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Garrett Mason
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Maine State Senate District 22
Elections and appointments
Last election

June 12, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Pensacola Christian College, 2006

Graduate

Southern New Hampshire University

Personal
Religion
Christian: Baptist
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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

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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
• 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:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Mason served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Mason served on these committees:

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."

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 .

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

Total votes: 630,667
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 126,139
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Governor of Maine

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Shawn Moody in round 1 .

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

Total votes: 94,382
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

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
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png 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
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png 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
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png 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]

Maine State Senate District 22, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGarrett 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]

Maine State Senate, District 17, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGarrett 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
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Garrett Mason (R) 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)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Paul Mason 1,975 58%
Russell Pack 1,432 42%

Campaign finance summary

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Garrett Mason campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016Maine State Senate, District 22Won $35,081 N/A**
2014Maine State Senate, District 22Won $44,749 N/A**
2012Maine State Senate, District 17Won $54,223 N/A**
2010Maine State Senate, District 17Won $26,943 N/A**
Grand total$160,996 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Maine

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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.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
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Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2017


2016


2015


2014


2013


2012

Endorsements

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

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

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Maine, 2016 and Republican delegates from Maine, 2016

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
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngTed 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

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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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]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Garrett Mason for State Senate, home page, accessed October 28, 2010
  2. ↑ Politics1.com, "Maine," archived December 31, 2015
  3. ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "2016 Election Results," accessed December 20, 2016
  4. ↑ 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. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maine Secretary of State, "Tabulations for Primary Elections held on June 14, 2016," accessed August 11, 2016
  6. ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Primary Candidates," accessed May 8, 2014
  7. ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Non-Party Candidates," accessed June 2, 2014
  8. ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Primary Election - June 10, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
  9. ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
  10. ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "Primary Candidate List," accessed June 12, 2012
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Official 2010 Election Results," accessed February 18, 2014
  12. ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Support of Additional Maine Elected Officials and Leaders," February 6, 2012
  13. ↑ ME GOP, "Master List: National Convention Delegates and Delegate Alternates," April 24, 2016
  14. ↑ 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. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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John Nutting (D) 		Maine State Senate District 17
2010–2018 		Succeeded by
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