COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Arundel, Biddeford, Dayton, Hollis and Lyman.
There are 24,819 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Henry Ingwersen, a Democrat from Arundel. Sen. Ingwersen has recently served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2022, having also served in the House during the 129th Legislature.
Sen. Ingwersen is an educator and small business owner. He was a public school teacher for more than 25 years before retiring to work on his family farm. Sen. Ingwersen and his wife Christine have been married for 47 years and are beekeepers on their family farm in Arundel. He serves as president of the Arundel Conservation Trust and is a member of the Kennebunk River Remediation Advisory Committee for the Town of Arundel. He also serves on the board of Defend Our Health, a group working to ensure all people have access to safe food and drinking water.
Sen. Ingwersen serves on the bills in the second reading committee, on the health and human services committee and as chairman of the agriculture, conservation and forestry committee.
The health and human services committee covers the Department of Health and Human Services; MaineCare/Medicaid; children’s welfare and mental health services; child care; maternal and infant health; public health; lead and water testing; immunization; tobacco and e-cigarette sale and use; medical use of marijuana; eating, lodging and campground licensing and inspection; opioid medications and limits; state health system planning; health care facilities; health care workforce; telemedicine; oral health and dental care; substance use disorder; mental health; developmental disability; aging; elderly and disability issues; home and community-based longterm care; nursing facilities and residential care; palliative and end- of-life care; and public assistance.
The agriculture, conservation and forestry committee covers the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; agricultural development; agricultural fairs, products and marketing; animal control and welfare; harness racing; food policy; food safety, inspection and labeling; dairy industry; pest management and pesticides regulation; industrial hemp; state parks, historic sites, public lands and submerged lands; Maine Land Use Planning Commission; geological surveying and mapping; Maine Forest Service; timber harvesting; industrial hemp; the Land for Maine’s Future Program; and Baxter State Park.
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: henry.ingwersen@legislature.maine.gov or 207-251-6278
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are Henry Ingwersen (D) and Alfred Schutz (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. Ingwersen 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. Ingwersen.
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