Maine House of Representatives
The Maine House of Representatives ( Maine House of Representatives ) is the lower house of the Maine Legislature , the Legislature of the State of Maine .
The Chamber of Parliament is made up of 151 members (plus three members who are not entitled to vote), each representing an electoral district with an average of 8,450 inhabitants. Because the Maine House of Representatives is on a part-time basis, MPs usually have a side job. The House of Representatives boardroom, along with the State Senate, is located in the Maine State House in the capital, Augusta .
Structure of the chamber
The Speaker of the House is the Chairman of the House of Representatives . He is first elected by the majority parliamentary group in the chamber, also for a two-year term, before confirmation by the entire parliament. The speaker is also responsible for the legislative process and oversees the assignments to the various committees. The incumbent has been the Democrat Sara Gideon since 2016 .
Other important office holders are the majority leader and the opposition leader ( minority leader ), who are elected by the respective parliamentary groups. Majority Leader for the Democrats is Matt Moonen (since 2018), as Minority Leader for the Republicans acts Kathleen Dillingham (since 2018).
Composition after the election in 2018
| Political party | MPs | |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 56 | |
| Democratic Party | 88 | |
| independent | 6th | |
| total | 150 (+1 vacant) | |
MPs who are not entitled to vote |
1 (+2 vacant) | |
The next election is scheduled for November 3, 2020. The newly elected House of Representatives will probably meet for the first time in December 2020.
MPs not entitled to vote
The three non-voting MPs represent the Penobscot nation (currently vacant), the Passamaquoddy tribe (currently Rena Newell ) and the Maliseet tribe (currently vacant). Promote legislation related to indigenous peoples and their land claims, as well as other laws previously introduced by the House of Representatives; however, they are not allowed to put a bill to a vote. The Penobscot and Passamaquoddy MPs are also entitled, as non-voting members, to sit on the Joint Standing Committees during the hearings and presentations.
Independent and other parties
Because of a strong non-partisan political tradition in Maine, the Maine House of Representatives was open to some of the most prominent independent politicians in the state. From 2002 to 2006, John Eder, a member of the 118th constituency ( Portland ) for the Maine Green Independent Party in the House of Representatives, was the highest elected green politician in the United States at the time. In the 2006 election, Eder lost his seat to the democratic challenger.
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