Dale Crafts | |
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Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
In office December 3, 2008 –December 7, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Robert Berube |
Succeeded by | Gina Mason |
Constituency | 104th district (2008–2014) 56th district (2014–2016) |
Personal details | |
Born | Dale John Crafts December 14,1958 Fort Lauderdale,Florida,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Dale John Crafts [1] (born December 14,1958) is an American politician and businessman. He has started a number of businesses,including Mobility Plus,which helps people with disabilities drive more easily. Crafts was on the Lisbon,Maine Town Council before winning election to the Maine House of Representatives,where he served from 2008 to 2016. [2] [3] [4]
In 2020,Crafts was the Republican nominee in his unsuccessful bid against Jared Golden for the U.S. House in Maine's 2nd congressional district. He has been paralyzed from the waist down since the age of 25,when he was hit by a driver while riding his motorcycle. [5]
Crafts was born in Fort Lauderdale,Florida,and raised in Lisbon Falls,Maine.
Crafts' cousins:Garrett Mason,Gina Mason,and Rick Mason also served in the Maine Legislature. [6] [7] [8] [9]
After he was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident at age 25,Crafts started a company called Mobility Plus,which helps people with disabilities drive more easily. [10] Crafts has started a number of other businesses,including a self-storage business. [11]
Crafts became the Republican nominee for Maine's 2nd congressional district in 2020 after defeating realtor Adrienne Bennett and former state Senator Eric Brakey in a three-way primary election. President Donald Trump endorsed Crafts on August 1,2020. As Maine uses ranked-choice voting,he was in first place with just under 46% of the vote in the first round. In the second round,he won with 58.5% of the vote. [12] He faced Democratic incumbent Jared Golden in the general election. On November 3,2020,Golden won reelection with 53% of the vote to Crafts' 47%. [13]
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