COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the Androscoggin communities of Greene, Leeds, Lisbon, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Sabattus, Turner and Wales.
This district also serves the Kennebec County communities of Fayette and Litchfield.
There are 25,530 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Jeffrey Timberlake, a Republican from Turner. He has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2010; he served in the House from 2011-2018 and has served in the Senate since 2019.
Sen. Timberlake is a co-owner of his family’s farm, and he and his family own multiple businesses in the area. In addition to his decades of farming, Sen. Timberlake served as a firefighter for the Town of Turner for 37 years. He was chair of the Turner Planning Board for 16 years and vice chair of the Board of Selectmen for two years. He is a Freemason and Shriner with the Kora Temple in Lewiston and Nezinscot Masonic Lodge in Turner and a member of the Turner Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club.
Sen. Timberlake serves on the veterans and legal affairs committee, on the government oversight committee and on the senatorial vote committee.
The veterans and legal affairs committee covers alcoholic beverage laws; adult-use marijuana regulation; lottery; for profit and nonprofit gambling, including games of chance, beano and raffles; slot machines, gaming devices; harness racing and off-track betting; election laws; campaign practices; campaign financing and disclosures; the Maine Clean Election Act; voter registration; direct initiatives and people’s veto; legislative ethics; lobbyist registration and reporting; Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices; veterans’ programs; Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management Services (except the Maine Emergency Management Agency); Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations; Gambling Control Board; and Maine National Guard.
The mission of the Joint Legislative Government Oversight Committee, hereafter called the “Committee”, is to oversee program evaluation and government accountability matters in State government. The Committee seeks to ensure that public funds are expended for intended purposes, and that programs and activities are effectively, efficiently and economically managed. The Committee accomplishes this mission by conducting public inquiries and directing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to conduct independent, objective reviews of State agencies and programs and other entities receiving public funds or expending private monies for public purposes.
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: Jeffrey.Timberlake@legislature.maine.gov or 207-754-6000
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are Jeffrey Timberlake (R) and Thomas Watson (D).
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 Sen. Timberlake 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 Sen. Timberlake.
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