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Amanda Collamore

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Amanda Collamore
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Republican Party

Maine House of Representatives District 68
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Maine House of Representatives District 106
Successor: Barbara Bagshaw
Predecessor: Scott Strom

Compensation

Base salary

16,245.12 for the first regular session. $11,668.32 for the second regular session.

Per diem

$70/day for lodging (or round-trip mileage up to $0.55/mile in lieu of housing, plus tolls). $50/day for meals.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Associate

Kennebec Valley Community College, 2015

Bachelor's

University of Maine, 2018

Personal
Birthplace
Waterville, Maine
Religion
Catholic
Profession
Business owner
Contact

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Official Facebook

Personal website

Personal Facebook

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Amanda Collamore (Republican Party) is a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 68. She assumed office on December 6, 2022. Her current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Collamore (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 68. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Amanda Collamore was born in Waterville, Maine, and lives in Pittsfield, Maine.[1][2] Collamore earned an associate degree in early childhood education from Kennebec Valley Community College in 2015 and a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Maine in 2018.[1][3] Her career experience includes Collamore Management Services and Jeremy Smiles Photography and working as the program coordinator for the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center at the University of Maine.[3][4]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Collamore was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Collamore was assigned to the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 68

Incumbent Amanda Collamore defeated Brian Blake in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 68 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Amanda Collamore
Amanda Collamore (R)
 
66.8
 
3,250
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Brian Blake (D)
 
33.2
 
1,612

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,862
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 68

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Brian Blake in round 1 .

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 196
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 68

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Amanda Collamore in round 1 .

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 451
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Collamore in this election.

2022

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 68

Incumbent Amanda Collamore defeated Stanley Short in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 68 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Amanda Collamore
Amanda Collamore (R)
 
58.2
 
2,366
Image of Stanley Short
Stanley Short (D)
 
41.8
 
1,698

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,064
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 68

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Stanley Short in round 1 .

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 178
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 68

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Amanda Collamore in round 1 .

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 437
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2020

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 106

Amanda Collamore defeated Ethan S. Brownell in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 106 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Amanda Collamore
Amanda Collamore (R) Candidate Connection
 
62.3
 
2,557
Image of Ethan S. Brownell
Ethan S. Brownell (D) Candidate Connection
 
37.7
 
1,546

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,103
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 106

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Ethan S. Brownell in round 1 .

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 458
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 106

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Amanda Collamore in round 1 .

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 562
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Amanda Collamore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Candidate Connection

Amanda Collamore completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Collamore's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Amanda Collamore was born in Waterville and raised in Pittsfield, Maine, where she continues to live, raise her teenaged son, and serve the community as a Town Councilor. Amanda graduated from Maine Central Institute. She has received her degree in Early Childhood Education and is currently working to complete her teaching certification for Secondary Education in Mathematics. Amanda is the Program Coordinator for the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center at the University of Maine. Amanda is a small business owner, running a photography business and a property management business. She is passionate about helping people and regularly donates her time and resources to non-profit organizations including the homeless shelters, food banks/cupboards, community events (i.e. the Central Maine Egg Festival), and the Relay For Life, an organization very important to her having watched her Mom and both of her Grandmothers fight cancer.
  • Being raised in rural Maine, Amanda is aware of the challenges facing Mainers in rural communities, including the lack of access to broadband internet. We need to work to create better access to these vital services by fixing our infrastructure and working with companies to expand their services into the most rural parts of our State. This will benefit students, families, and small businesses.
  • Quality Education is important to the success of all Mainers. As a parent and a non-traditional student, Amanda knows the challenges facing individuals who want or need to pursue new career paths. Amanda plans to work to ensure affordable, quality education opportunities are more easily accessible to non-traditional students who want to complete degrees or certificate programs as the job marker continues to change in Maine.
  • Mainers Helping Mainers is more than just a slogan to Amanda. She plans to use her 20+ years of experience in volunteer work and fundraising coordination to help bring the people who represent our citizens back together. Every decision made be our Representatives should be made with the first one goal to help Mainers. This can be done with efforts focused on growing our economy, helping small businesses, fixing our aging infrastructure, and keeping the tax burden down.
Education

