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Garrett Mason
Garrett Mason (b. June 19, 1985) is a former Republican member of the Maine State Senate, representing District 22 from 2010 to 2018. Mason served as state Senate majority leader from 2014 to 2018.
Mason was a candidate running for governor of Maine in the 2018 election. He was defeated by Shawn Moody (R) in the June 12 primary.
Mason was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Maine State Senate because of term limits.
Biography
Mason earned his B.S. in Management and Marketing from Pensacola Christian College in 2006. His professional experience includes working with the Portland Sea Dogs, the AA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and as Public Relations Director and Director of Administration for the Lewiston MAINEiacs, a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team.
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Senate Rules, Chair |
| • Senatorial Vote |
| • Joint Rules, Chair |
| • Veterans and Legal Affairs, Chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Mason served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Energy, Utilities and Technology |
| • Senate Rules, Chair |
| • Senatorial Vote |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Mason served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Veterans and Legal Affairs |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Mason served on these committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Criminal Justice and Public Safety |
| • Education and Cultural Affairs |
Campaign themes
2010
Mason's campaign website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
- Jobs - Mason will fight to lower taxes, and decrease regulation on many industries in Maine, so that jobs can be created. Mason will also work to overturn a "culture of dependence" on welfare.
- Energy - Mason is firmly opposed to any "cap-and-trade" legislation, and believes that it is nothing but a tax on working people and industry.
- Education - Mason believes that Maine's low performing public school system needs an overhaul. Mason supports charter schools and school vouchers.
- Government - "The more we allow government to encroach on our lives through the disguise of government programs and benefits, the more power they have to control our destiny. Once we lose our ability to control our own destiny, we will lose our liberty."
- Health Care - Mason supports giving Mainers the choice to search for health care in other states, and allowing free market common sense principals to prevail. Mason would work to remove the red tape of government and allow competition.
- Marriage - Mason supports Maine's statute that defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. "At the same time...I will uphold Maine's current domestic partnership laws that give all medical and legal benefits to Mainers who choose to live together."
- Life - "I believe that life must be protected from the moment of conception until the time of natural death."
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
2018
- See also: Maine gubernatorial election, 2018
General election
General election for Governor of Maine
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Janet T. Mills in round 1 .
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Total votes: 630,667 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Richard Light (L)
- Betsy Marsano (G)
- Karmo Sanders (Independent)
- Ken A. Capron (Independent)
- John Jenkins (Independent)
- Jay Parker Dresser (G)
- Ethan Alcorn (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Governor of Maine
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Janet T. Mills in round 4 . 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: 126,139 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cynthia Soma-Hernandez (D)
- J. Martin Vachon (D)
- Patrick Eisenhart (D)
- Sean Faircloth (D)
- James Boyle (D)
Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Governor of Maine
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Shawn Moody in round 1 .
