Saco Bay Democrats

Notes:

• Each of the profiles below were provided by the respective candidate. As more profiles and convention speeches are provided to us we will update this page.

Saco voters can request absentee ballots by calling: 207-284-4831.

US Senate

Cynthia Dill

Cynthia Dill is an award-winning civil rights lawyer who resides in Cape Elizabeth with her husband and two children. Dill graduated from the University of Vermont in 1987, and from Northeastern University School of Law in 1990. For 20 years, Dill managed a successful law practice representing clients in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

After serving on the Cape Elizabeth Town Council for two years, Dill was elected to the Maine House in 2006, serving on the Judiciary and Ethics committees. She sponsored legislation creating the Broadband Strategy Council, and as a leading proponent of the expansion of broadband was instrumental in obtaining over $35 million for the Three Ring Binder Project, a nationally recognized private/public partnership that will bring high-speed Internet to rural Maine, widely expanding the potential for jobs, educational opportunity, healthcare and public safety.

In May 2011, Dill was elected to the Senate with 68% of the vote in a special election to represent District 7, comprised of South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and part of Scarborough.

Nationally, Dill was appointed vice chairwoman of the National Conference of State Legislature's Communication, Financial Affairs and Interstate Commerce Committee, and was a member of the Executive Committee Task Force on State and Local Taxation of Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce.

Dill also has worked as the Director of the Common Cause Digital Democracy Project in Washington, DC, and is an adjunct faculty member at Southern Maine Community College. In August 2011, she founded Friends of the Maine Woods, a statewide organization advocating for creation of a Maine Woods National Park.

Dill is a member of the First Congregational Church of South Portland, where she taught Sunday School for many years and is an active community volunteer.

Matthew Dunlap

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Jon Hink

State Representative Jon Hinck (D-Portland) has spent his life as an advocate, teacher, and champion for working people. He is a leading progressive voice on education, equality and economic opportunity; working to extend broadband infrastructure and other innovations to rural Maine and supporting the creation of new jobs. In Legislature, he has sponsored important environmental, energy and civil rights legislation. As Chairman of the Committee on Energy, Hinck has been a driving force for energy independence by promoting clean, homegrown power and efficiency to lower energy costs for Maine homes and businesses.

He is an attorney concentrating on protecting the rights and interests of working families and the environment. Hinck successfully represented commercial fishermen after the Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill; Maine well owners harmed by MTBE groundwater contamination; and the State of Maine in the legal case against tobacco companies which resulted in the Fund for a Healthy Maine.

In 1979, Hinck co-founded Greenpeace USA where he spearheaded major efforts in marine ecology, energy and toxics issues. He later served as Campaign Director for Greenpeace International in charge of the group's worldwide program. As staff attorney with the Natural Resources Council of Maine, he led a successful effort in 2004 to enact Maine's landmark electronic waste law that requires manufacturer responsibility for environmentally sound recycling of computers and TVs.

Jon Hinck brings new energy and new vision to restore the American Promise to all Mainers--from Fort Kent to Fryeburg, from Eastport to Eliot.

Benjamin Pollard

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US Representative - First District

Chellie Pingree

Chellie Pingree was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1955, the youngest of four children. Her father, Harry, worked in advertising and her mother, Dorothy, was a nurse. Chellie moved to Maine as a teenager, attended the University of Southern Maine, and graduated from the College of the Atlantic, in Bar Harbor. After college, she moved to North Haven, an island town of 350 people twelve miles off the coast of Rockland, to raise her family and make a living.

Chellie has worked hard throughout her life - as a mother, as a farmer, as a small business owner, and in politics. She knows how difficult it can be to meet payroll and run a business in a small, rural community. Right after college, Chellie and her husband, Charlie, spent several years running a small farm and selling produce locally. In 1981, she started North Island Yarn, a cottage industry of local knitters, with a retail store on the island. The business expanded quickly, becoming North Island Designs, and employed as many as ten local workers in peak seasons. The business sold knitting kits and pattern books nationwide through 500 retail stores and 100,000 mail order catalogues. She sold the business in 1993.

