2010 Legislative Candidates

Gary Foster has also annouced that he will seek Sue Austin's seat in Gray/North Yarmouth. She is termed out.

Steven Scharf
SCSMedia@aol.com

Don't know the woman but she has a good profile and good associations.

I do know her when she was working with the York County Republican Committee. She was willing to help in whatever needed to be done whether it was collecting money at the door for a dinner or helping on some of the different campaigns whether they were candidates running for state offices or candidates running for offices at the county level. Her goal was to help the party and the people of the State of Maine.

My prayers go out to her during this upcoming campaign season.

Anyone know if Lois Snowe-Mello is coming back to take on Democrat Deb Simpson, who by the way, supported gay marriage when the majority of her constituents didn't.

Thanks for getting the ball rolling on this Dan. I haven't done much "composing" (like the kind I did two years ago and even more back in 2005-2006 when I kept an updated list of all candidate registrations with the Maine Commission of Governmental Ethics and Election Practices) since the defeat of the bill we both worked for this spring. But it's time now for me to break that inertia and post a list of Legislative candidate registrations with the Ethics Commission, by office and district, which I will do in the next post, which will be updated periodically as new candidates are listed. In the post after that, I will list the candidates who have registered with the Ethics Commission as of the close of business on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, before the Thanksgiving Holiday.

My source for this information is the table obtained from the Maine Campaign Finance Public Access Site's Advanced Candidate List with my search customized to list all candidates for (State) Representative and (State) Senator and, for each candidate, the office sought, district, party and financing option (MCEA, which hasn’t been used yet in this election cycle except for some earlier test entries, means the candidate has been certified as a Clean Elections candidate and will receive public funding, DOI means the candidate has filed a Declaration of Intent to run as a Clean Elections candidate, and Privately Financed should be self-explanatory), the candidates sorted by Office, District, Election, Party, Financing and Contested/Uncontested.

The title of each district will have a hyperlink to the Elections Division's map of that district. I won't list the "candidates" whom I can tell, from either their listed name or from listed information under that candidate's listing, are merely test entries for the system. For every other candidate, I'll list their party affiliation (D, R, G or U) and municipality as best I know (I may guess as to the municipality when a PO box is listed, and guess wrong at times, but will gladly accept correction). I'll list incumbents first, then any other candidates of the incumbent party, then candidates of the other of the generally recognized two major parties in the state, then Green Independent candidates, and finally Unenrolled (Independent, Constitution, Libertarian (although last I knew the Libertarians weren't trying to field their own candidates), etc.) candidates. In terms of whether to use a candidate's first and middle name, first name and middle initial, first name only (besides the last name of course), or first initial and middle name, I'll go with what is listed on the candidate's Candidate Registration, except that I didn't include the period the Ethics Commission has listed as (one legal name) Jarody's first name (which is probably only there because Ethics's database can't accept a name without both a last name and something for a first/middle name). In several instances incumbent Legislators seeking reelection have used a different method of listing their name than is used on their biographical page in the House or Senate web site.

I'll denote incumbents by an asterisk ("*"), current members of the other chamber by an "(H)" or "(S)" as appropriate, and non-incumbent former members of the Senate and House by an "(FS)" and "(FH)", respectively, with the chamber served in more recently listed first, except that I won't use "(FS)" where I'm already using "(S)", I won't use "(FH)" where I'm already using "(H)", and for Senate candidate who would, if not for this exception, have after their names "(FS) (FH)", I'll only use "(FS)", as their more recent Senate service would seem to render their earlier House service obsolete, and to be more consistent with not using "(FS)" or "(FH)" for incumbents or for candidates denoted as "(S)" or "(H)" respectively. When an incumbent has not yet registered to run for reelection, I'll note who that incumbent is and if that incumbent is prevented from running for reelection by Maine's legislative term limits law. If someone served as a former Legislator when their residence (or what was supposed to be their residence, so if Bill Cote ran for the House in an Auburn district including the House where he allegedly lived for much of his stint representing a Lewiston district, he would be included in this) was not in the district they are now running for, I'll note the municipality they lived in at the time as part of the "(FS)" or "(FH)" note. I'll also note if a candidate last served or was last elected under a different party affiliation from the one the candidate is now running under. Finally, I'll note if a candidate is attempting to qualify for public funding (DOI for Declaration of Intent), has qualified for public funding (MCEA) when candidates start qualifying, or is listed as not attempting to qualify for public funding or, once applicable, has failed to qualify for public funding (Privately Financed).

