Maine House of Representatives

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The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 members (excluding two nonvoting members) representing an equal amount of districts across the state. Each voting member of the House represents around 8,450 citizens of the state.

The House meets at the Maine State House in Augusta.

Contents 1 Leadership of the House 2 Composition of the House of Representatives 2.1 Nonvoting members of the House 2.2 Independents and other parties 2.3 Officers 2.4 Members of the Maine House of Representatives 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House Resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.

The current Speaker is Democrat Glenn A. Cummings of District 115 (Portland). The Majority Leader is Hannah Pingree of District 36. The Minority Leader is Republican Joshua Tardy of District 25 (Newport).

[edit] Composition of the House of Representatives

123rd Legislature - 2007-2009

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	89
	Republican Party	58
	Independent	2
Total		151
Nonvoting Members		2
Coalition Majority		33

[edit] Nonvoting members of the House

The two nonvoting members within the House represent the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe. The special Representatives can sponsor legislation relating to Natives and Native land claims, as well as cosponsor any other legislation brought before the House, but are not allowed to submit an actual legislative vote. The Penobscot and Passamaquoddy representatives are also entitled to sit as nonvoting members of joint standing committees during hearings and deliberations.

[edit] Independents and other parties

Due to the independent political tradition in the state, the Maine House of Representatives has been an entry ground for several of the state's prominent Independent politicians. From 2002 to 2006, supporters of the Green Party also noted the House of Representatives as the legislative home of John Eder, District 118 (Portland), of the Maine Green Independent Party, then the highest elected Green politician in U.S. politics. In the 2006 elections, Eder lost his seat to a Democratic challenger.

[edit] Officers

Position	Name	Party
Speaker of the House	Glenn Cummings	Democratic
Majority Leader	Hannah Pingree	Democratic
Majority Whip	Sean Faircloth	Democratic
Minority Leader	Joshua Tardy	Republican
Minority Whip	Robert Crosthwaite	Republican

