COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the Hancock County communities of Bar Harbor, Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Cranberry Isles, Deer Isle, Ellsworth, Frenchboro, Lamoine, Marshall Island UT, Mount Desert, Orland, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Southwest Harbor, Stonington, Surry, Swans Island, Tremont, Trenton and Verona Island.
This district also serves the Knox County community of Isle au Haut.
There are 29,543 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Nicole Grohoski, a Democrat from Ellsworth. Sen. Grohoski has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2018; she served in the House during the 129th and 130th Legislatures, and began her service in the Senate during the 130th Legislature.
Sen. Grohoski is a cartographer and geographic information system (GIS) specialist that works for a small, Maine-based mapping company. She is a driver for the local Meals on Wheels program, volunteers with Green Ellsworth and serves on the Board of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. She is a member of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Maine Climate Council.
Sen. Grohoski serves as chairwoman of the taxation committee, on the engrossed bills committee and on the energy, utilities and technology committee.
The taxation committee 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.
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.
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: Nicole.Grohoski@legislature.maine.gov or 207-358-8333
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are Nicole Grohoski (D) and Sherman Hutchins (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 also feature live results for this race.
LEGISLATIVE WORK:
The following chart is a compilation of legislation sponsored by Sen. Grohoski 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. Grohoski.
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