Last updated January 23, 2010

For State Senator:

Senate District 1 (represented by Peter B. Bowman (D-Kittery), who is not running for reelection)
Dawn Hill (H) (D-York) (DOI)
Donato J. Tramuto (D-Ogunquit) (Privately Financed)
Michael L. Estes (R-York) (DOI)

Senate District 2 (represented by Richard A. Nass (R-Acton), who is termed out)
Ronald F. Collins (FH) (R-Wells) (DOI)
Richard J. Burns (FH) (D-Berwick) (DOI)

Senate District 3
Jonathan T. E. Courtney* (R-Sanford) (DOI)
Robert George Stackpole (D-Sanford) (DOI)

Senate District 4
Nancy Sullivan* (D-Biddeford) (Privately Financed)

Senate District 5 (represented by Barry J. Hobbins (D-Saco))
John W. Cushing (R-Saco) (DOI)

Senate District 6
Philip L. Bartlett* (D-Gorham) (DOI)

Senate District 7 (represented by Lawrence Bliss (D-South Portland))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

Senate District 8
Justin Alfond* (D-Portland) (DOI)

Senate District 9 (represented by Joseph C. Brannigan (D-Portland))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

Senate District 10
Stanley J. Gerzofsky* (D-Brunswick) (DOI)

Senate District 11
Gerald M. Davis* (R-Falmouth) (DOI)
Richard Woodbury (FH) (U-Yarmouth) (DOI)

Senate District 12
Bill Diamond* (D-Windham) (Privately Financed)

Senate District 13
David R. Hastings III* (R-Fryeburg) (DOI)

Senate District 14 (represented by Bruce S. Bryant (D-Dixfield), who is termed out)
John L. Patrick (FH) (D-Rumford) (DOI)

Senate District 15
Deborah L. Simpson* (D-Auburn) (DOI)
Lois Anita Snowe Mello (FS) (R-Poland) (DOI)

Senate District 16
Margaret M. Craven* (D-Lewiston) (DOI)

Senate District 17 (represented by John M. Nutting (D-Leeds), whom I've heard is running for reelection)
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

Senate District 18 (represented by Walter R. Gooley (R-Farmington), who is not running for reelection)
Thomas Saviello (H, last elected as a U) (R-Wilton) (DOI)
Ann L. Woloson (D-Belgrade) (DOI)

Senate District 19 (represented by Seth A. Goodall (D-Richmond))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

Senate District 20
A. David Trahan* (R-Waldoboro) (DOI)

Senate District 21 (represented by Earle L. McCormick (R-West Gardiner), who has told me he is running for reelection)
Nancy E. Smith (H) (D-Monmouth) (DOI)
Stephen Michael Singleton (U-Winthrop) (Privately Financed, although I spoke to him shortly after he registered and he told me he could end up running as a Clean Elections candidate)

Senate District 22
Christopher W. Rector* (R-Thomaston) (DOI)

Senate District 23 (represented by Carol Weston (R-Montville), who is termed out)
Michael D. Thibodeau (H) (R-Winterport) (DOI)

Senate District 24 (represented by Elizabeth H. 'Libby' Mitchell (D-Vassalboro), who is running for Governor)
Patsy Crockett (H) (D-Augusta) (DOI)

Senate District 25
Lisa T. Marraché* (D-Waterville) (DOI)

Senate District 26 (represented by Peter Mills (R-Cornville), who is running for Governor)
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

Senate District 27 (represented by Douglas M. Smith (R-Dover-Foxcroft))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

Senate District 28 (represented by Dennis S. Damon (D-Trenton), who is termed out)
James M. Schatz (H) (D-Blue Hill) (DOI)

Senate District 29
Kevin L. Raye* (R-Perry) (Privately Financed)

Senate District 30
Elizabeth M. Schneider* (D-Orono) (DOI)
Traci A. Gauthier (R-Lincoln) (DOI)

Senate District 31
Richard Rosen* (R-Bucksport) (DOI)

Senate District 32
Joseph C. Perry* (D-Bangor) (DOI)

Senate District 33
Debra D. Plowman* (R-Hampden) (Privately Financed)
Brian M. Duprey (FH) (R-Hampden) (DOI)

Senate District 34
Roger L. Sherman* (R-Hodgdon) (DOI)

Senate District 35
Troy D. Jackson* (D-Allagash) (DOI)

For State Representative:

House District 1 (represented by John L. Martin (D-Eagle Lake))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 2
Charles K. Theriault* (D-Madawaska) (DOI)

House District 3
Bernard L. A. Ayotte* (R-Caswell) (Privately Financed)

