Mattie Daughtry | |
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Assistant Majority Leader of the Maine Senate | |
Assumed office December 7, 2022 | |
Leader | Eloise Vitelli |
Member of the Maine Senate | |
Assumed office December 7,2022 | |
Preceded by | Eloise Vitelli |
Constituency | 23rd district |
In office December 2,2020 –December 7,2022 | |
Preceded by | Everett "Brownie" Carson |
Succeeded by | Eloise Vitelli |
Constituency | 24th district |
Member of the MaineHouseofRepresentatives from the 66th/49th district | |
In office 2012 –December 2,2020 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Cornell du Houx |
Succeeded by | Poppy Arford |
Personal details | |
Born | 1987 (age 36–37) Brunswick,Maine |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Smith College |
Profession | Photographer,writer,business owner |
Website | www |
Matthea Elisabeth Larsen Daughtry is the Assistant Majority Leader of the Maine Senate. She is a Democrat representing Senate District 23,which serves Brunswick,Chebeague Island,Freeport,Harpswell,Pownal,and part of North Yarmouth. Daughtry served as a representative to the Maine House from District 49 from 2012-2020.
Daughtry was born in Brunswick and raised in a politically active family who involved her in volunteering and voter registration. [1] She remembers an early interest in politics and describes campaigning on Maine Street in Brunswick to be President of the United States when she was six years old. [2] Daughtry's godmother was a state representative when Daughtry was young,and Daughtry worked as a page for her godmother at the State House. [1] [2]
Daughtry attended the Maine Coast Waldorf School [3] and Brunswick High School (BHS), [4] enrolling in classes at Bowdoin College while she was a student at BHS. [2] She continued to Smith College where she majored in Studio Art with a focus in photography and sculpture. [4] [5]
While at Smith,Daughtry worked as a freelance photojournalist at the Times Record in Brunswick and trained with Paul Cunningham. Aspiring to work as an NPR on-air personality, [6] she founded and ran the news department at Smith's student radio station,WOZQ 91.9 FM,and interned in the news department at WFCR in Amherst,Massachusetts. [7] [5] [6] Daughtry also worked for Maine 1st district congressman Tom Allen while she was in college. [7]
After graduating from Smith in 2009, [6] ,Daughtry worked as a curator for VSA Arts of Maine [5] [7] and did freelance photography work for Michelle Stapleton. [2] She was doing legislative research and following Maine House races as a communications associate and legislative researcher for the Maine's Majority nonprofit when she first decided to run for office. [4] [7]
Daughtry credits her financial difficulties after returning to Maine,and the words of then-governor Paul LePage disparaging young Mainers' financial choices,as a significant motivation for her to run for office. [8] In 2012,when the incumbent state representative for Daughtry's district,Alexander Cornell du Houx,dropped out of the District 66 race following the primary in June, [9] Daughtry decided to run. She won the three-way general election with 45% of the vote, [4] becoming Maine's youngest female legislator at the time. [4]
Daughtry was a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and was the House Chair of the Maine Commission on College Affordability and College Completion. [7] On June 12,2015,Governor Paul LePage vetoed a bill sponsored by Daughtry,LD 537 "An Act To Prohibit Standardized Testing of Children Before Third Grade",as part of his pledge to veto every bill sponsored by a Democrat until they agreed to the elimination of the Maine state income tax. Two days later,the Maine Senate unanimously overruled Governor LePage's veto. [10]
Daughtry announced her candidacy for Senate District 24 on January 17,2020. [11] In July 2020,she defeated Stanley Gerzofsky,who had served the district in both the Maine House and Senate since 2000,in the District 24 Democratic primary with almost 80% of the vote. [12]
In the November general election,Daughtry defeated attorney Brad Pattershall [13] with over 66% of the vote. [14] [15] On February 1,2021,Maine Senate Democrats elected her to serve as Assistant Senate Majority Leader. [16] She was re-elected to the position in November 2022. [17]
Daughtry lives in Brunswick with her partner and their coonhound. [13] She co-owns and brews at Moderation Brewing Company in Brunswick, [7] which opened in 2018. [18] [19] Daughtry is also a photographer and writer and owns a media company,Matthea Daughtry Media. [4] [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry | 2,135 | 45.7% | |
Green | K. Frederick Horch | 1,519 | 32.5% | |
Republican | Grant Connors | 1,019 | 21.8% | |
Total votes | 4,673 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry | 100% | ||
Total votes | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry | 3,144 | 62.2% | |
Republican | Michael Stevens | 1,599 | 31.7% | |
Total votes | 4,743 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry | 100% | ||
Total votes | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry | 3,981 | 66.0% | |
Republican | Michael Stevens | 2,046 | 34.0% | |
Total votes | 6,027 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry | 1,491 | 100% | |
Total votes | 1,491 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry | 3,877 | 70.9% | |
Republican | Michael Stevens | 1,590 | 29.1% | |
Total votes | 5,467 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry | 6,902 | 79.6% | |
Democratic | Stan Gerzofsky | 1,769 | 20.4% | |
Total votes | 8,671 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry (incumbent) | 18,297 | 66.2% | |
Republican | Brad Pattershall | 9,353 | 33.8% | |
Total votes | 27,650 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry (incumbent) | 3,785 | 100% | |
Total votes | 3,785 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthea Daughtry (incumbent) | 16,309 | 70% | |
Republican | Brogan Teel | 7,101 | 30% | |
Total votes | 23,410 | 100% |
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