Dan Ankeles
Dan Ankeles (Democratic Party) is a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 100. He assumed office on December 6, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.
Ankeles (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 100. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on June 9, 2026.[source]
Biography
Dan Ankeles was born in Peabody, Massachusetts. Ankeles earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 2004. His career experience includes working as a state representative, public radio producer, field organizer, and legislative aide.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Ankeles was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2026
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on June 9, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 100
Incumbent Dan Ankeles (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 100 on June 9, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 100
Brett Barrett (R) is running in the Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 100 on June 9, 2026.
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2024
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 100
Incumbent Dan Ankeles defeated Ivon Prescott Jr. in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 100 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Ankeles (D) ![]() | 78.5 | 4,490 | |
| Ivon Prescott Jr. (R) | 21.5 | 1,230 | ||
| Total votes: 5,720 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 100
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Dan Ankeles in round 1 .
| Total votes: 623 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 100
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Ivon Prescott Jr. in round 1 .
| Total votes: 156 |
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 100
Dan Ankeles won election in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 100 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Ankeles (D) ![]() | 100.0 | 4,056 | |
| Total votes: 4,056 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Angela Lallier (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 100
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Dan Ankeles in round 1 .
| Total votes: 975 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 100
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Angela Lallier in round 1 .
| Total votes: 128 |
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Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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Along with others, I used my position on the Transportation Committee to help guarantee the authorization of the Mountain Division Rail trail, which will be an incredible benefit for Western Maine. I was the key House member that got that through the House, and I was honored to assist the Maine DOT in that effort. I also helped shepherd the Trails Bond toward a unanimous committee vote, despite a difficult political climate when it comes to bonding.
As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I was able to help Maine fund $72 million in diverse classes of new housing, including creating Maine's first rent-relief program, supporting mobile home park residents wanting to form a co-op and preventing low-barrier shelters from shutting down.
In 2025, I'm looking forward to focusing on removing all toxic firefighting foam permanently from Brunswick Landing and from most of Maine.- I'm always accessible and open to communicating with constituents.
- I support the rights of women to make their own health care decisions and believe more generally that healthcare itself is a right and not a privilege.
- I ran in part to help integrate the former Naval airbase into the rest of Brunswick, and now that work becomes even more important in the wake of the worst AFFF spill in Maine history. We must mandate the foam's removal, conduct a full statewide inventory of PFAS-containing firefighting foam, and create a statewide AFFF takeback and disposal program similar to what New Hampshire has.
I look up to Presidents Obama and Biden, who were both successful in very different ways in changing this country for the better. I also look up to Nancy Pelosi because of how effective she was at counting votes and using power to achieve gains for working families across the nation.
If you fight a hard-fought political battle, and you end up burning a bridge, you have to be willing to rebuild that bridge from scratch. If you can avoid burning bridges on either side of the aisle, that's even better. I haven't always lived up to that, but I'm someone who people know wears his heart on his sleeve and will go to extraordinary lengths to pass policies that help others.
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2022
Dan Ankeles completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ankeles' responses.
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Locally, I have chaired our local recreation commission, volunteered as a soccer coach and participated on committees to improve policing, welcome new Mainers to Brunswick and improve public water access.
Right now I serve as an at-large member and the new vice chair of our Town Council, a deeply rewarding job that has brought opportunities to bring greater transparency and a real sense of optimism to the work of local government. I’m proud to say that, in my years on the Council, I have never once missed a meeting or a vote, and I always do my best to respond to people who reach out to me and bring more people into local government.
My wife, Cat, and I have lived in town 11 years, and together we are raising our children, Sam and Lucy, in the Brunswick school system.
- The reasons I stepped away from being an aide to running for the Legislature was first - I feel like if I don’t try to do something to heal our overheated planet, to close the wealth gap, to stop the people who want to end our democracy, and to make sure everyone has ready access to basics like healthcare, education without crippling debt and housing, then I’m failing my kids and everyone in the generations that are coming into the world and making it even harder for them to live the lives they deserve to live.
- And second, I’m running because Brunswick is facing some both specific and universal problems that requires an advocate who knows how to work with both state and local governments: Problems like the aging stormwater system at Brunswick Landing, which needs the state to step in to help with a major overhaul that will clean up the PFOS chemicals embedded inside and flowing into Harpswell cove. The cost and supply of housing, which - together with climate change - is the number one thing I’ve been hearing as I knock on doors. The way our state’s regressive tax code is erasing Brunswick’s economic diversity and harming seniors on fixed incomes. The heartbreaking number of people we are losing to overdoses.
- Advocating for Brunswick in the Legislature is an honor and a great challenge. So is making sure Maine does right by everyone who lives here, resists attempts by the powerful to divide and dilute our collective strength, and sets an example for this country that you succeed through fairness, justice and policies that lift all of us up.
We know that Maine has a deficit of 25,000 attainably priced units, and we know that renters are either seeing increases that outpace any wage growth or - and this is happening right in the heart of my district - building owners are simply deciding to convert rentals to condos so they can flip them in an overheated market. Here in Brunswick, we are in the midst of a building boom, but nearly all new units are market rate. Yes, it’s always good to take pressure off the supply crunch, but that is too indirect an approach to work all by itself. And by the way, as if it weren’t complex enough, we also face the danger of the housing crisis being used as a means to further divide immigrant and non-immigrant populations.
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Scorecards
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the Maine State Legislature in 2025.
- Maine AFL-CIO — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
- Maine Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
- Maine People's Alliance — Legislators are scored by MPA on "where they stand on community, investing in the future, fairness, equality, and justice for all Maine people."
- Maine Policy Institute — Legislators are scored on their votes related to taxes, spending, education, and regulations.
- Maine Women's Lobby — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to gender equity.
- Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund — Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues.
- The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Maine State Legislature in 2024.
- Maine AFL-CIO — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
- Maine Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
- Maine People's Alliance — Legislators are scored by MPA on "where they stand on community, investing in the future, fairness, equality, and justice for all Maine people."
- Maine Women's Lobby — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to gender equity.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund — Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues.
- Wabanaki Alliance — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills that would put the tribes in Maine on equal footing with other federally recognized tribes.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Maine State Legislature in 2023.
- Maine AFL-CIO — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
- Maine Conservation Voters — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
- Maine People's Alliance — Legislators are scored by MPA on "where they stand on community, investing in the future, fairness, equality, and justice for all Maine people."
- Maine Women's Lobby — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to gender equity.
- Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund — Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Danny Costain (R) |
Maine House of Representatives District 100 2022-Present |
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