Endorsements 2014

 

Sierra Club Maine proudly endorses the following pro-environment candidates:

Mike Michaud for Maine Governor (see more info below)
Emily Cain for Congress, 2nd District (see more info below)
Chellie Pingree for Congress, 1st District 

Maine State Senate

  • Anne Haskell, District 28, Portland
  • Bill Diamond, District 26, Windham
  • Cathy Breen, District 25, Falmouth
  • Chris Johnson, District 13, Coopers Mills
  • David Dutremble, District 32, Biddeford
  • David Miramant, District 12, Camden
  • Eloise Vitelli, District 19, Sagadahoc
  • Geoff Gratwick, District 9, Bangor
  • Guy Dejardins, District 22, Sabattus
  • Jim Boyle, District 6, Gorham
  • John Cleveland, District 20, Auburn
  • John Tuttle, District 33, Sanford
  • Justin Alfond, District 27, Portland
  • Linda Valentino, District 31, Saco
  • Ted Koffman, District 7, Bar Harbor

Maine House of Representatives 

  • Adam Goode, District 127, Bangor
  • Anne Graham, District 46, North Yarmouth
  • Ben Chipman, District 40, Portland
  • Bettyann Sheats, District 64, Auburn
  • Bob Duchesne, District 121, Hudson
  • Brian Hubbell, District 135, Bar Harbor
  • Callie Pecunies, District 117, Albany Township
  • Charlotte Warren, District 84, Hallowell
  • Dennise Whitley, District 71, Norway
  • Dwight Ely, District 28, Scarborough
  • Elizabeth Dickerson, District 93, Rockland
  • Heidi Brooks, District 61, Lewiston
  • Henry Beck, District 110, Waterville
  • Janice Cooper, District 47, Yarmouth
  • Jeff McCabe, District 85, Skowhegan
  • Joan Welsh, District 94, Rockport
  • John Schneck, District 126, Bangor
  • Joseph Brooks, District 23, Winterport
  • Kim Monaghan-Derrig, District 30, Cape Elizabeth
  • Margaret Rotundo, District 59, Lewiston
  • Mick Devin, District 90, Newcastle
  • Paul Aranson, District 29, Scarborough
  • Ralph Chapman, District 37, Brooksville
  • Roberta Beavers, District 2, South Berwick
  • Sara Gideon, District 106, Freeport
  • Wayne Werts, District 63, Auburn
  • Nate Libby, District 16, Lewiston

Mike Michaud for Governor

At a news conference on Nov. 25, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Rep. Mike Michaud to replace Paul LePage to be Maine’s next governor. Sierra Club’s Maine Chapter leaders said that he is the best candidate to restore Maine’s leadership in protecting our environment and transitioning to a more prosperous, clean energy economy.

“Mike Michaud shares Mainers’ conservation values, and he understands that protecting our precious environment and public health is critical to Maine’s economic vitality,” said Melissa Walsh Innes, Sierra Club Maine’s Political Team Chair and former Maine state legislator.  “With his valuable experience as a state and federal legislator, and his deeply-felt desire to serve the public interest, Mike will be a great governor to lead Maine.”

FIND OUT MORE:  

"Mike Michaud is Maine’s Environmental Champion," Bangor Daily News Op-Ed, by Sierra Club Maine's Political Team Leader Meliss Walsh Innes
Factsheet on Mike Michaud's Pro-Environmental Record
Factsheet on Paul LePage's Anti-Environmental Record

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EMILY CAIN FOR CONGRESS

 

Sierra Club’s Maine Chapter endorses State Senator Emily Cain to represent Maine’s 2nd Congressional district.  The Club’s leaders said that Cain is the best candidate to protect our nation’s environment, health and safety.  Sierra Club made its decision to endorse Cain after interviewing her and reviewing heranswers to the Club’s candidate questionnaire.  Bruce Poliquin, her opponent, did not respond to the Club’s questionnaire.

“Emily Cain will be a strong Maine voice in Congress for taking action on climate change, promoting clean renewable power, defending our nation’s landmark environmental protection and conservation laws, and calling for stronger health standards for toxic chemicals and other pollutants,” said Melissa Walsh Innes, Sierra Club Maine’s Political Team Chair and former Maine state legislator.

In her Sierra Club questionnaire, Cain wrote:  “For the health of the planet, the public and our economy, our nation must move to a clean energy future. In order to keep the United States economically competitive, create jobs, and become less dependent on other nations Congress should advance clean energy policies and investments that will hasten our nation’s transition from an overreliance on fossil fuels to a clean energy economy.”

Cain is opposed to extreme fossil fuel development and infrastructure like the proposed Keystone and Northeast tar sands pipelines, oil drilling offshore and in protected wilderness areas, and the proposed East-West highway.  She will work to ensure that the Army Corp of Engineers conducts a comprehensive environmental impact study of the proposed dredging of Penobscot Bay.

Sierra Club also cited Cain’s strong pro-environmental record in the Maine legislature.  She helped to pass the 2010 Ocean Energy Act to promote off-shore wind energy in Maine, and as a member and chair of the state Appropriations Committee, she worked to have increased state investment in Maine’s popular Land for Maine’s Future conservationprogram.  She also fought to protect Maine families from exposure to toxic chemicals by supporting a law requiring safer alternatives and greater disclosure of the use of certain toxic chemicals in kids’ products.  In 2013, she participated in a bio-monitoring study that tested her own level of toxic phthalates and BPA.