Senate District 19 Voters in Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Harpswell, Perkins Township, Phippsburg, Topsham, West Bath and Woolwich will choose between two candidates. The district is huge, covering the midcoast communities of Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Harpswell, Perkins Township, Phippsburg, Topsham, West Bath and Woolwich. Her legislative record spans 22 years, including 16 years in the House of Representatives. Grose has no political experience, but she promises to bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the Legislature if she's elected. A better approach would be to make sure that people receive the education and training they need to get higher-paying jobs, she said.
Maine has one of the highest rates of gun ownership and one of the nation's lowest murder rates.
Small took some heat for her support of a law to fingerprint school employees, but she won't back down from her position. If you're going to do it, then it has to be done for everyone. She sees good and bad in the term limit law, but would not support a change in the law by the Legislature. That initiative, she said, must come from the people. I'm also a known quantity.