Maine State House District 21

COMMUNITY PROFILE:

This district serves the community of Bangor (partially).

A map showing which communities are in this legislative district.

There are 5,406 actively registered voters within this district:

CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:

Ambureen Rana, a Democrat from Bangor. Rep. Rana is a program coordinator and has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2022.

headshot of Ambureen Rana.

Rep. Rana grew up in Brewer, helping her parents run a small motel business. Prior to becoming a lawmaker, she spent three years working with LGBTQ+ people in Bangor, including revitalizing a program providing support for high school-aged youth, many of which who were unhoused. While at the Health Equity Alliance, she worked closely with people struggling with addiction and those entering recovery. She worked alongside low-income advocates to increase dental care access to adults with MaineCare while working as a Community Organizer with Maine Equal Justice. Currently, she serves as the Program Coordinator at the Maine Women’s Lobby Education Fund.

Rep. Rana serves on the bills in the second reading committee, the housing committee and the taxation committee, the latter which covers the Bureau of Revenue Services and State Board of Property Tax Review; state and local taxes; tax exemptions and credits; tax expenditure review; taxpayer relief programs; property valuation and assessment; tax increment financing; municipal revenue sharing; taxation of unorganized territories; and tree growth and other current use tax issues.

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: Ambureen.Rana@legislature.maine.gov or 207-350-5081

ELECTIONS 2024:

This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are Ambureen Rana (D), Reda Edelman (R) and Colby Lapointe (I).

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. Rana 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. Rana.

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