COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the community of Portland (partially).
There are 6,158 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Rachel Talbot Ross, a Democrat from Portland. Rep. Talbot Ross is Speaker of the House and has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2016.
In addition to serving as the City of Portland’s Director of Equal Opportunity and Multicultural Affairs for more than two decades, she led the NAACP in Maine and founded several nonprofit organizations, including Maine Black Community Development, Maine Freedom Trails and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows. She chaired the Maine State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as well as the African American Collection of Maine, housed at the University of Southern Maine.
Speaker Talbot Ross serves on the rules and business of the House committee.
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: Rachel.TalbotRoss@legislature.maine.gov or 207-287-1300
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat is Yusuf Yusuf (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 also feature live results for this race.
LEGISLATIVE WORK:
The following chart is a compilation of legislation sponsored by Rep. Talbot Ross 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. Talbot Ross.
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