COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Cushing, Owls Head (partially), South Thomaston, St. George and Thomaston.
There are 6,716 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Ann Matlack, a Democrat from St. George. Rep. Matlack is retired and has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2018.
Rep. Matlack served two terms on the former MSAD 50 School Board, 10 years on the St. George Budget Committee and 10 years on the Knox County Budget Committee. She was also the assistant to the city manager of Rockland for seven years. Rep. Matlack previously served as the board chair of Penquis, a nonprofit Community Action Agency that provides services such as Head Start, the Home Energy Assistance Program and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program for Knox, Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.
Rep. Matlack serves on the government oversight committee, the state and local government committee, and the taxation committee.
The mission of the Joint Legislative Government Oversight Committee is to oversee program evaluation and government accountability matters in State government. The Committee seeks to ensure that public funds are expended for intended purposes, and that programs and activities are effectively, efficiently and economically managed. The Committee accomplishes this mission by conducting public inquiries and directing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to conduct independent, objective reviews of State agencies and programs and other entities receiving public funds or expending private monies for public purposes.
The state and local government committee covers state government, including the Legislature, state property, public purchasing and contracts, state agencies and government organization, state employment, oversight of state officials, periodic review of State Government Evaluation Act; Maine State Archives; administrative procedures, boards and commissions, state holidays and designations, and capitol area planning; county government, including regional planning, budget process and county officials; municipal and local government, including deorganization and consolidation, planning and regulation, land use; discontinued and abandoned roads and cemeteries.
The taxation committee 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: Ann.Matlack@legislature.maine.gov or 207-594-4831
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Ann Matlack (D) and Heather Sprague (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. Matlack 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. Matlack.
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