COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the Androscoggin communities of Auburn, Durham and Poland.
This district also serves Cumberland County community of New Gloucester.
There are 25,264 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Bruce Bickford, a Republican from Auburn. Sen. Bickford has most recently served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2024. He also served in the House from 2009-2012 and from 2015-2022.
Sen. Bickford spent his career managing small businesses throughout central and southern Maine. Now retired, he works as a pharmacy technician in Auburn. Still, he maintains local business connections as a board member of the Auburn Business Association as well as through his role on the Lewiston Auburn Railroad Company’s Board of Directors. Sen. Bickford’s past community service includes serving as a member of the Lewiston Auburn Health Committee and a community volunteer leader for the Mid Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Sen. Bickford serves on the taxation committee which covers the Bureau of Revenue Services and State Board of Property Tax Review; state and local taxes; tax exemptions and credits; tax expenditure review; taxpayer relief programs; property valuation and assessment; tax increment financing; municipal revenue sharing; taxation of unorganized territories; and tree growth and other current use tax issues.
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: bruce.bickford@legislature.maine.gov or 207-740-0328
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Bettyann Sheats (D), Bruce Bickford (R) and Dustin Ward (U).
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. Bickford 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. Bickford.
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