COMMUNITY PROFILE:
This district serves the communities of Bangor and Hermon.
There are 23,031 actively registered voters within this district:
CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE:
Joseph Baldacci, a Democrat from Bangor. Sen. Baldacci has served in the state legislature since being elected in November 2020.
Sen. Baldacci has been practicing law for 28 years, and has represented Maine families and small businesses in his small private practice in downtown Bangor. He served for 12 years on the Bangor City Council, including twice as Mayor and Council Chair. He has promoted and supported several important economic redevelopment projects throughout the city including keeping the Bangor City Nursing Home open when it was threatened with closure, and helping the fire department establish its ambulance and paramedic unit, which now brings in millions in revenue to the City and provides people with life-saving services. In 2004, Sen. Baldacci was appointed by the Council to negotiate an agreement with the City of Halifax concerning their airport. The successful agreement reached protects Bangor International Airport’s preclearance business on international flights. During law school, he co-founded the Maine Association for Public Interest Law (MAPIL), which still provides scholarships to law students who work in the public interest legal field.
Sen. Baldacci serves on the health coverage, insurance, and financial services committee, as chairman of the state and local government committee and as chairman of the inland fisheries and wildlife committee.
The health coverage, insurance, and financial services committee covers Banking; financial institutions; credit unions; consumer credit; credit law (business-related); Uniform Consumer Credit Code; Bureau of Financial Institutions; Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection; consumer protection; servicing of student loans; debt collection practices and debt buyers; Office of Securities; stocks, mutual funds, bonds and other securities; financial services; Bureau of Insurance; credit, automobile, life, property and casualty insurance; private health insurance; health and medical data; Maine Health Data Organization; health maintenance organizations; mandated health benefits; health care reform; compliance with federal Affordable Care Act; prescription drugs; pharmacy benefit managers; cost containment; multiple employer welfare arrangements; State Employee Health Commission and state employee group health plan; long-term care insurance; disability income insurance; insurance rating, regulation and practices; insurance producers; professional and occupational licensing for health care and financial services; Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company; workers’ compensation insurance; self-insurance; and viatical and life settlement contracts.
The state and local government committee covers state government, including the Legislature, state property, public purchasing and contracts, state agencies and government organization, state employment, oversight of state officials, periodic review of State Government Evaluation Act; Maine State Archives; administrative procedures, boards and commissions, state holidays and designations, and capitol area planning; county government, including regional planning, budget process and county officials; municipal and local government, including deorganization and consolidation, planning and regulation, land use; discontinued and abandoned roads and cemeteries.
The inland fisheries and wildlife committee covers the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; inland fisheries and wildlife research and management; hunting; fishing; trapping; hunter safety; fish hatcheries; game wardens; guides; taxidermist licensing; ATVs; snowmobiles; watercraft registration and boater safety; and whitewater rafting.
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: Joe.Baldacci@legislature.maine.gov or 207-945-3333
ELECTIONS 2024:
This seat was on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat were Joseph Baldacci (D) and Richard Cyr (R).
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. Baldacci 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. Baldacci.
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