House District 4
Peter Edgecomb* (R-Caribou) (Privately Financed)

House District 5 (represented by Michael J. Willette (D-Presque Isle))
Jessica Lynn Chase (R-Presque Isle) (DOI)

House District 6 (represented by Tyler Clark (R-Easton))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 7 (represented by Patricia B. Sutherland (D-Chapman))
Alexander Reginald Willette (R-Mapleton) (DOI)

House District 8
Richard C. Cleary* (D-Houlton) (DOI)

House District 9 (represented by Henry L. Joy (R-Crystal), who is termed out)
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 10
Herbert E. Clark* (D-Millinocket) (DOI)

House District 11
Everett W. McLeod, Sr.* (R-Lee) (DOI)

House District 12 (represented by Jeffery Allen Gifford (R-Lincoln))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 13
Robert S. Duchesne* (D-Hudson) (DOI)

House District 14 (represented by Richard D. Blanchard (D-Old Town))
Daniel P. Phillips (R-Old Town) (DOI)

House District 15
Adam Alden Goode* (D-Bangor) (DOI)

House District 17
Sara R. Stevens* (D-Bangor) (DOI)
Katrin Pedersen Teel (R-Bangor) (DOI)

House District 18 (represented by James R. Martin (D-Orono))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 19
Emily Ann Cain* (D-Orono) (DOI)

House District 20 (represented by Benjamin Marriner Pratt (D-Eddington))
Darren M. Hall (FH) (R-Holden) (DOI)

House District 21 (represented by Michael Celli (R-Brewer))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 22 (represented by Christian D. Greeley (R-Levant), who is termed out)
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 23
David E. Richardson* (R-Carmel) (DOI)

House District 24
Douglas A. Thomas* (R-Ripley) (DOI)

House District 25 (represented by Joshua A. Tardy (R-Newport), who is termed out)
Robert K. Emrich (R-Plymouth) (DOI)

House District 26
Paul T. Davis, Sr.* (R-Sangerville) (DOI)

House District 27
Peter B. Johnson* (R-Greenville) (DOI)

House District 28
Dean A. Cray* (R-Palmyra) (DOI)
Matthew J. Quinn (D-Cornville) (DOI)

House District 29
Stacey Allen Fitts* (R-Pittsfield) (Privately Financed)

House District 30 (represented by Howard E. McFadden (R-Dennysville))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 31 (represented by Anne C. Perry (D-Calais), who is termed out)
C. Dean Ingham (R-Robinston) (DOI)
Joyce A. Maker (R-Calais) (DOI)

House District 32
David C. Burns* (R-Whiting) (DOI)
Katherine W. Cassidy (D-Machias) (DOI)
Daniel S. Swain (U-Machias) (DOI)

House District 33 (represented by Dianne Tilton (R-Harrington))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 34 (represented by Robert N. Eaton (D-Sullivan))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 35
Elspeth M. Flemings* (D-Bar Harbor) (DOI)

House District 36 (represented by Hannah M. Pingree (D-North Haven), who is termed out)
Jacqueline John Spofford (R-Mount Desert) (DOI)

House District 37 (represented by James M. Schatz (D-Blue Hill), who is running for the State Senate)
Ben Wootten (D-Blue Hill) (DOI)
Madeleine Gay Leach (R-Castine) (DOI)

House District 38 (represented by Brian D. Langley (R-Ellsworth), who has told the BDN that he is running for the State Senate)
Michael E. Povich (R-Ellsworth) (DOI)
Louis J. Luchini (D-Ellsworth) (DOI)

House District 39 (represented by Andre E. Cushing III (R-Hampden)
Carolyn Rae Dodge (G-Dixmont) (DOI)

House District 40
Kimberley C. Rosen* (R-Bucksport) (DOI)

House District 41 (represented by Veronica Magnan (D-Stockton Springs))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 42 (represented by Michael D. Thibodeau (R-Winterport), who is running for the State Senate)
No SOS-filed or non-withdrawn Ethics-registered candidates listed

House District 43 (represented by Jayne Crosby Giles (R-Belfast))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 44
Andrew R. O'Brien* (D-Lincolnville) (DOI)

House District 45 (represented by John F. Piotti (D-Unity), who is termed out)
Paul A. Cowing (R-Palermo) (DOI)
Peter M. Scheff (R-Palermo) (DOI)

House District 46
Joan W. Welsh* (D-Rockport) (DOI)

House District 47
Edward J. Mazurek* (D-Rockland) (DOI)

House District 48 (represented by Charles B. Kruger (D-Thomaston))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 49
Wesley E. Richardson* (R-Warren) (DOI)