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Total votes: 94,382 |
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2016
- See also: Maine State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Maine State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016.[2]
Incumbent Garrett Mason defeated Richard Fochtmann in the Maine State Senate District 22 general election.[3]
| Maine State Senate, District 22 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Garrett Mason Incumbent |
67.02% | 13,774 | |
| Democratic | Richard Fochtmann | 32.98% | 6,777 | |
| Total Votes | 20,551 | |||
| Source: Maine Secretary of State | ||||
Richard Fochtmann ran unopposed in the Maine State Senate District 22 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Maine State Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Democratic | Richard Fochtmann (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Garrett Mason ran unopposed in the Maine State Senate District 22 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Maine State Senate, District 22 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Garrett Mason Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
- See also: Maine State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Maine State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the primary election was April 28, 2014, and the deadline for non-party candidates to run in the general election was June 2, 2014. Guy Desjardins was unopposed in the Democratic primary. District 17 incumbent Garrett Mason was unopposed in the Republican primary. Mason defeated Desjardins in the general election.[6][7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Garrett Mason Incumbent |
54.3% | 9,633 | |
| Democratic | Guy Desjardins | 40.9% | 7,264 | |
| None | Blank Votes | 4.8% | 847 | |
| Total Votes | 17,744 | |||
2012
- See also: Maine State Senate elections, 2012
Mason won re-election in 2012. He ran unopposed in the June 12, 2012, Republican primary and defeated Colleen Quint (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Garrett Mason Incumbent |
50.1% | 9,818 | |
| Democratic | Colleen Quint | 49.9% | 9,790 | |
| Total Votes | 19,608 | |||
2010
- See also: Maine State Senate elections, 2010
Mason defeated Democratic incumbent John Nutting in the November 2 general election.[11]
| Maine State Senate, District 17 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Garrett Mason (R)
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9,027 | 53% | ||
| John Nutting (D) | 7,153 | 42% | ||
| Blank | 823 | 5% | ||
In the June 8th primary election, Mason defeated Russell Pack by a margin of 1,975-1,432.[11]
| Maine State Senate, District 17 - Republican Primary (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Paul Mason
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1,975 | 58% | ||
| Russell Pack | 1,432 | 42% | ||
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2018
In 2018, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 3 to May 2. The legislature held a special session from June 19 to September 13.
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2017
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In 2017, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 7 through July 4. The legislature reconvened on July 20. The legislature held a veto session on August 2. The legislature held its first special session on October 23. The legislature held its second special session on November 6.
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2016
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In 2016, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 6 through April 20. A one-day veto session was held on April 29.
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2015
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In 2015, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 3, 2014, through July 16, 2015.
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2014
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In 2014, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 2.
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2013
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In 2013, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 5, 2012, to July 10, 2013.
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In 2012, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 4 through April 14, in recess from April 14 through May 13, and adjourned May 31.
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Endorsements
Presidential preference
2012
Garrett Mason endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[12]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Garrett Mason | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Maine |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Mason was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Maine.[13] In Maine’s caucuses on March 5, 2016, Ted Cruz won 12 delegates, Donald Trump won nine, and John Kasich won two. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Mason was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Maine’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[14]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Maine to the Republican National Convention were elected at the state convention in April 2016. Maine GOP bylaws stipulated that delegates were to be bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention. If a candidate withdrew prior to the convention, his or her delegates were to become unbound.
Maine caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Maine, 2016
| Maine Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Ted Cruz |
45.9% | 8,550 | 12 | |
| Donald Trump | 32.6% | 6,070 | 9 | |
| John Kasich | 12.2% | 2,270 | 2 | |
| Marco Rubio | 8% | 1,492 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 132 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 55 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.3% | 58 | 0 | |
| Totals | 18,627 | 23 | ||
| Source: The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Maine was expected to have 23 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, six were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's two congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10% of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's district delegates.[15][16]
Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 10% of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[15][16]
Recent news
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See also
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- Governor of Maine
- Maine gubernatorial election, 2018
- Maine State Legislature
- Maine State Senate
- Maine Senate Committees
- Maine Joint Committees
- Maine state legislative districts
External links
- Official campaign website
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2010
- Garrett Mason on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ Garrett Mason for State Senate, home page, accessed October 28, 2010
- ↑ Politics1.com, "Maine," archived December 31, 2015
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "2016 Election Results," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maine Secretary of State, "List of Candidates who have filed for the June 14, 2016 Primary Election," accessed March 20, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maine Secretary of State, "Tabulations for Primary Elections held on June 14, 2016," accessed August 11, 2016
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Primary Candidates," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Non-Party Candidates," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Primary Election - June 10, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "Primary Candidate List," accessed June 12, 2012
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Official 2010 Election Results," accessed February 18, 2014
- ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Support of Additional Maine Elected Officials and Leaders," February 6, 2012
- ↑ ME GOP, "Master List: National Convention Delegates and Delegate Alternates," April 24, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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