NAME: Garrett Mason
CANDIDACY: Governor of Maine
PARTY: Republican
BIRTHPLACE: Lewiston, Maine
RESIDENCE: Lisbon, Maine
EDUCATION:
- Pensacola Christian College '06, B.S.
- Southern New Hampshire University
- Art Institute of Pittsburgh
OFFICES HELD:
- Senate majority leader, 2014-present
- State Senator, District 22 (Lisbon Falls), 2010-present
NOTABLE NON-ELECTED WORK
- Portland Sea Dogs
- Director of Administration, Lewiston Maineiacs
POLICY POSITIONS:
- "Taxes: We’ve seen income taxes lowered not only for the rich, not only for the poor, and not only for the middle class, but for all Maine families. But there is still so much we need to do." (masonformaine.com)
- "Education: Improving the quality of public education is a top priority of mine, because it will benefit everyone – directly and indirectly. (masonformaine.com)
- "Citizen initiative process: "Our state constitution allows citizens to initiate legislation. It is a right we hold dear in Maine, but has been perverted by outside interests looking to pursue their political science experiments on Mainers and our state." (masonformaine.com)
- "Second Amendment: The problem is not the type of guns we have access to. The problem is the people that use them unlawfully." (masonformaine.com)
- "Life: “I have been and always will remain pro-life with the only exception being saving the life of the mother. I am opposed to any state money being used to fund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood." (masonformaine.com)
LINKS:
- Website: masonformaine.com
- Facebook: /mason4maine
- Twitter: @garrettmason
NEWS CENTER MAINE HEADLINES:
- Sen. Garrett Mason plans to enter Maine governor's race (Sept. 2017)
- Mason tweets his intention to run for governor (Sept. 2017)
- Sen. Garrett Mason running for governor (Sept. 2017)
- #AskNOW: Garrett Mason running for governor (Oct. 2017)
NEWS CENTER MAINE MEDIA:
- PODCAST: Garrett Mason | 'Carrigan & The Candidates'
- VIDEO: Republican candidate for governor Garrett Mason (207)
