Issue Position: Bipartisanship

Issue Position

The only way to ensure our local needs and values are represented in Augusta is to have civility among our lawmakers and for them to work across the aisle with all political parties.

In 1787 during the Constitutional Convention it was Bipartisanship that saved the United States of America. Our Founding Fathers from diverse populations worked together to form both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Whatever differences they had they were able to set them aside long enough to compromise and form both a proportionally represented chamber as well as an equally represented chamber. Today "The Great Compromise" is considered by many scholars to have been the crowning achievement in the creation of the bedrock that is our Constitution.

The seemingly endless political bickering so prevalent today needs to stop so great accomplishments can take place, and I pledge to work with all legislators from all parties to address the many hurdles facing Maine families.

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