House District 50 (represented by Wendy Pieh (D-Bremen))
Dana L. Dow (FS) (R-Waldoboro) (Privately Financed)
Henry B. Simmons (R-Nobleboro) (DOI)

House District 51 (represented by Jonathan B. McKane (R-Newcastle))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 52
Elizabeth S. Miller* (D-Somerville) (DOI)

House District 53
Leslie I. Fossel* (R-Alna) (DOI)

House District 54 (represented by Kenneth C. Fletcher (R-Winslow), who is termed out)
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 55
H. David Cotta* (R-China) (DOI)
Helen M. Hanson (D-China) (DOI)

House District 56
Anna D. Blodgett* (D-Augusta) (DOI)
Nathan K. Fellows (R-Augusta) (DOI)
Scott C. Milewski (R-Augusta) (DOI)

House District 57 (represented by Patsy Crockett (D-Augusta), who is running for the State Senate)
Maeghan Maloney (D-Augusta) (DOI)
Jarody (R-Augusta) (DOI)

House District 58 (represented by William P. Browne (R-Vassalboro), who is termed out)
Karen D. Foster (R-Augusta) (DOI)
Emily S. Mitchell (D-Vassalboro) (DOI)

House District 59
Stephen P. Hanley* (D-Gardiner) (Privately Financed)

House District 60
Kerri L. Prescott* (R-Topsham) (DOI)

House District 61
W. Bruce MacDonald* (D-Boothbay) (DOI)
Frank Lincoln Sample (R-Boothbay Harbor) (Privately Financed)

House District 62 (represented by Thomas R. Watson (D-Bath), who is termed out)
Michael H. Clarke (D-Bath) (DOI)

House District 63
Charles R. Priest* (D-Brunswick) (DOI)

House District 64 (represented by Leila J. Percy (D-Phippsburg), who is termed out)
David I. Chipman (D-Harpswell) (DOI)

House District 65 (represented by Peter S. Kent (D-Woolwich))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 66
Alexander M.D. Cornell du Houx* (D-Brunswick) (DOI)
K. Fred Horch (G-Brunswick) (DOI)

House District 67 (represented by Seth A. Berry (D-Bowdoinham), who has said he is running for reelection)
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 68 (represented by Michael G. Beaulieu (R-Auburn))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 69 (represented by Brian D. Bolduc (D-Auburn))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 70
Bruce A. Bickford* (R-Auburn) (DOI)

House District 71
Michel A. Lajoie* (D-Lewiston) (DOI)

House District 72
Michael E. Carey* (D-Lewiston) (Privately Financed)

House District 73 (represented by Richard V. Wagner (D-Lewiston))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 74
Margaret R. Rotundo* (D-Lewiston) (DOI)
Matthew Marc Fournier (R-Lewiston) (DOI)

House District 75
Stacy T. Dostie* (D-Sabattus) (DOI)
Stephen J. Wood (R-Sabattus) (DOI)

House District 76
Henry E. M. Beck* (D-Waterville) (Privately Financed)

House District 77
Pamela Jabar Trinward* (D-Waterville) (DOI)

House District 78
Robert W. Nutting* (R-Oakland) (DOI)

House District 79
Sharon A. Treat* (D-Hallowell) (DOI)

House District 80 (represented by Nancy E. Smith (D-Monmouth), who is termed out and is running for the State Senate)
Melvin L. Newendyke (R-Litchfield) (Privately Financed)

House District 81
L. Gary Knight* (R-Livermore Falls) (Privately Financed)

House District 82 (represented by Patrick S. A. Flood (R-Winthrop))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 83
Pat R. Jones* (D-Mount Vernon) (DOI)
Dennis L. Keschl (R-Belgrade) (DOI)

House District 84 (represented by Edward D. Finch (D-Fairfield), who is termed out)
Robert Sezak (D-Fairfield) (DOI)

House District 85
Jeff M. McCabe* (D-Skowhegan) (DOI)
Jason S. Gayne (R-Skowhegan) (DOI)

House District 86 (represented by Philip A. Curtis (R-Madison))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 87
Paul E. Gilbert* (D-Jay) (DOI)

House Distrct 88 (represented by Wright R. Pinkham (R-Lexington Township))
Larry Charles Dunphy (R-Embden) (DOI)
John M. Bertl (D-New Portland) (DOI)

House District 89
Lance Evans Harvell* (R-Farmington) (DOI)
Yvette E. Robinson (D-Farmington) (DOI)

