Voters cast their ballots at the Quimby School gymnasium in Bingham, Maine on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (Photo by Michael G. Seamans/ Maine Morning Star)
Bangor-area voters will head to the polls Tuesday to fill a seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. Joe Perry.
They will choose between former Bangor mayor and Democratic legislator Sean Faircloth and Republican Carolyn Fish, who serves on the Bangor City Council.
The seat for Maine House of Representatives District 24 includes Veazie and parts of Bangor, Brewer and Orono. Perry left the seat shortly after being reelected last November because he was later confirmed as state treasurer.
The district leans Democratic and earlier this month the national Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee announced that Faircloth is among its “spotlight candidates,” who the committee supports by directing fundraising through its national network. Whereas Fish is traditionally financed, Faircloth is running as a clean elections candidate, which means he can only accept limited private contributions in order to be eligible for public funds. According to the most recent campaign filings, they have each raised over $18,000.
Either way it goes, the race is likely to have an impact on Democrats’ legislative agenda. The party currently holds a slim majority in the Maine House, with 75 seats to Republicans’ 73, with one independent and one unenrolled member.
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