MEA Endorsed Candidates 2026

Why do we endorse candidates?

MEA brings together members to screen candidates who support us and advocate for pro-education policies that support our schools, our students, and our professions. Endorsing and electing candidates who support MEA’s goals increases the Union’s ability to pass favorable legislation.
Learn more about our endorsement process.

U.S. Senate

Troy Jackson

Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate

Maine Education Association Endorses Troy Jackson for US Senate. Read More.

U.S. Congress

Chellie Pingree

Democratic U.S. House Candidate, 1st District

U.S. Congress

Matt Dunlap

Democratic U.S. House Candidate, 2nd District

Maine Education Association Announces Support for Matt Dunlap in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Read more.

Governor

Hannah Pingree

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate

Maine Education Association Endorses Hannah Pingree for Governor. Read more.

State House

Office	District	County	Party	Full_Name
State Representative	2	Aroostook	D	Roland Daniel Martin
State Representative	3	Aroostook	D	David H McCrea
State Representative	7	Aroostook	D	Matthew J Rush
State Representative	10	Washington	D	Genevieve M Lemire
State Representative	14	Hancock	D	Gary R Friedmann
State Representative	15	Hancock	D	Holly R Eaton
State Representative	16	Hancock	D	Nina Azella Milliken
State Representative	20	Penobscot	D	Dani O'Halloran
State Representative	21	Penobscot	D	Ambureen Rana
State Representative	22	Penobscot	D	Laura D Supica
State Representative	23	Penobscot	D	Victoria P Kornfield
State Representative	24	Penobscot	D	Sean F Faircloth
State Representative	25	Penobscot	D	Laurie Osher
State Representative	26	Penobscot	D	James F Dill
State Representative	28	Penobscot	D	Gordon P Street
State Representative	29	Penobscot	D	Nancy Marie McDowell
State Representative	34	Penobscot	D	James P McClymer
State Representative	35	Penobscot	D	Debora S Farnham
State Representative	36	Penobscot	D	Clifton Guy Foster
State Representative	37	Waldo	D	Alan Lee Orcutt
State Representative	38	Waldo	D	Kayla M.T. Miller
State Representative	39	Waldo	D	Madison Crissey Cook
State Representative	40	Knox	D	D. Michael Ray
State Representative	41	Knox	D	Joshua D Gerritsen
State Representative	42	Knox	D	Valli D Geiger
State Representative	43	Knox	D	Rhiannon Corey Hampson
State Representative	44	Knox	I	Shawn Saindon
State Representative	46	Lincoln	D	Jennifer F Mayher
State Representative	47	Lincoln	D	Wayne K Farrin
State Representative	48	Lincoln	D	Charlotte Nutt
State Representative	50	Sagadahoc	D	David A Sinclair
State Representative	51	Sagadahoc	D	Rafael Macias
State Representative	52	Sagadahoc	D	Sally Jeane Cluchey
State Representative	53	Kennebec	D	Richard Marc Goldman
State Representative	54	Kennebec	D	Karen L Montell
State Representative	55	Kennebec	D	Maureen AuCoin
State Representative	56	Androscoggin	D	Robin L Upton-Sukeforth
State Representative	57	Kennebec	D	Tavis Rock Hasenfus
State Representative	58	Franklin	U	Sharon Frost
State Representative	59	Kennebec	D	Katrina Couch Ray-Saulis
State Representative	60	Kennebec	D	William R Bridgeo
State Representative	62	Kennebec	D	Pamela Jo Swift
State Representative	63	Kennebec	D	Taylor Marie West
State Representative	64	Kennebec	D	Flavia M DeBrito
State Representative	65	Kennebec	D	Cassie Lynn Julia
State Representative	67	Kennebec	D	Matthew C Townsend
State Representative	73	Franklin	D	Daniel J Simonds
State Representative	76	Androscoggin	D	Trevor Alex Doiron
State Representative	79	Oxford	D	Brianna Fern Lueck
State Representative	82	Oxford	D	Christopher Alfred Lewey
State Representative	83	Cumberland	D	Timothy J Becker
State Representative	84	Cumberland	D	Cassandra Anne Dove
State Representative	85	Cumberland	D	Paul Harris Welch
State Representative	86	Androscoggin	D	Abigail N Geer
State Representative	88	Androscoggin	D	Dana N Staples
State Representative	89	Androscoggin	D	Adam R Lee
State Representative	90	Androscoggin	D	Pamela B Hart
State Representative	93	Androscoggin	D	Julia McCabe
State Representative	94	Androscoggin	D	Scott A Harriman
State Representative	96	Androscoggin	D	Luke Dylan Jensen
State Representative	98	Androscoggin	D	Kilton McCarthy Webb
State Representative	99	Cumberland	D	Cheryl A Golek
State Representative	100	Cumberland	D	Daniel Joseph Ankeles
State Representative	101	Cumberland	D	Poppy T Arford
State Representative	102	Cumberland	D	Maura H Pillsbury
State Representative	104	Cumberland	I	Louis Samuel Pfeifle
State Representative	105	Cumberland	D	Anne Palmer Graham
State Representative	106	Cumberland	D	Bradley M Youngs
State Representative	107	Cumberland	D	Joseph A Campbell
State Representative	108	Cumberland	D	Parnell W Terry
State Representative	109	Cumberland	D	Seven R Siegel
State Representative	110	Cumberland	D	Christina R.C. Mitchell
State Representative	111	Cumberland	D	Amy D Kuhn
State Representative	112	Cumberland	D	Sean M Mahoney
State Representative	113	Cumberland	D	Grayson Benjamin Lookner
State Representative	114	Cumberland	D	April D Fournier
State Representative	115	Cumberland	D	Andrew J Zarro
State Representative	116	Cumberland	D	Samuel Lewis Zager
State Representative	117	Cumberland	D	Matthew Moonen
State Representative	118	Cumberland	D	Yusuf M Yusuf
State Representative	119	Cumberland	D	Michael P Dixon
State Representative	120	Cumberland	D	Jason J Shedlock
State Representative	122	Cumberland	D	Matthew D Beck
State Representative	123	Cumberland	D	Michelle N Boyer
State Representative	125	Cumberland	D	Kelly Maureen Noonan Murphy
State Representative	126	Cumberland	D	Andrew Gattine
State Representative	127	Cumberland	D	Morgan J Rielly
State Representative	128	Cumberland	D	Suzanne M Salisbury
State Representative	129	York	D	Marshall F Archer
State Representative	131	York	D	Robert James Kelly
State Representative	132	York	D	Ryan Fecteau
State Representative	133	York	D	Marc G Malon
State Representative	134	York	D	Traci Gere
State Representative	135	York	D	Lisa Joy Pratt
State Representative	137	York	D	Charles Tilburg
State Representative	138	York	D	Oliver D McAvoy
State Representative	140	York	D	Kirstan L Watson
State Representative	141	York	D	Rebecca L Flood Andrews
State Representative	143	York	D	John R Henkelman
State Representative	145	York	D	Kristin T Davis
State Representative	146	York	D	Walter Gerard Runte
State Representative	147	York	D	Holly T Sargent
State Representative	149	York	D	Mallory A Cook
State Representative	150	York	D	Alexandros Orestis
State Representative	151	York	D	Kristi M Mathieson

