Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Unenrolled

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Deborah; 3 Children: Sam, Ben, Matthew
Birth date: 10/10/1961
Birthplace: New Haven, CT
Home City: Yarmouth ME
Religion: Unitarian Universalist

Profession

Economist, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1988-present

Education

PhD, Harvard University, 1991 AM, Harvard University, 1988 BA, Williams College, 1983

Committees

Judiciary
Taxation

LD 1913 Worker's Compensation Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 1376 Repeal Same-Day Voter Registration
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LD 1046 Transgender Discrimination Law Amendments
Stage: Ought to Pass Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 1463 Penalties for Violent Offenses Against Fetuses
Stage: Ought to Pass as Amended Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 1333 Health Care Coverage Policy Changes
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

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LD 1913 Worker's Compensation Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 1376 Repeal Same-Day Voter Registration
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LD 1046 Transgender Discrimination Law Amendments
Stage: Ought to Pass Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 1463 Penalties for Violent Offenses Against Fetuses
Stage: Ought to Pass as Amended Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 1333 Health Care Coverage Policy Changes
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

LD 2247 Alcohol and Soda Tax for Health Care Funding
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 701 Slot Machine Authorization
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

LD 2247 Alcohol and Soda Tax for Health Care Funding
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 701 Slot Machine Authorization
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

LD 2304 Driver's License Residency Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 1932 School Consolidation
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

LD 701 Slot Machine Authorization
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

LD 1932 School Consolidation
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

LD 2289 2008-2009 Budget
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 2012 Prohibiting Smoking in Vehicles with Children
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 701 Slot Machine Authorization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LD 1925 Tax Cuts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCA T Education Reform and School Consolidation
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LD 203 Student Voter Registration Bill
Stage: Ought Not to Pass Vote
Vote: Yea

HCA T Education Reform and School Consolidation
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LD 1635 Recreational Bear Trapping Ban
Stage: Ought Not to Pass Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 805 Washington County Indian Casino Authorization Act
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

LD 805 Washington County Indian Casino Authorization Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 1021 Police and Firefighter Insurance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HCA A to LD 1845 Dirigo Health Insurance Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 1021 Police and Firefighter Insurance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LD 1481 Procedures for Citizen Proposed Initiatives
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 2056 Business Equipment Property Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 1381 Teacher Minimum Salary Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 1974 2006-2007 Supplemental Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 1938 Notification Requirements for Certain Firearm Purchases
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

LD 1974 2006-2007 Supplemental Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 235 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LD 1640 Charter School Pilot Program
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

LD 1912 Maine House of Representative’s Age Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LD 1798 Standardized Testing
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

LD 1690 Race Tracks and Casinos in Washington County
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

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