COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of South Portland (partially).
There are 6,675 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Matthew Beck, a Democrat from South Portland. Rep. Beck is retired and has served in the state legislature since being elected in March 2024.
Rep. Beck worked at a number of radio stations before taking a job at a local public television station and then at a CBS affiliate. In 1987, Rep. Beck was hired by WGME Channel 13 as a television producer and director. Over a nearly 20-year career, he received numerous awards for his work on news, sports, public affairs and special programming, including more than a dozen telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Children’s Miracle Network at Maine Medical Center. In 2006, Beck started a new career as a union organizer in Maine and New Hampshire with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He retired from IBEW Local 1837 after 17 years.
Rep. Beck serves on the labor committee which covers the Department of Labor; wage and hour laws; working conditions, including health and safety; unemployment compensation; workers’ compensation; labor relations; collective bargaining; private sector retirement; Workers’ Compensation Board; Maine Labor Relations Board; professional and occupational licensing; retirement eligibility and benefits for state and municipal employees, including teachers; judicial and legislative retirement systems; Maine Public Employees Retirement System; and public services.
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: Matthew.Beck@legislature.maine.gov or 207-799-4025
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Matthew Beck (D) and Michael Pock (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. Beck 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. Beck.
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