Maine State House District 48

COMMUNITY PROFILE:

This district serves the communities of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, South Bristol, Southport and Westport Island.

A map showing which communities are in this legislative district.

There are 7,240 actively registered voters within this district:

CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:

Holly Stover, a Democrat from Boothbay. Rep. Stover works in nonprofit leadership and has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2018.

headshot of Holly Stover.

Rep. Stover began her career in the nonprofit sector focusing on at-risk children, youth and families and overseeing residential programs and a homeless shelter. She went on to join the state Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, now the Department of Health and Human Services, working in program and policy development and statewide partnerships with non-profits. Stover retired after 23 years of service and is now the executive director of Lincoln County Dental and the program director of the Addiction Outreach Program of the Boothbay Region Community Resource Council.

Rep. Stover on the ethics committee as well as on the appropriations and financial affairs committee.

The appropriations and financial affairs committee covers General Fund appropriations and general fiscal policy; federal funds allocations, special revenue and block grant allocations when part of a biennial or supplemental budget; Budget Stabilization Fund; general obligation bond issues; collective bargaining funding; budgeting methodologies; review of financial orders; and financial evaluation of agencies of state government.

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: Holly.Stover@legislature.maine.gov or 207-633-5979

ELECTIONS 2024:

This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Holly Stover (D) and James Hunt III (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. Stover 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. Stover.

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