Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund PAC Announces Legislative Endorsements

(Portland, MAINE) Today, the Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund PAC announced endorsements for state legislative races for more than 140 candidates with strong pro reproductive rights and freedoms positions.

The dangerous and chilling Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has put abortion rights and sexual and reproductive healthcare at the center of this year’s midterm elections and candidates are eager to make their positions clear to voters. Voters want candidates who will stand up for safe, legal abortion and protect Maine laws, not repeal them. In the weeks since the release of Dobbs, more than 2500 Mainers have signed up to volunteer.

Statement from Nicole Clegg, Chair of Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund PAC:

“Anyone who tells you that voters don’t care about reproductive freedom and legal abortion is deeply disconnected from Mainers’ lives.  Everyone is touched by this issue directly or indirectly through a member of the family, friend, or neighbor and they do not want politicians involved in their decisions about pregnancy.”

“The simple reality is that access to reproductive health care including abortion is on the ballot this November. As we saw last week in Kansas, voters across the political spectrum want our basic rights protected and understand that who is in charge in Augusta will determine the future of our freedoms.”

Current Maine law protects access to abortion, requires public and private insurance coverage for the full range of pregnancy care including abortion, and allows trained qualified clinicians including nurse practitioners to offer abortion to their patients. While these laws are supported by strong majority of Maine voters, they are all subject to repeal.

Last year anti-abortion legislators introduced an unprecedented number of bills attacking abortion care in Maine. A majority of legislators supportive of access to abortion, the House and Senate defeated all of the bills, but the makeup of the legislature could change with this election -- giving anti-abortion politicians in Maine another chance to restrict or ban abortion as fourteen states including Texas, Oklahoma, Idaho, Kentucky, and Florida have already done.

A full list of endorsements is below, and you can view candidate photos and additional information about state senate endorsements and state house endorsements here on Facebook. 

Don't forget- voters in Maine can request their absentee ballot for any reason up to the week before Election Day. Request your absentee ballot today!

Senate Name	District
Jackson, Troy D.	1
Fienberg, Danielle	2
Bean, Shawn	3
Wheeler, Stanley A	5
Grohoski, Nicole C.	7
Tipping, Michael	8
Baldacci, Joseph	9
Cammack, Ralph Edward	10
Curry, Glenn Chip	11
Beebe-Center, Anne H.	12
Reny, Cameron D.	13
Hickman, Craig V.	14
St. Valle, Storme	15
LaFountain, David Philip	16
Rotundo, Margaret Rose	21
McKinney, Michael	22
Daughtry, Matthea	23
Vitelli, Eloise Adams	24
Pierce, Teresa S.	25
Nangle, Timothy	26
Duson, Jill Christine	27
Chipman, Benjamin	28
Carney, Anne M	29
Brenner, Stacy Fielding	30
Bailey, Donna	31
Ingwersen, Henry L	32
Williams, Kendra A	33
Rafferty, Joseph E., Jr.	34
Lawrence, Mark	35
House Name	District
Appleby, Dana	1
Rossignol, Jordyn Victoria	4
Perry, Anne Churchill	9
Hinerman, Melissa Louisa	10
Rogers, Roland E, III	11
Gott, Roy D	12
Worth, Mark	13
Williams, Lynne A	14
Eaton, Holly Rae	15
Milliken, Nina Azella	16
O'Connell, Kevin	20
Rana, Ambureen	21
Supica, Laura D.	22
Roeder, Amy J.	23
Osher, Laurie	25
Dill, James F.	26
DiPentino, Natalie Dawn	28
York, Laurie	29
Sidell, W. Louis , Jr.	30
Evans, Richard A.	31
Roma, Frank	34
Card, Kristen Marie	36
English-Flanagan, Margaret D.	37
Dodge, Janice S.	39
Zeigler, Stanley Paige, Jr.	40
Doudera, Victoria	41
Geiger, Valli D.	42
Matlack, Ann Higgins	43
Pluecker, William D	44
Collamore, Clinton E., Sr.	45
Crafts, Lydia V.	46
Fossel, Leslie Truman, Jr.	47
Stover, Holly B.	48
Hepler, Allison L	49
Paulhus, Sean C.	50
Jauch, Rebecca L.	51
Cluchey, Sally	52
Beckwith, Jane L.	53
Montell, Karen	54
Shagoury, Daniel Joseph	55
Hasenfus, Tavis Rock	57
LaRochelle, Raegan French	59
Bridgeo, Bill	60
Davidoff, Amy	61
Swift, Pamela J	62
Madigan, Colleen Mairead	64
Barnes, Alicia	66
Sezak, Robert	67
Perkins, Allison Mary	71
House, Vincent	73
Kimber, Gregory Mathias	74
Thurston, David Paul	78
Sipe, Daniel A	81
Burnett, Nathan Robert Leigh	82
Powers, Barry Foley	84
Struebing, Christopher Vincent	85
Fay, Jessica L	86
Taylor, Mary-Beth H.	87
Lee, Adam R.	89
Lipson, Hildie J	91
Craven, Margaret M.	93
Cloutier, Kristen Sarah	94
Breen, Orion Evenstar	98
Golek, Cheryl Ann	99
Ankeles, Daniel J.	100
Arford, Poppy T	101
Sachs, Melanie F.	102
Bell, Arthur L	103
Gass, Anne B	104
Graham, Annie	105
Reed, Dana	106
Pringle, Jane	107
Terry, Maureen Fitzgerald	108
Boyle, James Allen	109
Moriarty, Stephen W.	110
Kuhn, Amy D.	111
Crockett, W. Edward	112
Lookner, Grayson B.	113
Collings, Benjamin Thomas	114
Brennan, Michael F.	115
Zager, Samuel L.	116
Talbot Ross, Rachel	118
Skold, Charles A	119
Dhalac, Deqa	120
Kessler, Christopher	121
Reckitt, Lois Galgay	122
Millett, Rebecca	123
Warren, Sophia Bailey	124
Murphy, Kelly	125
Gattine, Drew M	126
Rielly, Morgan James	127
Salisbury, Suzanne	128
O'Neil, Margaret M	129
Copeland, Lynn H.	130
Gramlich, Lori Kathryn	131
Malon, Marc G., II	133
Gere, Traci L	134
Sayre, Daniel	135
Faucher, Robert	137
Barden, Michael Thomas, III	138
McAdam, John Matthew	141
Mastraccio, Annemarie	142
Norwood, Daniel	144
Hobbs, Daniel J.	145
Runte, Walter Gerard, Jr.	146
Sargent, Holly T.	147
Wheeler, Margaret Ann	148
Roberts, Tiffany Danielle	149
Meyer, Michele	150
Mathieson, Kristi	151

The Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund Political Action Committee promotes and preserves a health care landscape and a political climate favorable to women’s health by working to identify and elect supportive candidates seeking executive and legislative offices. The PPMEAF PAC is operated by the Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit membership organization formed as the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England in Maine. The Action Fund engages in educational and electoral activity, including voter education, grassroots organizing, and legislative advocacy.