Stacey K. Guerin is an American politician from

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. Guerin, a

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, represents a portion of

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, including her residence in

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, in the

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. She previously was elected to four terms to

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. She was first elected in 2010. Guerin is a former schoolteacher and holds a degree in Elementary Education from the

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House

Guerin ran unopposed for her first term in office in 2010. Facing re-election in 2012, only unenrolled former tribal legislator

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opposed Guerin. Guerin won with 78% of the vote. In 2014, no other candidate again filed to run against Guerin, guaranteeing her re-election. Guering has served a member of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee as well as on the Judiciary Committee during her time in the Legislature.

Senate

Guerin was first elected to the Maine Senate in 2018 and re-elected in 2020. District 10 includes the towns of Carmel, Corinna, Corinth, Dixmont, Etna, Exeter, Glenburn, Hampden, Hudson, Kenduskeag, Levant, Newburgh, Newport, Plymouth, and Stetson. During her first term, she served on the Labor and Housing Committee. In May 2020, in the midst of the

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, she called for freezing the minimum wage.

References

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