Today, in addition to her political life, Chellie co-owns and helps manage Nebo Lodge, a bed & breakfast and restaurant on North Haven, which she started with several partners in 2006.

Senate District 4 - Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Biddeford (Map)

Stephen Beaudette

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David E. Dutremble

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Senate District 5 - Biddeford, Dayton, Old Orchard Beach, Saco (Map)

Don Pilon

What Maine needs in Augusta is common sense to make strong laws that will help our citizens, and the experience to guide those laws through enactment. Having worked hard for you for several terms as a State Representative, I have that experience. With Your vote, I pledge to continue to serve you with compassion, integrity and pride.

Linda Valentino

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State House # 132 - Biddeford (Map)

Pierre Bouthiller

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Roxanne V. Frenette

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Gregory T. Kidd

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State House # 133 - Biddeford (Map)

Marc Atherton

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State House # 134 - Biddeford (Map)

Justin Chenette

Justin Chenette is a graduate of Thornton Academy and holds a degree in TV News from Lyndon State College. While in high school, Justin was the station manager of TATV Channel 3 and hosted the public affairs show, The Issue.

In 2008, Gov. John Baldacci appointed Justin to the Maine State Board of Education as the first member to be a student. During then Senator Obama's successful run for President, he interned for the Maine Democratic Party as a Youth Organizer. During 2010, Justin worked with Saco officials as a Communications Intern to develop multimedia.

Currently, Justin works as the Assistant Morning Producer for Fox 23's Good Day Maine, Host of Youth of Politics on WPXT/WPME, and is running for State Representative District 134-Saco.

Sonya Lundh-Gay

Sonya Lundh-Gay, 42, mother of five grown children, is a seasonal employee for LLBean and runs a small farm in Saco with her husband. She raised two US Marine sons and one teacher daughter. Sonya worked two jobs at times to support her family and knows how hard it can be to meet a budget, when the money just isn't there.

Sonya was Roger Gay's campaign manager and treasurer in the 2010 election for State House Rep District 134. She has life experience that makes up for her lack of political knowledge. Sonya is a working American and will do whatever it takes to stand for justice for Mainers.

Sonya will fight for fair living wages, welfare reform, education and healthcare for ALL, farmers, small businessmen and wants to build greenhouses to supply Mainers with healthy locally grown food. Our disabled should have access to all businesses. Retiree's deserve to retire without stress and worry. Veterans are lacking in proper care. Teachers should not have their pay or retirement benefits reduced because the budget can not be met. We need to work together and fix these problems so that future generations will not suffer.

State House # 135 - Biddeford (Map)

Paulette Beaudoin

Paulette Beaudoin was born in Biddeford and lives here with her husband of 54 years. For years she has been an advocate for senior citizens across the state. She is vice president of the Maine Council of Senior Citizens and an advisory council member for the Southern Maine Agency on Aging. Paulette Beaudoin is also a member and past Regent of the Daughters of Isabella in Biddeford.

Paulette Beaudoin will fight for your right to: quality, accessible healthcare; affordable housing and heating oil; a job in Maine; fair taxation; a good education; a clean environment; and a comfortable retirement.

State House # 136 - Biddeford (Map)

Megan Rochelo

I'm excited to be running for re-election to the Maine House of Representatives. I look forward to continuing the work I've been doing in Augusta, moving our community forward in a positive direction through economic development, supporting small businesses and ensuring our communities and environments are healthy and prosperous.

I have a background public health and a desire to work to ensure everyone has the ability to live a healthy and productive life in a community that supports them. I'm passionate and dedicated to making Biddeford, once again, a thriving city that people are excited to work, live and play in.

My husband Jason and I live with our two dogs in a great house built in 1920 within walking distance of downtown Biddeford. We spend our spare time working to renovate and restore the house. Jason is a boat builder and marine technician who graduated from The Landing School in Arundel. In our free time we enjoy exploring all the great outdoor opportunities in Maine on both land and water.

State House # 137 - Biddeford (Map)

Alan Casavant

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Nancy Sullivan

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State House # 140 - Dayton (Map)