Our September 19 meeting featured two guest speakers. Executive Director, Democracy Maine and League of Women Voters of Maine, Anna Kellar shared a presentation on the November 5 Ballot Questions. Voter Protection and Access Director for the Maine Democratic Party, Will Hayward shared an Introduction to Voter Protection presentation. Get the slides and watch the ballot question presentation video here....

25 September, 2024 /

We have the Maine roll call video and clips from our very own Barbara Cray who is in Chicago this week with the Maine delegation!...

21 August, 2024 /

Our May meeting featured a legislative update by Sen. Cameron Reny and Reps. Holly Stover & Lydia Crafts; David Costello, candidate for U.S. Senate, introduced himself and his campaign; Lincoln County Probate Judge William Avantaggio announced his re-election bid and write-in candidacy for the June primary; and a brief introduction by newly announced candidates Wayne Farrin (HD47). Watch the video here....

31 May, 2024 /

Our September meeting featured a legislative update from Sen. Cameron Reny and Reps. Lydia Crafts and Holly Stover and Lane Sturtevant from the League of Women Voters of Maine gave a primer on the Nov ballot questions 5-8. Committee Business included a platform update, financial report and other announcements. Read all about it here and watch the video....

02 October, 2023 /

Our June meeting featured a roundtable discussion about local Restorative Justice Practices with Drew Himmelstein of Restorative Justice Project Maine, District Attorney Natasha Irving, and Sheriff Todd Bracket, moderated by Barbara Cray. Committee Business included Outreach updates and announcements about LCDC and other local events. Read all about it here and watch the video....

13 July, 2023 /

Continuing on from last month's Legislative Advocacy 101 presentation, the March 23, 2023 meeting welcomed Will Hayward, advocacy program coordinator for the League of Women Voters Maine and Democracy Maine and Sen. Cameron Reny and Rep. Lydia Crafts who reviewed some of their priority legislation for this session. Committee Business included announcements about upcoming elections for State Party Committee positions and more. Read all about it here and watch the video....

30 March, 2023 /

LCDC met on Feb 23, 2023. Our full agenda featured a Legislative Advocacy 101 presentation by Destie Hohman Sprague (she/her), executive director of the Maine Women’s Lobby, and Rep. Stover who shared some details on a few upcoming bills that she is sponsoring (video available). Committee Business included an update about a potential special election, a 2022 financial report, approval of appointments to the Executive Committee and more. Read all about it here and watch the video....

04 March, 2023 /

At this caucus-replacement event we introduced our Lincoln County Democratic candidates, heard from some of our local town Democratic committee leaders, and were inspired by a keynote address given by a Lincoln Academy sophomore. Watch the video and get candidate contact information here....

06 March, 2022 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on February 17, 2022 via Zoom. During the 2022 Campaign Kickoff, we met many of our candidates, explained the changes to the house districts, and talked about how our campaign volunteers can support candidates and work with the LCDC Campaign Team to keep Lincoln County blue! The video replay is available here along with some notes and links...

20 February, 2022 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on January 20, 2022 via Zoom. We received a Pine Tree Amendment Update from guest speakers Sen. Chloe Maxmin and local activists Andy Burt and Michelle Henkin. We were also introduced to two Democratic Candidates vying for the State Senate District 13 seat that Sen. Maxmin will be vacating. And, Chris shared a presentation about our Caucus 2022 replacement plans. The video replay is available here along with some notes and links...

21 January, 2022 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on November 18, 2021 via Zoom. Our guest speaker Rep. Seth Berry provided an update on Our Power’s initiative asking voters to replace Maine’s two investor-owned corporate utilities, Central Maine Power and Versant, with a new nonprofit consumer-owned utility called the Pine Tree Power Company. Rep. Charlotte Warren also briefly introduced the Protect Maine Elections citizen initiative. The video replay is available here along with a copy of the presentation, some notes and links....

22 November, 2021 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on October 21, 2021 via Zoom. Our guest speaker Brian Colleran, of Alna, who recently served as a consultant to the Maine Reapportionment Commission, and is now a senior director for the Maine House Democratic Campaign Committee, gave a presentation regarding the redistricting changes that have been approved based upon the 2020 census data. The video replay is available here along with a copy of the presentation, some notes and links....

25 October, 2021 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on September 16, 2021 via Zoom. Our theme was "Women who run for office" featuring guest speakers Molly Cowan, Northeast Regional Director for EMILY's List and Ashley McCurry, Executive Director of Emerge Maine. The video replay is available here along with some notes and links....

19 September, 2021 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on July 15, 2021 via Zoom. During this meeting we received legislative, judicial and state party updates from: Senate Majority Leader Eloise Vitelli (SD 23), Sen. Chloe Maxmin (SD 13), Reps. Allison Hepler (HD 53), and Holly Stover (HD 89), District Attorney Natasha Irving (PD 6), and Gaetan Davis, the new executive director of the Maine Democratic Party. The video replay is available....

17 July, 2021 /

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee met on June 17, 2021. For Pride Month we welcomed Quinn Gormley, Executive Director of MaineTransNet to discuss the status of legislation that seeks to restrict the civil rights of transgender youth and adults and talk about ways allies can support their trans family, friends, and neighbors. Links to resources and a video replay is available....

18 June, 2021 /
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