Ralph W. Sarty, Jr. is an American politician from

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. Sarty, a

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from

Denmark, Maine Denmark is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,197 at the 2020 census. A number of ponds and lakes are located within the town. History The land was once part of Pequawket (now Fryeburg), village of the Sokoki ...

, served from 2007 to 2012 in the

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. Sarty won a special election in November 2007 to replace Republican Phil Cressey, who had resigned earlier in 2007. He won election in his own right in 2008 and re-election 2010. He did not seek re-election 2012 and was replaced by fellow Republican Jonathan Kinney. In an October 2008 profile, Sarty said that he supported cuts to spending and opposed raising taxes. He supported incentives for private businesses, including expanding the Pine Tree Development Zone program, which cut taxes for companies moving into certain areas of the Maine. In 2011, Sarty was cited as one of 23 state legislators that received both a state-funded pension and a salary as a Representative.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Denmark, Maine Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives {{Maine-politician-stub