COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Eliot, Kittery, Ogunquit, South Berwick and York.
There are 30,833 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Mark Lawrence, a Democrat from Eliot. Sen. Lawrence has served in the state legislature since recently being elected in November 2016. He served in the House from 1989-1992 and from 2017-2018, as well as the Senate from 1993-2000.
Sen. Lawrence is a practicing attorney with a distinguished career in public service. He served as York County District Attorney from 2003-2010 before opening a private practice in South Berwick. He is one of the founding members of the Laudholm Trust in Wells and has worked to secure funding for Land for Maine’s Future.
Sen. Lawrence is chairman of the senate conduct and ethics committee, serves on the senate rules committee and serves as chairman of the energy, utilities and technology committee, the latter which 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.
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: Mark.Lawrence@legislature.maine.gov or 207-475-4975
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are Mark Lawrence (D) and Julie Rakic (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. Lawrence 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. Lawrence.
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