COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the community of Augusta (partially).
There are 5,804 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
William Bridgeo, a Democrat from Augusta. Rep. Bridgeo is an educator and has worked in local government. He has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2022.
Rep. Bridgeo began a 40-year career in city management in the late 1970s, serving six years as city manager of Calais, 11 years as city manager of Canandaigua, New York, and 24 years as city manager of Augusta. He has also served in leadership positions on numerous professional and civic boards, including as president of the New York Municipal Management Association, president of the Kennebec Valley YMCA and as a member of the Maine Municipal Association, the Maine Town and City Management Association (MTCMA) and the Maine Development Foundation. He was the recipient of the MTCMA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. Rep. Bridgeo is a longstanding member of the University of Maine at Augusta’s adjunct faculty, teaching courses in state and local government. He has also taught MBA ethical leadership courses at Thomas College.
Rep. Bridgeo serves on the environment and natural resources committee which covers air and water quality; natural resource protection; site location of development laws, shoreland zoning, subdivisions and growth management; management and disposal of solid, hazardous, biomedical and special wastes; returnable containers; hydropower and dams; waste-to-energy facilities; mining; wind energy development; and general environmental policy, including oversight of the Department of Environmental Protection.
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: William.Bridgeo@legislature.maine.gov or 207-458-2939
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are William Bridgeo (D) and Wendy MacDowell (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. Bridgeo 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. Bridgeo.
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