Maine: Cynthia Dill

Fri, 11/14/2008 - 14:29

Leadership elections video: Majority whip candidates

Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham), who was elected House majority whip Thursday, was up against five other candidates: Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth), Herb Clark (D-Millinocket), Richard Cleary (D-Houlton), Mike Carey (D-Lewiston) and Don Pilon (D-Saco).

See below for video of Dill, Clark, Carey and Pilon. Regrettably we were unable to get video of Cleary.

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 15:32

Seth Berry elected as majority whip

State Rep. Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham) was just elected House majority whip.

In a six way contest between Reps. Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth), Richard Cleary (D-Houlton), Mike Carey (D-Lewiston), Don Pilon (D-Saco) and Herb Clark (D-Millinocket), Berry got more than 50 percent of the vote, winning on the first ballot.

We will have more on the election later.

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 01:44

Leadership candidate: Cynthia Dill

Maine House Democrats will elect their leaders at 10 a.m. this morning. We have put together brief bios of each of the candidates, taken from the legislative record.

House Republicans will elect their leaders this afternoon, and those bios will be posted later this morning.

 

Cynthia Dill

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Tue, 11/11/2008 - 12:33

House to elect leaders Thursday

Republicans and Democrats in the Maine House will elect their respective leaders Thursday.

On the Democratic side, Rep. Hannah Pingree (D-North Haven) will likely be unopposed for House speaker.

For House majority leader, Reps. Gary Connor (D-Kennebunk), John Piotti (D-Unity) and Sharon Treat (D-Hallowell) have all announced intentions to run.

It is a five-way race for majority whip between:

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Sat, 09/27/2008 - 12:57

Long-time legislator to run for majority whip

State Rep. Herb Clark (D-Millinocket), who is running for his 11th term in the Legislature, has thrown his hat in the ring to be the House assistant majority leader.

Also running are Reps. Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham), Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth) and Don Pilon (D-Saco).

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 15:43

Three-way contest emerges for House majority whip

AUGUSTA -- State Reps. Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham), Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth) and Don Pilon (D-Saco) all have their eyes on the assistant majority leader slot next session, providing they win their respective races and the Democrats maintain the majority in the state House.

Current Majority Whip Sean Faircloth (D-Bangor) is not running for re-election, instead focusing on his bid for attorney general.

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 15:10

Treat, Piotti to compete for state House majority leader

AUGUSTA -- State Reps. John Piotti (D-Unity) and Sharon Treat (D-Hallowell) will compete to be House majority leader next session, providing they win their re-election bids and the Democrats maintain control of the House.

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Wed, 09/17/2008 - 13:51

Step Up for Kids rally at the State House

AUGUSTA -- A crowd of about 100 gathered on the State House steps this morning to urge voters to make children’s issues a priority in this election cycle.

The event was part of the national “Step Up for Kids” day. Gov. John Baldacci has issued a proclamation recognizing the day.

Issues at hand are access to pre-kindergarten education, preventing abuse and neglect, and addressing poverty.

Photos and video of the event are below.

 

Thu, 08/28/2008 - 18:09

Seven in Maine delegation are legislators

This year there were seven legislators in the Maine delegation to the Democratic National Convention, more than in recent history.

PolitickerME had the opportunity to talk with four state lawmakers at the delegation breakfast Thursday. State Rep. Elaine Makas (D-Lewiston) and Maine House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree (D-North Haven) are Obama delegates, and Rep. Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth) and Sen. Phillip Bartlett (D-Gorham) are Clinton delegates.