; servicing of student loans; debt collection practices and debt buyers; Office of Securities; stocks, mutual funds, bonds and other securities; financial services; Bureau of Insurance; credit, automobile, life, property and casualty insurance; private health insurance; health and medical data; Maine Health Data Organization; health maintenance organizations; mandated health benefits; health care reform; compliance with federal Affordable Care Act; prescription drugs; pharmacy benefit managers; cost containment; multiple employer welfare arrangements; State Employee Health Commission and state employee group health plan; longterm care insurance; disability income insurance; insurance rating, regulation and practices; insurance producers; professional and occupational licensing for health care and financial services; Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company; workers’ compensation insurance; selfinsurance; and viatical and life settlement contracts.
Information for this lawmaker’s biography has been compiled from numerous public sources, including pages maintained by political parties, individual lawmakers and the Maine Legislature.
Contact this lawmaker: Poppy.Arford@legislature.maine.gov or 207-522-1997
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat is Poppy Arford (D).
View contributions to each candidate, campaign expenditures and campaign filings on the Maine Ethics Commission website.
On Election Night in November, this section will feature live results for this race:
LEGISLATIVE WORK:
The following chart is a compilation of legislation sponsored by Rep. Arford during the 131st Legislature. To learn more about each legislation and see where it is in the legislative process, click on the bill ID in the first column. View each vote cast by Rep. Arford.
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