Maine State Senate District 9

COMMUNITY PROFILE:

This district serves the communities of Bangor and Hermon.

A map showing which communities are in this legislative district.

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.

headshot of Joseph Baldacci.

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 as chairman of the health and human services committee, on the state and local government committee and on the senatorial vote 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 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.

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 is on the ballot during the 2024 election cycle. Running for the seat are Joseph Baldacci (D) and Richard Cyr (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. Baldacci 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. Baldacci.

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