2022 Elections Bring Big Wins for Working People!

“There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls” – Walter Reuther
This fall union members from all over Maine knocked on doors and made phone calls from Windham to Waldo County and Winthrop to For Kent to talk to voters about pro-labor candidates running for the Governor and Maine Legislature. On election night their hard work paid off big time with wins in nearly all of the pro-worker candidates we worked to get elected.
Governor Janet Mills cruised to a victory over anti-union Paul LePage with nearly 56 percent of the vote.
Mainers once again elected a pro-labor majority to the Maine Legislature. As of November 9th, we expect there will be 22 Democrats and 12 Republicans in the Maine Senate between Democrat BettyAnn Sheets and Republican Eric Brakey too close to call. We expect 82 Democrats, 67 Republicans and 2 Unenrolled in the Maine House. While some races are not yet decided, but not enough to doubt a pro-worker majority in the Maine Senate and Maine House. This means that Maine’s Legislature will likely re-elect Attorney General Aaron Frey, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Treasurer Henry Beck.
Below is a list of Maine AFL-CIO-endorsed legislative candidates and the outcome of their elections:
Name | Office | Dist. | Type | Result |
Troy Jackson | Senate | 1 | Incumbent | Elected |
Danielle Fienberg | Senate | 2 | Challenger | Not Elected |
Shawn Bean | Senate | 3 | Challenger | Not Elected |
Stan Wheeler | Senate | 5 | Challenger | Not Elected |
Nicole Grohoski | Senate | 7 | Incumbent | Elected |
Mike Tipping | Senate | 8 | Open | Elected |
Joseph Baldacci | Senate | 9 | Incumbent | Elected |
Ralph Cammack | Senate | 10 | Open | Not Elected |
Chip Curry | Senate | 11 | Incumbent | Elected |
Anne "Pinny" Beebe-Center | Senate | 12 | Open | Elected |
Cameron Reny | Senate | 13 | Open | Elected |
Craig Hickman | Senate | 14 | Incumbent | Elected |
Storme St. Valle | Senate | 15 | Challenger | Not Elected |
David LaFountain | Senate | 16 | Open | Elected |
Matt Bean | Senate | 19 | Challenger | Not Elected |
Bettyann Sheats | Senate | 20 | Open | Likely Not Elected |
Margaret Rotundo | Senate | 21 | Open | Elected |
Michael McKinney | Senate | 22 | Open | Not Elected |
Matthea Daughtry | Senate | 23 | Incumbent | Elected |
Eloise Vitelli | Senate | 24 | Incumbent | Elected |
Teresa Pierce | Senate | 25 | Open | Elected |
Tim Nangle | Senate | 26 | Open | Elected |
Jill Duson | Senate | 27 | Open | Elected |
Ben Chipman | Senate | 28 | Incumbent | Elected |
Anne Carney | Senate | 29 | Incumbent | Elected |
Stacy Brenner | Senate | 30 | Incumbent | Elected |
Donna Bailey | Senate | 31 | Incumbent | Elected |
Henry Ingwersen | Senate | 32 | Open | Elected |
Kendra Williams | Senate | 33 | Open | Not Elected |
Joseph Rafferty | Senate | 34 | Incumbent | Elected |
Maine House of Representatives:
Name | Office | Dist. | Type | Recommendation |
Bernard Paradis | House | 2 | Not Elected | |
David McCrea | House | 3 | Not Elected | |
Jordyn Rossignol | House | 4 | Not Elected | |
Kevin Freeman | House | 5 | Not Elected | |
Kevin Ritchie | House | 8 | Not Elected | |
Melissa Hinerman | House | 10 | Not Elected | |
Roland Rogers | House | 11 | Not Elected | |
J. Mark Worth | House | 13 | Elected | |
Lynne Williams | House | 14 | Elected | |
Holly Eaton | House | 15 | Elected | |
Nina Milliken | House | 16 | Elected | |
Ron Russell | House | 17 | Elected | |
Tim Throckmorton | House | 18 | Not Elected | |
Kevin O'Connell | House | 20 | Elected | |
Ambureen Rana | House | 21 | Elected | |
Laura Supica | House | 22 | Elected | |
Amy Roeder | House | 23 | Elected | |
