NAME: Adam Cote
CANDIDACY: Governor of Maine
PARTY: Democrat
HOMETOWN: Sanford, Maine
RESIDENCE: Sanford, Maine
EDUCATION:
- University of Maine School of Law '01, J.D.
- Colby College '95, B.A.
NOTABLE NON-ELECTED WORK
- Member, Maine Army National Guard, 20 years
- Attorney, Pierce Atwood
- Founder, Thermal Energy Storage of Maine
- Attorney, Drummond Woodsum
- Member, Maine Real Estate Developers Association legislative committee
- Member, Greater Portland Board of Advisors for the Salvation Army
- Member, Maine Bar Association Community and PR Committee
- Member, Colby College Alumni Council
POLICY POSITIONS:
- "New leadership and change: Maine is one of the most beautiful places in the world to live. We have an incredible quality of life and many opportunities to grow a strong economy and create good jobs." (coteformaine.com)
- "Priority No. 1: Growing Maine jobs and economy: With all the distractions and name calling in Augusta, you almost never hear anyone in politics talk about the underlying fact that Maine’s economy has been among the worst in the country over the past seven-plus years when it comes to economic growth, job creation, wage growth, and many other metrics." (coteformaine.com)
- "Positive leadership: Equality and respect for all: Faced with important, fundamental challenges like a shrinking, aging population and a dismal record of economic growth, one of the great failures of leadership of the past seven-plus years has been the ugly use of the negative and corrosive tactic of scapegoating – which is always easier than actually working hard to solve real problems." (coteformaine.com)
- "The best place in the world: Maine: One of the fundamental things a Governor should do is champion his or her state." (coteformaine.com)
- "Access to affordable health care: Access to quality, affordable health care should be a right for every Mainer." (coteformaine.com)
- "Women's health: I fully support, and have always fully supported, a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions." (coteformaine.com)
- "Lifelong education and opportunity: As one of the premier Maine labor economists said to me recently, “the best way to think about successful education for today’s economy is to think of a constant cycle between the classroom and the workplace over the course of a life, with everyone taking responsibility – individuals, parents, teachers, schools, employers, and policymakers.”" (coteformaine.com)
- "Bold energy leadership: Today, Mainers are among the most vulnerable to spiking foreign energy costs, as we are among the most dependent in the country on oil for home heating and gasoline powered vehicles for our long commutes to work." (coteformaine.com)
- "Protecting Maine's environment: As a born and bred Mainer who grew up hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping with my Maine Guide grandfather, protecting Maine’s clean water, clean air, abundant natural beauty and diverse wildlife is a core value for me." (coteformaine.com)
- "Environmental health: I understand the deep connection between our families’ health and the health of Maine’s environment." (coteformaine.com)
- "School safety: Filling the leadership gap with a comprehensive approach: One of the reasons we need change and new leadership in our political system is because of issues like gun safety and school shootings." (coteformaine.com)
- "Infrastructure and economic competitiveness: One of the great failures of “politics as usual” at both the state and national level has been our inability to maintain our existing infrastructure while investing in new, competitive infrastructure like high-speed broadband and smart grid technology." (coteformaine.com)
- "Agriculture leadership and infrastructure: With change, vision and new leadership, I believe Maine can be a regional and national leader when it comes to agriculture, aquaculture, and quality, healthy local food." (coteformaine.com)
- "Veterans and military families: Maine has the fourth highest percentage of military veterans in the country." (coteformaine.com)
- "Maine's Native American tribes: I have great respect for Maine’s Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet and Micmac tribes." (coteformaine.com)
- "Maine seniors: Maine has one of the oldest populations in the country, whether you look at it through the lens of median age (44.6, the oldest in the country) or the percent of persons 65 or older (18.8%, the second oldest)." (coteformaine.com)
- "Rural Maine: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maine was the most rural state in the nation in 2010, with 61.3 percent of its population living in rural areas." (coteformaine.com)
- "Recreation and tourism economy: When it comes to Maine’s recreation and tourism economy, we desperately need change and new leadership." (coteformaine.com)
- "Budgets, priorities and values: I believe any budget, including a family budget or the state budget, is fundamentally a values document that expresses what our priorities are." (coteformaine.com)
- "Work, responsibility and community: We need change and new leadership if we are going to address Maine’s fundamental challenges and build a growing, thriving statewide economy." (coteformaine.com)
- "Equal pay for equal work: This year marks the 54th anniversary of the federal Equal Pay Act, passed in 1963, to ensure that every American would be paid equally for their hard work, regardless of gender." (coteformaine.com)
- "Maine's drug crisis: Maine had the second largest increase in opioid deaths in the United States from 2014 to 2015 (behind DC) and deaths soared in 2016 by nearly 40 percent to claim a record 378 people." (coteformaine.com)
- "Fighting for fair trade and Maine workers: I will be an aggressive champion for Maine workers and Maine jobs anywhere, anytime." (coteformaine.com)
- "Young Mainers: I believe the next generation of Mainers, those just entering or not too far out of college or the working world, can transform our state over the next 10 years into a vibrant, growing, entrepreneurial place while maintaining our incredible quality of life." (coteformaine.com)
LINKS:
- Website: coteformaine.com
- Facebook: /CoteForMaine
- Twitter: @coteformaine
NEWS CENTER MAINE HEADLINES:
- Seven gubernatorial candidates speak at Maine Democratic Convention (May 2018)
- Combat veteran top fundraiser so far for 2018 governor race (July 2017)
NEWS CENTER MAINE MEDIA:
- PODCAST: Adam Cote | 'Carrigan & The Candidates'
- VIDEO: Democratic candidate for governor Adam Cote (207)
