COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Freeport.
There are 6,914 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Melanie Sachs, a Democrat from Freeport. Rep. Sachs is a social worker and has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2020.
Rep. Sachs has been a licensed clinical social worker for more than 25 years, with a focus on health and mental health care. She led Freeport Community Services as executive director for many years, providing direct services to Freeport and Pownal residents. She also served as the executive director of Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine, working with those affected by violence across York and Cumberland Counties.
At the local level, Rep. Sachs served six years on the Freeport Town Council, where she was elected twice to serve as chair and once to serve as vice-chair. In the summer of 2019, she chaired the Freeport Working Group to Welcome New Mainers. She is also an appointed member of the Building, Infrastructure and Housing Working Group on the Maine Climate Council.
Rep. Sachs has also been deeply involved in the classrooms and programs of local schools, volunteering and coaching students from every town in the school district. She has been committed to directly working with many community organizations, including the Freeport Rotary, the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Freeport, Freeport Players and Freeport Family Performing Arts.
Rep. Sachs serves as chairwoman of the energy, utilities and technology committee which covers energy policy, including energy resources, wind energy development, biomass energy, hydropower, solar energy; efficiency and conservation; electric industry, including supply, transmission and distribution; natural gas industry; telecommunications industry, including telephone, Internet, broadband and cable television services; E-9-1-1; water and sewer utilities, including district charters; Public Utilities Commission; Office of the Public Advocate; Governor’s Energy Office; ConnectME Authority; and Efficiency Maine Trust.
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: Melanie.Sachs@legislature.maine.gov or 207-299-6825
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Melanie Sachs (D) and James Finegan Jr (R).
View contributions to each candidate, campaign expenditures and campaign filings on the Maine Ethics Commission website.
LEGISLATIVE WORK:
The following chart is a compilation of legislation sponsored by Rep. Sachs during the 132nd 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. Sachs.
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