House District 90 (represented by Thomas B. Saviello (R-Wilton, last elected as a U), who is termed out and is running for the State Senate)
Russell J. Black (R-Wilton) (DOI)
Michael D. Wells (R-Wilton) (DOI)
Irving B. Faunce (D-Wilton) (DOI)

House District 91
Jarrod S. Crockett* (R-Bethel) (DOI)

House District 92
Matthew John Peterson* (D-Rumford) (DOI)
Justin Daniel Thacker (R-Andover) (DOI)

House District 93
Sheryl Jane Briggs* (D-Mexico) (DOI)
Cynthia H. Bissell (R-Canton) (DOI)

House District 94
Teresea M. Hayes* (D-Buckfield) (DOI)
Ryan Edwin Lorrain (R-Paris) (DOI)

House District 95 (represented by H. Sawin Millett, Jr. (R-Waterford), who is termed out)
Russell A. Newcomb (D-Norway) (DOI)

House District 96
Lawrence G. Sirois* (D-Turner) (DOI)
Joshua K. Morris (R-Turner) (Privately Financed)

House District 97 (represented by Helen Rankin (D-Hiram))
George G. Cunningham (R-Fryeburg) (DOI)

House District 98 (represented by Richard M. Sykes (R-Harrison), who is termed out)
G. Paul Waterhouse (FH) (R-Bridgton) (Privately Financed)

House District 99 (represented by Ralph W. Sarty, Jr. (R-Denmark))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 100
James M. Hamper* (R-Oxford) (DOI)
Colin Delaney O'Neill (D-Oxford) (DOI)

House District 101
Richard M. Cebra* (R-Naples) (Privately Financed)

House District 102 (represented by Michael A. Shaw (D-Standish))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 103 (represented by John C. Robinson (R-Raymond))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 104
Dale J. Crafts* (R-Lisbon) (DOI)

House District 105
David A. Van Wie* (D-New Gloucester) (DOI)
Eleanor M. Espling (R-New Gloucester) (Privately Financed)

House District 106 (represented by David Webster (D-Freeport))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 107
Melissa Walsh Innes* (D-Yarmouth) (DOI)

House District 108
Meredith Nancy Strang Burgess* (R-Cumberland) (Privately Financed)

House District 109 (represented by Susan M. W. Austin (R-Gray), who is termed out)
Gary C. Foster (R-Gray) (Privately Financed)
Anne P. Graham (D-North Yarmouth) (DOI)

House District 110
Mark E. Bryant* (D-Windham) (DOI)

House District 106 (represented by Gary E. Plummer (R-Windham))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 112
Mary Pennell Nelson* (D-Falmouth) (DOI)

House District 113 (represented by Joan F. Cohen (D-Portland))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 114 (represented by Peter C. Stuckey (D-Portland))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 115 (represented by Stephen D. Lovejoy (D-Portland))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 116 (represented by Charles W. Harlow (D-Portland))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 117
Anne M. Haskell* (D-Portland) (DOI)

House District 118
Jon Hinck* (D-Portland) (DOI)

House District 119 (represented by Herbert C. Adams (D-Portland), who is termed out)
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 120
Dianne Marie Russell* (D-Portland) (DOI)

House District 121 (represented by Cynthia A. Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 122
Terry K. Morrison* (D-South Portland) (DOI)

House District 123 (represented by Jane E. Eberle (D-South Portland))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 124
Bryan T. Kaenrath* (D-South Portland) (DOI)

House District 125
Ann E. Peoples* (D-Westbrook) (DOI)

House District 126
Timothy E. Driscoll* (D-Westbrook) (DOI)

House District 127
Sean Flaherty* (D-Scarborough) (DOI)

House District 128 (represented by Peggy A. Pendleton (D-Scarborough), who is not running for reelection)
Brian M. Dell'Olio (D-Scarborough) (DOI)

House District 129 (represented by Jane S. Knapp (R-Gorham))
Daniel Joseph LeVasseur (D-Gorham) (DOI)

House District 130
Linda F. Sanborn* (D-Gorham) (DOI)

House Distrct 131
Robert Hunt* (D-Buxton) (DOI)
James D. Libby (FS) (FH) (R-Buxton) (Privately Financed)
Donald G. Marean (FH) (R-Hollis) (DOI)

House District 132
George W. Hogan* (D-Old Orchard Beach) (DOI)
William J. Gombar (R-Old Orchard Beach) (DOI)

House Distrct 133
Donald E. Pilon* (D-Saco) (DOI)
Brad Watts (R-Saco) (Privately Financed)

House District 134
Linda M. Valentino* (D-Saco) (DOI)

