COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Alfred, Lebanon, Sanford and Waterboro.

There are 24,513 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Matthew Harrington, a Republican from Sanford. Sen. Harrington is Assistant Senate Minority Leader. He has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2014; he served in the House from 2015-2022.

A 15-year veteran of law enforcement, Sen. Harrington is a patrol officer for the Kennebunk Police Department. Active in his community, Sen. Harrington serves as a board member for the Sanford Mainers baseball team. He is also a Freemason and Shriner with the Kora Temple, a member of the Sanford Elks Club and Maine Association of Police, and is a former member of his church’s board of trustees.
Sen. Harrington serves on the Senatorial vote committee and on the energy, utilities and technology committee.
The Senatorial vote committee is created by a Senate Order on the first day of session. It states, that a committee of seven be appointed by the President to which the returns of votes for senators for the political years of 2025 and 2026 shall be referred for examination and report. This committee deals with matters relating to any senate elections.
The energy, utilities and technology committee covers energy policy, including energy resources, wind energy development, biomass energy, hydropower, solar energy; efficiency and conservation; electric industry, including supply, transmission and distribution; natural gas industry; telecommunications industry, including telephone, Internet, broadband and cable television services; E-9-1-1; water and sewer utilities, including district charters; Public Utilities Commission; Office of the Public Advocate; Governor’s Energy Office; ConnectME Authority; and Efficiency Maine Trust.
Sen. Harrington is a member of the legislative council, which is the administrative body for the legislative branch. The council is responsible for the overall management of the entire Legislature. The council is responsible for providing professional, nonpartisan staff support services to the Legislature and its officers, members, committees and commissions. These services include legislative research, bill drafting; policy, legal and fiscal analysis; fiscal note preparation; committee staffing; computer support services; public information; library and reference services and support; and general administrative services. The Legislative Council’s staff is organized into the nonpartisan offices that operate under the direction of the council’s executive director. Other responsibilities delegated by the legislature to the council include preparing legislative budget requests and overseeing the legislative budget; establishing salary and benefit schedules for all legislative employees, except as otherwise provided by law; approval of employment practices; planning and oversight of projects designed to improve the organization, operation and physical facilities of the legislature; and assignment of work to legislative committees when the legislature is not in session. The council also has responsibility for screening and approving requests to introduce legislation after cloture (after deadline bills) in any legislative session and exercises this same role for all bill requests prior to their introduction in the second regular session and all special sessions.
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: matthew.harrington@legislature.maine.gov or 207-831-6746
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Matthew Harrington (R) and Daniel Lauzon (D).
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. Harrington 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. Harrington.
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