[edit] Members of the Maine House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party	Residence
1	Troy Jackson	Democratic	Allagash
2	Charles Theriault	Democratic	Madawaska
3	Bernard Ayotte	Republican	Caswell
4	Peter Edgecomb	Republican	Caribou
5	George Everett	Democratic	Presque Isle
6	Jacqueline Lundeen	Democratic	Mars Hill
7	Patricia Sutherland	Democratic	Chapman
8	Richard Cleary	Democratic	Houlton
9	Henry Joy	Republican	Crystal
10	Herbert Clark	Democratic	Millinocket
11	Everett McLeod	Republican	Lee
12	Jeffrey Gifford	Republican	Lincoln
13	Robert Duchesne	Democratic	Hudson
14	Richard Blanchard	Democratic	Old Town
15	Jacqueline Norton	Democratic	Bangor
16	Patricia Blanchette	Democratic	Bangor
17	Sean Faircloth	Democratic	Bangor
18	Michael Dunn	Democratic	Bangor
19	Emily Ann Cain	Democratic	Orono
20	Benjamin Pratt	Democratic	Eddington
21	Charles Fisher	Democratic	Brewer
22	Christian Greeley	Republican	Levant
23	David Richardson	Republican	Carmel
24	Douglas Thomas	Democratic	Ripley
25	Joshua Tardy	Democratic	Newport
26	James Annis	Democratic	Dover-Foxcroft
27	Peter Johnson	Republican	Greenville
28	Dean Cray	Republican	Palmyra
29	Stacy Allen Fitts	Republican	Pittsfield
30	Howard McFadden	Republican	Dennysville
31	Anne Perry	Democratic	Calais
32	Harold Ian Emory	Republican	Cutler
33	Joseph Tibbetts	Republican	Columbia
34	Robert Eaton	Democratic	Sullivan
35	Theodore Koffman	Democratic	Bar Harbor
36	Hannah Pingree	Democratic	North Haven
37	James Schatz	Democratic	Blue Hill
38	Robert Crosthwaite	Republican	Ellsworth
39	Brian Duprey	Republican	Hampden
40	Kimberley Rosen	Republican	Bucksport
41	Lance Weddell	Democratic	Frankfort
42	Michael Thibodeau	Republican	Winterport
43	Jayne Crosby Giles	Republican	Belfast
44	Robert Walker	Republican	Lincolnville
45	John Piotti	Democratic	Unity
46	David Miramant	Democratic	Camden
47	Edward Mazurek	Democratic	Rockland
48	Christopher Rector	Republican	Thomaston
49	Wesley Richardson	Republican	Warren
50	Wendy Pieh	Democratic	Bremen
51	Jonathan McKane	Republican	Newcastle
52	Elizabeth Miller	Democratic	Somerville
53	Peter Rines	Democratic	Wiscasset
54	Kenneth Fletcher	Republican	Winslow
55	H. David Cotta	Republican	China
56	Kimberley Silsby	Democratic	Augusta
57	Patsy Crockett	Democratic	Augusta
58	William Browne	Republican	Vassalboro
59	Stephen Hanley	Democratic	Gardiner
60	Kerri Prescott	Republican	Topsham
61	W. Bruce MacDonald	Democratic	Boothbay
62	Thomas Watson	Democratic	Bath
63	Charles Priest	Democratic	Brunswick
64	Leila Percy	Democratic	Phippsburg
65	Carol Grose	Democratic	Woolwich
66	Stan Gerzofsky	Democratic	Brunswick
67	Seth Barry	Republican	Bowdoinham
68	Michael Beaulieu	Republican	Auburn
69	Debra Simpson	Democratic	Auburn
70	Mark Paul Samson	Democratic	Auburn
71	Elaine Makas	Democratic	Lewiston
72	Michael Carey	Democratic	Lewiston
73	Richard Wagner	Democratic	Lewiston
74	Margaret Craven	Democratic	Lewiston
75	Scott Lansley	Republican	Sabattus
76	Marilyn Canavan	Democratic	Waterville
77	Pamela Trinward	Democratic	Waterville
78	Jill Conover	Democratic	Oakland
79	Sharon Treat	Democratic	Hallowell
80	Nancy Smith	Democratic	Monmouth
81	L. Gary Knight	Republican	Livermore Falls
82	Patrick Flood	Republican	Winthrop
83	Patricia Jones	Democratic	Mount Vernon
84	Edward Finch	Democratic	Fairfield
85	Donna Finley	Republican	Skowhegan
86	Philip Curtis	Republican	Madison
87	Raymond Pineau	Democratic	Jay
88	Wright Pinkham	Republican	Lexington Twp.
89	Janet Mills	Democratic	Farmington
90	Thomas Saviello	Independent	Wilton
91	Timothy Carter	Democratic	Bethel
92	John Patrick	Democratic	Rumford
93	Sheryl Briggs	Democratic	Mexico
94	Teresea Hayes	Democratic	Buckfield
95	H. Sawin Millett	Republican	Waterford
96	Lawrence Sirosis	Democratic	Turner
97	Roberta Muse	Republican	Fryeburg
98	Richard Sykes	Republican	Harrison
99	Ralph Sarty	Republican	Denmark
100	James Hamper	Republican	Oxford
101	Richard Sebra	Republican	Naples
102	Bary Moore	Republican	Standish
103	John Robinson	Republican	Raymond
104	Robert Berube	Republican	Lisbon
105	Michael Vaughn	Republican	Durham
106	David Webster	Democratic	Freeport
107	Richard Woodbury	Independent	Yarmouth
108	Meredith Strang Burgess	Republican	Cumberland
109	Susan Austin	Republican	Gray
110	Mark Bryant	Democratic	Windham
111	Gary Plummer	Republican	Windham
112	David Savage	Republican	Falmouth
113	John Brautigam	Democratic	Falmouth
114	Boyd Marley	Democratic	Portland
115	Glenn Cummings	Democratic	Portland
116	Charles Harlow	Democratic	Portland
117	Anne Haskel	Democratic	Portland
118	Jon Hinck	Democratic	Portland
119	Herbert Adams	Democratic	Portland
120	Anne Rand	Democratic	Portland
121	Cynthia Dill	Democratic	Cape Elizabeth
122	Larry Bliss	Democratic	South Portland
123	Jane Eberle	Democratic	South Portland
124	Bryan Kaenrath	Democratic	South Portland
125	Ann Peoples	Democratic	Westbrook
126	Timothy Driscoll	Democratic	Westbrook
127	John McDonough	Republican	Scarborough
128	Peggy Pendleton	Democratic	Scarborough
129	Christopher Barstow	Democratic	Gorham
130	David Farrington	Democratic	Gorham
131	Donald Marean	Republican	Hollis
132	George Hogan	Democratic	Old Orchard Beach
133	Donald Pilon	Democratic	Saco
134	Linda Valentino	Democratic	Saco
135	Paulette Beaudoin	Democratic	Biddeford
136	Stephen Beaudette	Democratic	Biddeford
137	Alan Casavant	Democratic	Biddeford
138	James Campbell	Republican	Newfield
139	Lawrence Jacobsen	Republican	Waterboro
140	Gary Connor	Democratic	Kennebunk
141	Christopher Babbidge	Democratic	Kennebunk
142	Andrea Boland	Democratic	Sanford
143	John Tuttle	Democratic	Sanford
144	Joan Nass	Republican	Acton
145	Richard John Burns	Democratic	Berwick
146	Bonnie Gould	Republican	South Berwick
147	Kathleen Chase	Republican	Wells
148	Sarah Lewin	Republican	Eliot
149	Dawn Hill	Democratic	York
150	Windol Weaver	Republican	York
151	Walter Wheeler	Democratic	Kittery
Penobscot	Donna Loring		Bradley
Passomaquoddy	Donald Sactomah		Indian Twp.

[edit] See also

• Maine State House
• Maine Legislature
• Maine Senate

[edit] External links

• Maine House of Representatives

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