House District 135
Paulette G. Beaudoin* (D-Biddeford) (DOI)

House District 136 (represented by Stephen R. Beaudette (D-Biddeford), who is termed out)
Dennis R. Anglea (D-Biddeford) (Privately Financed)
Bobby Mills (D-Biddeford) (Privately Financed)
William Moriarty (D-Biddeford) (DOI)

House District 137
Alan M. Casavant* (D-Biddeford) (Privately Financed)

House District 138 (represented by James J. Campbell, Sr. (U-Newfield, last elected as an R), who is termed out)
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 139
Joseph A. Wagner* (D-Lyman) (DOI)

House District 140 (represented by Gary A. Connor (D-Kennebunk))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 141 (represented by Edward P. Legg (D-Kennebunk))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 142
Andrea M. Boland* (D-Sanford) (DOI)

House District 143
John L. Tuttle, Jr.* (D-Sanford) (DOI)

House District 144 (represented by Joan M. Nass (R-Acton))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 145
Thamas J. Wright* (D-Berwick) (DOI)

House District 146 (represented by Mark Eves (D-North Berwick))
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 147
Kathleen D. Chase* (R-Wells) (DOI)

House District 148 (represented by Sarah O. Lewin (R-Eliot), who is termed out and whom I've heard is running for the State Senate)
No Ethics-registered or SOS-filed candidates listed yet

House District 149 (represented by Dawn Hill (D-York), who is running for the State Senate)
Michael F. Score (D-Ogunquit) (DOI)

House District 150
Windol C. Weaver* (R-York) (DOI)

House District 151 (represented by Walter A. Wheeler, Sr. (D-Kittery), who is termed out)
Devin M. Beliveau (D-Kittery) (DOI)

Candidate registrations with the Ethics Commission as of the close of business on Wednesday, November 25, 2009:

For State Senator:

Senate District 2 (represented by the term-limited Richard A. Nass (R-Acton))
Ronald F. Collins (FH) (R-Wells) (DOI)
Richard J. Burns (FH) (D-Berwick) (DOI)

Senate District 4
Nancy Sullivan* (D-Biddeford) (Privately Financed)

Senate District 11
Gerald M. Davis* (R-Falmouth) (DOI)
Richard Woodbury (FH) (U-Yarmouth) (DOI)

Senate District 18 (represented by Walter R. Gooley (R-Farmington), who is not running for reelection)
Thomas Saviello (H, last elected as a Unenrolled candidate) (R-Wilton) (DOI)

Senate District 21 (represented by Earle L. McCormick (R-West Gardiner))
Stephen Michael Singleton (U-Winthrop) (Privately Financed, although I spoke to him a few weeks ago and he told me he could end up running as a Clean Elections candidate)

Senate District 23 (represented by the term-limited Carol Weston (R-Montville))
Michael D. Thibodeau (H) (R-Winterport) (DOI)

Senate District 24 (represented by Elizabeth H. 'Libby' Mitchell (D-Vassalboro), who is running for Governor)
Patsy Crockett (H) (D-Augusta) (DOI)

For State Representative:

House District 4
Peter Edgecomb* (R-Caribou) (Privately Financed)

House District 7 (represented by Patricia B. Sutherland (D-Chapman))
Alexander Reginald Willette (R-Mapleton) (DOI)

House District 15
Adam Alden Goode* (D-Bangor) (DOI)

House District 36 (represented by the term-limited Hannah M. Pingree (D-North Haven))
Jacqueline John Spofford (R-Mount Desert) (DOI)

House District 44
Andrew R. O'Brien* (D-Lincolnville) (DOI)

House District 61
W. Bruce MacDonald* (D-Boothbay) (DOI)

House District 62 (represented by the term-limited Thomas R. Watson (D-Bath))
Michael H. Clarke (D-Bath) (DOI)

House District 105 (represented by David A. Van Wie (D-New Gloucester))
Eleanor M. Espling (R-New Gloucester) (Privately Financed)

House District 107
Melissa Walsh Innes* (D-Yarmouth) (DOI)

House District 108
Meredith Nancy Strang Burgess* (R-Cumberland) (Privately Financed)

House District 127
Sean Flaherty* (D-Scarborough) (DOI)

House Distrct 133 (represented by Donald E. Pilon (D-Saco))
Brad Watts (R-Saco) (Privately Financed)

House District 136 (represented by the term-limited Stephen R. Beaudette (D-Biddeford))
Bobby Mills (D-Biddeford) (Privately Financed)

New candidate registrations will be listed periodically on posts on this thread, and will be added to working list of Ethics-registered candidates (which I'll expand to include candidates who have filed nominating petitions with the Secretary of State's office once filed candidates are listed on their web site) in the previous post. My next update will probably be next weekend (I'm still warming up, so to speak).

