COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Augusta, Belgrade, China, Mount Vernon, Sidney and Vassalboro.
There are 24,696 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Richard “Dick” Bradstreet, a Republican from Vassalboro. Sen. Bradstreet has served in the state senate since being elected in November 2024; he served in the House from 2017-2024.
Sen. Bradstreet retired from a career as owner/operator of Bradstreet Homes, which was a manufactured and modular home retailer. He currently serves on the Budget Committee for the Town of Vassalboro. He is a former executive director of a housing association and former board chair for then-Winslow Community Federal Credit Union, now known as Connected Credit Union. Sen. Bradstreet is also a former chair of the school board for SAD 49.
Sen. Bradstreet serves on the engrossed bills committee and the labor committee.
The committee on engrossed bills is a customary committee in the senate. Senate Rule 511 states that all bills and resolves, immediately after being engrossed, must be committed to the committee on engrossed bills to be examined; if found by the committee to be truly and strictly engrossed, and before any bill is passed to be enacted or any resolve is finally passed, the title of the bill or resolve must be read.
The labor committee covers the Department of Labor; wage and hour laws; working conditions, including health and safety; unemployment compensation; workers’ compensation; labor relations; collective bargaining; private sector retirement; Workers’ Compensation Board; Maine Labor Relations Board; professional and occupational licensing; retirement eligibility and benefits for state and municipal employees, including teachers; judicial and legislative retirement systems; Maine Public Employees Retirement System; and public services.
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: dick.bradstreet@legislature.maine.gov or (207) 861-1657
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Raegan LaRochelle (D) and Richard Bradstreet (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. Bradstreet 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. Bradstreet.
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