Provide quality and affordable education for early childhood education programs through college
Ensure the continuation or restoration of music, arts, life skills, and industrial arts programs in K-12
Promote the trades through technical schools and Community Colleges
Support strong Special Education and Student Support programs are available to all students

Support Small Businesses, the Trades, and Agriculture
We need to support opportunities and legislation that allows small businesses to grow and prosper in Maine
We need to break down barriers that prevent farmers from selling their crops to their local citizens
We need to work with Community College, Trade Schools, and Universities to provide more apprenticeship and workforce training programs to help increase employment opportunities with small businesses and in the trades

Help Maine Families
We need balance the State budget without increasing the tax burden on Mainers
We need to provide support where is is needed most, including support for our aging population, disabled persons, and our veterans.

We need to fix our aging infrastructure to provide access to broadband internet to our most rural areas in order to help families support their children's school work; help people work from home while their children are home or their immune system may not allow them to work in the office; and other benefits to families through education and training opportunities and access to small businesses.
I look up to my Mom. She is an incredibly strong woman who taught me that you can do anything you put your mind to if you are willing to work hard and push through adversity. I would like to follow her example because she taught me that you should never stop growing and learning. She taught me one of the best ways to learn is through others. She taught me the importance of giving and supporting your neighbors and those less fortunate than you.
Willingness to serve the needs of others over self, hard working, willingness to always learn and listen to others, and being a team player.
Hard working, caring, willingness to listen, a history of working for and with the community as a volunteer, life-long learner, and always willing to serve for the betterment of our State and the people who reside in it.
To serve the people they represent to the best of their ability.
Locally, the first historical event I remember was the Flood of 1987. I was three and a half when that happened. I remember watching my Uncle and my Dad take canoes out to rescue people stranded on the roof of their homes or in the second story of their house. The water can right up to our house on West Street in Pittsfield.
Nationally, the first historical even I remember is 9/11. I was 17. I will never forget that day and the days that followed that event.
The Harry Potter Series continues to be my favorite book series. I'm not sure I could pick a favorite from the series. Harry Potter allowed me to escape into a mysterious and magical world that was so different from the one I was living in when I found the books (I was a little late to the party and didn't ready my first Harry Potter book until after the 6th book was released). These books made me fall in love with reading and gave me the strength to decide that, no matter what faces me, I can overcome it by surrounding myself with people who love and support me, just as Harry did. I enjoy other books and read a lot of historical fiction, my favorite genre, but Harry Potter is my favorite. Always.
This Is Me by Keala Settle & the Greatest Showman Ensemble
I think it is important to bring new people to the table to encourage new ideas and strategies that promote growth. While experience is important, I believe it is more important that the person is willing to go out and listen to the people they represent to hear the problems they have and their ideas. It is the job of our Representatives to promote policy that helps the citizens they represent and that is not possible if you are not engaging with them.
Yes. Building relationships with other legislators allows representatives to work together to solve the issues they are trying to fix. Building relationship creates a feeling of trust and allows for more open conversations that will benefit the people you represent.
Redistricting should be conducted by a nonpartisan group to make the process fair.
I have been privileged to hear many stories in my discussions with the residents in my district. All of them have an impact on me.

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Campaign finance summary

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Amanda Collamore campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Maine House of Representatives District 68Won general$6,859 $6,604
2022Maine House of Representatives District 68Won general$5,523 $1,812
2020Maine House of Representatives District 106Won general$2,825 N/A**
Grand total$15,208 $8,416
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 25, 2020
    2. ↑ Maine House of Representatives, "Amanda N. Collamore," accessed April 26, 2023
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Amanda Collamore," accessed April 26, 2023
    4. ↑ Maine House GOP, "Rep. Amanda Collamore," accessed January 14, 2021

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    Richard Cebra (R)     		Maine House of Representatives District 68
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    Scott Strom (R)     		Maine House of Representatives District 106
    2020-2022    		 Succeeded by
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