I've heard from a reliable source that Augusta Mayor Roger Katz is likely to run as a Republican for the Senate District 24 seat that Senate President Libby Mitchell is giving up to run for Governor. As I partly stated in my last two posts, second-term State Representative Patsy Crockett (D-Augusta) has registered with the Ethics Commission to run for Libby's seat. I know that the Democrats have a candidate to run for Crockett's House District 57 seat. She hasn't registered yet (she didn't want to before Crockett registered to run for the Senate), but she told me today that she will do so before Christmas after getting back from a family vacation coming up.

Term-limited State Representative Nancy Smith (D-Monmouth) is (or at least was in September) considering running for the Senate District 21 seat, where her likely Republican opponent will be second-term incumbent Senator (and before that, a two-term State Representative) Earle McCormick (R-West Gardiner). Stephen Singleton of Winthrop, who ran as a write-in candidate for that seat two years ago, has registered with the Ethics Commission to run again next year as an Unenrolled candidate. I called him a couple weeks ago and he told me he was just getting his name out last time and that if he runs he plans to get on the ballot.

Sue Austin (R-Gray) represents House District 109. House District 110 is Mark Bryant (D-Windham)'s district. Gray is split between those two districts. Based on map of the only address that could possibly be in either district that a quick Google search of "Gary Foster" Maine revealed, Foster, like Austin, lives in the House District 109 portion of Gray. So Steven Scharf is correct and the Sun Journal article (likely an Espling campaign press release) has Foster's district number wrong.

Corrected the House District 110 link.

I heard last week that Sen John Nutting is not running but instead will be working on becoming Maine's next Commissioner of Agriculture for the next Governor.

Is Nutting backing a horse in the primary? Or is he waiting until after the primary to hitch his wagon to the Democratic nominee?

And what are your (electoral office-seeking) plans for 2010?

First, I fully intend to run for my 4th term in the Senate. I'll be termed out twice! But I hope to go out serving in the majority. (And no I will not change parties to make that happen, although it has been done!) Second, I heard that Sen Nutting will be supporting Rep. Dostie for his seat. As for who he's backing in the D primary that will require some finesse I would imagine. Backing the wrong nominee is certainly not how to become a Commissioner.

CALAIS - Joyce A. Maker, of Calais, has announced her candidacy for the Maine House of Representatives in District 31, representing Baileyville, Baring, Calais, Charlotte, Indian Township, Perry, Pleasant Point and Robbinston. Maker will seek the Republican nomination to succeed incumbent Rep. Anne Perry (D-Calais), who is term-limited.

A resident of Calais for more than 40 years, Joyce Maker is currently serving her third term on the Calais City Council, being first elected in 1999. Professionally, Maker served in a variety of capacities before retiring in 2008. Her last 16 years in the workforce she served as the Financial Aid Director at Washington County Community College, where she worked to assist students and parents achieve their goal of attending higher education.

House District 31 Candidate

Possible Republican candidates to replace Nutting:

Rep. L. Gary Knight (R-Livermore Falls) of House District 81
Rep. Dale Crafts (R-Lisbon Falls) of House District 104
Androscoggin County Commissioner Randall Greenwood

I expect all three of the above will be running for re-election.

I have heard that former Rep. Scott Lansley (R-Sabattus) plans to run. Dostie & Nutting complaining about the firing of the Sabattus Town Manager was an attempt to damage Lansley politically because he is a Sabattus Selectman.

Any idea why " Candidate, MCEA HD 30, and Candidate, Privately Finance, HD1, are listed on the office sorted web site?

Test entries for the system.

As is Privately Financ Candidate's opponent John Test, who is seeking public funding.

Those test entries are also listed in the name sorted list of 2010 Ethics-registered candidates.

I could not be prouder of my State Senator, District 33, Deb Plowman and State Representative, District 24, Doug Thomas. I will do whatever I can to see that they get re-elcted.

I couldn't wait until the weekend to do my first (non list-starting) update.

