COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Brunswick, Chebeague Island, Freeport, Harpswell, Pownal and Yarmouth (partially).
There are 32,225 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Matthea “Mattie” Daughtry, a Democrat from Brunswick. Sen. Daughtry is the assistant majority leader and has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2012; she served in the House from 2013-2020.
Sen. Daughtry co-owns and brews at Moderation Brewing Company, in Brunswick, and also runs her own local photography and video company. She previously was the communications associate for Maine’s Majority and did legislative research for the organization. She has also worked as a curator for Brunswick-based VSA Arts of Maine, an organization serving people with disabilities through the arts. Sen. Daughtry founded and ran the news department at WOZQ 91.9 FM and also worked in the news department at WFCR 88.5 FM, an NPR station in western Massachusetts. She worked in Congressman Tom Allen’s office as an intern in college. She has extensive experience working in her local community, on a local farm, as a waitress, as a counselor at several local camps and as a contributor to the Times Record.
Sen. Daughtry serves on the senate rules committee and the labor and housing committee, the latter which 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; retirement eligibility and benefits for state and municipal employees, including teachers; judicial and legislative retirement systems; Maine Public Employees Retirement System; insulation; Maine State Housing Authority; landlord-tenant laws; affordable housing; homelessness; housing safety; building codes; 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: Mattie.Daughtry@legislature.maine.gov or 207-370-9871
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are Matthea Daughtry (D) and Michael Lawler (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 feature live results for this race:
LEGISLATIVE WORK:
The following chart is a compilation of legislation sponsored by Sen. Daughtry 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. Daughtry.
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