Laurie Osher | House | 25 | Elected | |
Jim Dill | House | 26 | Elected | |
Peter Crockett | House | 27 | Not Elected | |
Natalie DiPentino | House | 28 | Not Elected | |
Laurie York | House | 29 | Not Elected | |
Richard Evans | House | 31 | Not Elected | |
Frank Roma | House | 34 | Not Elected | |
Kristen Card | House | 36 | Not Elected | |
Maggie English-Flanagan | House | 37 | Not Elected | |
Robyn Stanicki | House | 38 | Not Elected | |
Jan Dodge | House | 39 | Elected | |
Stanley Paige Zeigler | House | 40 | Elected | |
Victoria Doudera | House | 41 | Elected | |
Valli Geiger | House | 42 | Elected | |
Ann Matlack | House | 43 | Elected | |
William Pluecker | House | 44 | Elected | |
Clint Collamore | House | 45 | Elected | |
Lydia Crafts | House | 46 | Elected | |
Evan Goodkowsky | House | 47 | Not Elected | |
Allison Hepler | House | 49 | Elected | |
Sean Paulhus | House | 50 | Elected | |
Rebecca Jauch | House | 51 | Elected | |
Sally Cluchey | House | 52 | Elected | |
Karen Montell | House | 54 | Elected | |
Dan Shagoury | House | 55 | Elected | |
Kent Ackley | House | 56 | Not Elected | |
Tavis Hasenfus | House | 57 | Elected | |
Bob Neal | House | 58 | Not Elected | |
Raegan LaRochelle | House | 59 | Elected | |
Amy Davidoff | House | 61 | Not Elected | |
Pam Swift | House | 62 | Not Elected | |
Colleen Madigan | House | 64 | Elected | |
Bruce White | House | 65 | Elected | |
Alicia Barnes | House | 66 | Not Elected | |
Robert Sezak | House | 67 | Not Elected | |
Stanley Short | House | 68 | Not Elected | |
Allison Perkins | House | 71 | Not Elected | |
Greg Kimber | House | 74 | Not Elected | |
Tamara Hoke | House | 76 | Not Elected | |
Bonita Bishop | House | 77 | Not Elected | |
David Thurston | House | 78 | Not Elected | |
Daniel Sipe | House | 81 | Not Elected | |
Nathan Burnett | House | 82 | Not Elected | |
Barry Powers | House | 84 | Not Elected | |
Christopher Struebing | House | 85 | Not Elected | |
Mary-Beth Taylor | House | 87 | Not Elected | |
Adam Lee | House | 89 | Elected | |
Tom Fogarty | House | 90 | Not Elected | |
Hildie Lipson | House | 91 | Not Elected | |
Margaret M Craven | House | 93 | Elected | |
Kristen Cloutier | House | 94 | Elected | |
Mana Abdi | House | 95 | Elected | |
Orion Breen | House | 98 | Not Elected | |
Cheryl Golek | House | 99 | Elected | |
Dan Ankeles | House | 100 | Elected | |
Poppy Arford | House | 101 | Elected | |
Melanie Sachs | House | 102 | Elected | |
Anne Graham | House | 105 | Elected | |
Dana Reed | House | 106 | Not Elected | |
Jane Pringle | House | 107 | Elected | |
Jim Boyle | House | 109 | Elected | |
Steve Moriarty | House | 110 | Elected | |
Amy Kuhn | House | 111 | Elected | |
Edward Crockett | House | 112 | Elected | |
Sam Zager | House | 116 | Elected | |
Deqa Dhalac | House | 120 | Elected | |
Lois Reckitt | House | 122 | Elected | |
Rebecca Millett | House | 123 | Elected | |
Kelly Murphy | House | 125 | Elected | |
Morgan Rielly | House | 127 | Elected | |
Suzanne Salisbury | House | 128 | Elected | |
Maggie O'Neil | House | 129 | Elected | |
Lynn Copeland | House | 130 | Elected | |
Lori Gramlich | House | 131 | Elected | |
Erin Sheehan | House | 132 | Elected | |
Marc Malon | House | 133 | Elected | |
Traci Gere | House | 134 | Elected | |
Daniel Sayre | House | 135 | Elected | |
Joe Wagner | House | 136 | Not Elected | |
Robert Faucher | House | 137 | Not Elected | |
Daniel Norwood | House | 144 | Not Elected | |
Daniel J Hobbs | House | 145 | Elected | |
Peg Wheeler | House | 148 | Not Elected | |
Tiffany Roberts | House | 149 | Elected | |
Michele Meyer | House | 150 | Elected | |
Kristi Mathieson | House | 151 | Elected |