Tarren Bragdon (born 1975) is an American former state legislator and think tank founder. At age 21, Bragdon won a seat in the

Maine House of Representatives The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via p ...

and became the youngest state legislator ever elected in Maine. A Republican, Bragdon served in the Maine House from 1996 through 2000. After two terms in office, Bragdon declined to seek re-election, instead taking a job running the

Maine Heritage Policy Center The Maine Policy Institute, formerly the Maine Heritage Policy Center, is a conservative free-market think tank located in Portland, Maine. According to its mission statement, the Maine Policy Institute is "nonprofit, nonpartisan organization tha ...

(MHPC). Bragdon headed MHPC, a conservative think tank, from 2008 through 2011. In 2010, Bragdon was appointed as co-chair of newly elected Maine Governor Paul LePage's transition team. In 2011, Bragdon left Maine and moved to

Naples, Florida Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the historical city (i.e. in the immediate vicinity of downtown Naples) was 19,115. Naples is a principal city of the Naples-Marco Island, Flori ...

, to found the

Foundation for Government Accountability The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) is an American public policy think tank based in Naples, Florida. The nonprofit organization primarily focuses on welfare, health care, election integrity, and workforce policy reform at both th ...

(FGA), a

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think tank. Bragdon serves as the group's president and CEO.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bragdon, Tarren Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Husson University alumni University of Maine alumni People from Naples, Florida Politicians from Bangor, Maine 1975 births Living people