State Senate

Office	District	County	Party	Full_Name
State Senate	1	Aroostook	D	Vaughn J Mclaughlin
State Senate	5	Franklin	D	Robert F Sullebarger
State Senate	7	Hancock	D	Nicole C Grohoski
State Senate	8	Penobscot	D	Michael Tipping
State Senate	9	Penobscot	D	Amy J Roeder
State Senate	11	Waldo	D	Glenn Chip Curry
State Senate	12	Knox	D	Ann H Matlack
State Senate	13	Lincoln	D	Cameron Reny
State Senate	14	Kennebec	D	Craig V Hickman
State Senate	15	Kennebec	D	Amanda Ann Heath
State Senate	16	Kennebec	D	Patric Aaron Moore
State Senate	17	Androscoggin	D	Jo-Jean C Keller
State Senate	18	Oxford	D	Elizabeth D Bosworth
State Senate	19	Oxford	D	Peter J Southam
State Senate	20	Androscoggin	D	Michael R Scott
State Senate	21	Androscoggin	D	Shanna Cox
State Senate	22	Cumberland	D	Nathan Robert Leigh Burnett
State Senate	23	Cumberland	D	Matthea Elisabeth Daughtry
State Senate	24	Sagadahoc	D	Denise Tepler
State Senate	25	Cumberland	D	Teresa S Pierce
State Senate	26	Cumberland	D	Timothy E Nangle
State Senate	27	Cumberland	D	Jill C Duson
State Senate	28	Cumberland	D	Rachel Talbot Ross
State Senate	29	Cumberland	D	Anne M Carney
State Senate	30	Cumberland	D	Sophia Bailey Warren
State Senate	31	York	D	Donna Bailey
State Senate	32	York	D	Henry L Ingwersen
State Senate	33	York	D	Mark H Vigliotta
State Senate	34	York	D	Daniel R Sayre
State Senate	35	York	D	Michele Meyer