Legislative candidate registrations with the Ethics Commission since last weekend, all for State Representative:

House District 26
Paul T. Davis, Sr.* (R-Sangerville) (DOI)

House District 50
Henry B. Simmons (R-Nobleboro) (DOI)

House District 52
Elizabeth S. Miller* (D-Somerville) (DOI)

House District 90 (represented by the term-limited Thomas B. Saviello (R-Wilton, last elected as an Unenrolled candidate), who is running for the State Senate)
Irving B. Faunce (D-Wilton) (DOI)

House District 117
Anne M. Haskell* (D-Portland) (DOI)

That last one is interesting in that there is speculation that Joe Brannigan may not run and that she would move up to run for State Senate.

They could be just trying to throw folks off the scent.

Steven Scharf
SCSMedia@aol.com

Have you ever noticed that actually turning out to be the case? You might not have been able to prove that the earlier registration was a decoy but has a candidate filled out a candidate registration with Ethics that would leave some might be candidates from the other party to think that a seat that they had been rumored to be opening up wasn't, and then the incumbent ended up stepping down after all? I know candidates have withdrawn after registering with Ethics and have switched from one race to another (Bobby Mills has already done it twice in this election cycle and may withdraw his current registered candidacy), but not all of those abortive candidacies would really qualify as decoys to scare someone off.

I know you speculated on the same possibility in 2006 when Lynn Bromley registered with Ethics to run for a fourth term, but she ended up following through with her candidacy for reelection, and the candidate you thought she might be trying to scare off, then termed out State Representative Kevin Glynn, ran for her seat anyway, although he lost.

There are lots of examples of incumbent Democrats filing as candidates and the dropping out to be replaced. Whether or not it was a ploy or not is speculation but it happens enough that I think it is deliberate strategy to scare off possible candidates.

There are lots of examples of incumbent Democrats filing as candidates and the dropping out to be replaced. Whether or not it was a ploy or not is speculation but it happens enough that I think it is deliberate strategy to scare off possible candidates.

Wow, I totally forgot about candidates withdrawing after filing (usually after the primary). I was thinking more of candidates registering with the Ethics Commission and then not filing, but what you mentioned about Democratic incumbents filing (and likely many of them registering with the Ethics Commission too) is perhaps what Stephen was thinking might happen in the case of Joe Brannigan and Anne Haskell.

Legislative candidate registrations with the Ethics Commission since Tuesday, all filed yesterday:

For State Senator:

Senate District 30
Elizabeth M. Schneider* (D-Orono) (DOI)

For State Representative:

House District 56 (represented by Anna D. Blodgett (D-Augusta))
Nathan K. Fellows (R-Augusta) (DOI)

House District 57 (represented by Patsy Crockett (D-Augusta), who is running for the State Senate)
Jarody (R-Augusta) (Privately Financed)

House District 84 (represented by Edward D. Finch (D-Fairfield), who is termed out)
Robert Sezak (D-Fairfield) (DOI)

Sezak ran for the State Senate in 2008 and lost big to Peter Mills, though he did win Fairfield, which is the major part of the House district, narrowly.

He also came in third in a five way race for two seats on the Fairfield council in November. Finch won, despite dropping out of the race. There was some talk of Finch stepping aside and Sezak being appointed to the Council.

Fairfield is a Democrat town but I think Sezak is a mediocre candidate and the right Republican could beat him.

I assume you mean that candidate should not be Phil Roy who came in last in that race.

Steven Scharf
SCSMedia@aol.com

My most sincere apologies to AMGers for posting information regarding Senator Nutting's status as a candidate for the Senate. In a recent missive to both the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, Senator Nutting indicated he would indeed run for re-election to his seat. In the past few weeks Senator Nutting stated to more than one person familiar with the Dairy Stabilization Task Force that he would step aside in order to be available to become the next Agriculture Commissioner. Now that the Task Force has completed its work and issued a 15 -1 report, that is no longer Senator Nutting's goal. Senator Nutting will now press his own minority (1) report before his own Commitee. I will post the report, letter and rundown of 13 meetings in another thread to discuss the issues surrounding the development of the report, the issues which moved to concensus and the minority report.l I look forward to the discussion.

Anyone wishing to follow the discussion in the Agriculture Committe should log in on December 9th at 10:00 for live feed.

For someone who once said that the only manure he shoveled was in his barn (or something like that), Senator Nutting sure isn't shy about leading people to think he won't be running for reelection and then announcing that he will run again. He's popular enough that he gets away with it. One present or past poster on AMG who portrayed himself as a conservative Republican told me by private messaging that he was planning on running for the Senate in 2006 when Nutting was rumored to be stepping down but that he would not run against Nutting, whom he supported (so it wasn't just that he didn't think he could beat Nutting). Of course, if Nutting wins reelection in 2010, there won't be any wondering whether or not he'll run for reelection in 2012, as he'll be termed out.