Maine State House District 49

COMMUNITY PROFILE:

This district serves the communities of Arrowsic, Georgetown, Phippsburg, West Bath and Woolwich.

A map showing which communities are in this legislative district.

There are 7,317 actively registered voters within this district:

CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:

Allison Hepler, a Democrat from Woolwich. Rep. Hepler is retired and has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2018.

headshot of Allison Hepler.

Rep. Hepler is a retired professor who taught history at the University of Maine at Farmington and is an author. Rep. Hepler has also worked as a printer, a retail store and office coordinator, a magazine production assistant and a steelworker. She is part-owner of her husband’s wooden boat building and repair business in Small Point, Phippsburg. Rep. Hepler is serving her fourth term on the Woolwich Selectboard. She’s also involved with Maine’s First Ship, the organization that built and launched a replica of a 400-year old ship “Virginia” in Bath, as well as the Woolwich Historical Society.

Rep. Hepler serves on the agriculture, conservation and forestry committee which covers the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; agricultural development; agricultural fairs, products and marketing; animal control and welfare; harness racing; food policy; food safety, inspection and labeling; dairy industry; pest management and pesticides regulation; industrial hemp; state parks, historic sites, public lands and submerged lands; Maine Land Use Planning Commission; geological surveying and mapping; Maine Forest Service; timber harvesting; industrial hemp; the Land for Maine’s Future Program; and Baxter State Park.

Rep. Hepler also serves on the inland fisheries and wildlife committee which covers the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; inland fisheries and wildlife research and management; hunting; fishing; trapping; hunter safety; fish hatcheries; game wardens; guides; taxidermist licensing; ATVs; snowmobiles; watercraft registration and boater safety; and whitewater rafting.

Rep. Hepler also serves as the chairwoman of the marine resources committee which covers the Department of Marine Resources; Marine Patrol; commercial and recreational marine fisheries management, licensing and enforcement; marine science and research; shellfish sanitation and management; and aquaculture.

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: Allison.Hepler@legislature.maine.gov or 207-319-4396

ELECTIONS 2024:

This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are Allison Hepler (D) and Vincent Brown (R).

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. Hepler 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. Hepler.

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