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David Durrell
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David Durrell (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 16. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Durrell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
David Durrell was born in Portland, Maine. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maine, Orono, in 1987. Durrell's career experience includes working as a small business owner.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 16
Nathan Carlow defeated David Durrell in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 16 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nathan Carlow (R)  | 51.8 | 3,173 |
 | David Durrell (D) | 48.2 | 2,954 | |
| Total votes: 6,127 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 16
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: David Durrell in round 1 .
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Total votes: 911 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 16
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Nathan Carlow in round 1 .
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Total votes: 791 |
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2018
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 16
Incumbent Donald Marean defeated David Durrell in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 16 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Donald Marean (R) | 56.2 | 2,710 |
| David Durrell (D) | 43.8 | 2,115 | |
| Total votes: 4,825 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 16
David Durrell advanced from the Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 16 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Durrell | 100.0 | 767 |
| Total votes: 767 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 16
Incumbent Donald Marean advanced from the Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 16 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donald Marean | 100.0 | 934 |
| Total votes: 934 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Durrell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Durrell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Dave lives in Hollis with his wife Rusty. Born and raised in Maine, he started a millwork business, which he moved to Buxton. For over 28 years he has met a payroll, balancing the needs of employees, customers and business. He has seen first-hand the need for quality healthcare, education and decent pay for all of us. As the volunteer Chair of the HBDC for the last 12 years, he has coordinated several caucuses and other events. Tired of today's overly partisan politics, Dave is ready to work for all of us in Augusta, to strive for common sense policies and goals.
- Dave has the business and life experience to effectively represent us in Augusta. He knows the challenges of successfully running a business and household finances.
- Quality available healthcare, education, economic opportunity, environmental conservation and elder care are all issues very important to Dave.
- Dave has worked hard for his business. Now he is ready to work hard for all of us!
Dave knows that economic vitality is critical to bringing Maine forward. Business opportunity and good jobs are so important, for all of us. We need jobs that pay well, we need an educated and healthy workforce to fill them, and we need the revenue to care for our children and elderly. In Maine as much as anywhere, environmental health is crucial to all of this too. It is all inter related. Healthcare access, educational opportunity, homecare for our elderly, protection of our environment and equality for all are all challenges that must be met. At the same time we improve these conditions that foster a healthy workforce we must not over burden business with costly repetitive and ineffective regulation and taxation. Striking a balance that works for all the above is a challenge Dave is ready to work on.
I am a hard worker, diligent, organized, and I get along well with others. I strive to see both sides of a problem, and work for agreement while holding the core of what I see as critical.
I believe that the core responsibility of an elected official is to their constituents, which in this case are all of the people of Buxton, Hollis and Saco. This means helping to navigate local issues as effected by state agencies, crafting state policies with local people in mind, and in general working for the benefit of the people of the District, and of Maine.
I worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant in Kennebunk for the summer when I was 13. I have worked ever since, as most of us do. I want to be sure that generations coming up have the opportunity to work good jobs in Maine as well. Whether self employed, as I was for many years, or working good jobs for good employers, work opportunity is critical to the future success of Maine and our communities.
I believe that it is very important for legislators to have life experience and education which certainly can include political and gov't experience. I do think that it is important for them to have worked in community and government boards and organizations where they can learn and show the ability to effectively work with other people to get things done, which is what legislators need to do. I think life and work experience is important to give them a perspective on what is important to the lives and well being of the people whom they represent. I believe my business experience, combined with my civic and volunteer local government activities give me the perspective and the experience to get to work in Augusta on behalf of the people of Buxton, Hollis and Saco.
Well of course our immediate challenge will be getting over the shocks created by this pandemic, which will greatly affect our economy and our lives. This is evolving as we speak, and our challenge will be to protect our job base and businesses as well as possible while providing for the public health and well being. Beyond that, I believe that our challenges are keeping our younger people here and attracting them as well. This means we need decent jobs, and we need to provide diverse education to attract jobs, including in the trades. We need to advance healthcare availability, and also make sure we care for our significant elderly population, for which home aid is often the most effective and best solution. We need to protect our environment in a responsible and sensible way, as this is our crown jewel here in Maine, and a big part of what we all love about our great state.
One of cooperation and mutual respect of course! The relationship is rather well spelled out in the state constitution, and when people have respect for one another and their roles it makes the legislative process much easier and smoother, and it makes it more conducive to do the people's work.
Yes! Both with those in your party and importantly, across the aisle. Ideas with broad consensus have the greatest chance for lasting success.
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 1, 2020
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