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Elizabeth Caruso
Elizabeth Caruso (Republican Party) is a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 72. She assumed office on December 3, 2024. Her current term ends on December 1, 2026.
Caruso (Republican Party) ran for election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 72. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Elizabeth Caruso earned a bachelor's degree and a graduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1991 and 1994, respectively.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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 72
Elizabeth Caruso defeated Cynthia Soma-Hernandez in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 72 on November 5, 2024.
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| ✔ |  | Elizabeth Caruso (R) | 72.4 | 3,475 |
 | Cynthia Soma-Hernandez (Independent) | 27.6 | 1,324 | |
| Total votes: 4,799 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 72
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Elizabeth Caruso in round 1 .
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Total votes: 453 |
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Caruso in this election.
Pledges
Caruso signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Maine District 2
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jared Golden in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 316,382 |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for U.S. House Maine District 2
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jared Golden in round 1 .
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Total votes: 25,684 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Sutton (D)
Republican primary election
Republican Primary for U.S. House Maine District 2
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Bruce Poliquin in round 1 .
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Total votes: 36,848 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Garret Swazey (R)
- Harold Stewart (R)
- Michael D. Perkins (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Elizabeth Caruso did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Elizabeth Caruso completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Caruso's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I will uphold our Constitution and enforce constitutional freedoms especially our 1st & 2nd amendment rights, medical and educational freedom, parental rights
- I stand for Life & Safety and Law and Order: Pro-life and pro-women (Title IX rights, women's sports, bathrooms, prison cells); human safety (end child/human trafficking); restore honor to law enforcement and military for domestic tranquility and common defense; prosecute crime; stop rioting; strengthen health of military
- Strong leaders and strong national security: secure borders, secure elections, secure our critical infrastructure (steel, petroleum, food, fertilizer), energy independence and pro-American trade agreements to protect industries and jobs, secure currency. Stop treasonous spending forcing oppressive inflation, reduced economic growth and diminished national defense.
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Maine House of Representatives District 72 |
Officeholder Maine House of Representatives District 72 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 17, 2022
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| Preceded by Larry Dunphy (R) |
Maine House of Representatives District 72 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
