COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Allagash, Ashland, Caribou, Castle Hill, Caswell, Chapman, Connor Township, Cyr Plantation, Eagle Lake, Fort Fairfield, Fort Kent, Frenchville, Garfield Plantation, Grand Isle, Hamlin, Limestone, Madawaska, Mapleton, Masardis, Nashville Plantation, New Canada, New Sweden, Northwest Aroostook UT, Perham, Portage Lake, Saint Agatha, Saint Francis, Saint John Plantation, Square Lake UT, Stockholm, Van Buren, Wade, Wallagrass, Washburn, Westmanland, Winterville Plantation and Woodland.
There are 23,710 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Susan Bernard, a Republican from Caribou. She has most recently served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2024. She also served in the House from 2021-2022.
Sen. Bernard spent 20 years as the news director at WAGM TV 8, was the director of communications for the Diocese of Portland and has worked as the dean of development and college relations at Northern Maine Community College.
Sen. Bernard serves on the appropriations and financial affairs committee which 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: susan.bernard@legislature.maine.gov or 207-210-0518
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Vaughn Mclaughlin (D) and Susan Bernard (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 Sen. Bernard 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 Sen. Bernard.
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