James Thorne (Maine)

James Thorne

Republican Party

Candidate, Maine House of Representatives District 35

Maine House of Representatives District 35

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Suzanne Salisbury

Prior offices

Maine House of Representatives District 103

Successor: Arthur Bell

Predecessor: Roger Reed

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Compensation

Base salary

16,245.12 for the first regular session. $11,668.32 for the second regular session.

Per diem

$70/day for lodging (or round-trip mileage up to $0.55/mile in lieu of housing, plus tolls). $50/day for meals.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Next election

November 3, 2026

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Years of service

1983 - 2003

Personal

Birthplace

Portland, Maine

Religion

Catholic

Contact

Official website

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James Thorne (Republican Party) is a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 35. He assumed office on December 6, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Thorne (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 35. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.^[source]

Biography

James Thorne was born in Portland, Maine, and lives in Carmel, Maine. Thorne served in the U.S. Air Force from 1983 to 2003. His career experience includes working as the advertising sales manager of Northwoods Sporting Journal, a relocation consultant with Parker K. Bailey/United Van Lines, and a registered Maine Guide. Thorne has been affiliated with the American Legion Post 107, the NRA, B.P.O.E. (Elks) #1954, the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine, Bangor Troop Greeters, and Maine Outdoors.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Thorne was assigned to the following committees:

• Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee
• Marine Resources Committee, Ranking Member

2021-2022

Thorne was assigned to the following committees:

• Judiciary Committee
• Marine Resources Committee

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

2026

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2026

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent James Thorne is running in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 35 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		James Thorne (R)

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2024

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent James Thorne won election in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 35 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Thorne (R)	100.0	4,624

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,624
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Candace Augustine (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 35

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Candace Augustine in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔	Submit photo	Candace Augustine	100	384	0	Advanced (1)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 384
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 35

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: James Thorne in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔		James Thorne	100	986	0	Advanced (1)

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 986
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Thorne signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent James Thorne won election in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 35 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Thorne (R)	100.0	3,871

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,871
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Candace Augustine (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 35

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Candace Augustine in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔	Submit photo	Candace Augustine	100	255	0	Advanced (1)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 255
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 35

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: James Thorne in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔		James Thorne	100	732	0	Advanced (1)

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 732
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2020

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 103

James Thorne defeated Robin Russel in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 103 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Thorne (R)	62.9	3,616
	Submit photo	Robin Russel (D)	37.1	2,133

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,749
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 103

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Robin Russel in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔	Submit photo	Robin Russel	100	586	0	Advanced (1)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 586
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 103

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: James Thorne in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
✔		James Thorne	100	1,034	0	Advanced (1)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,034
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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James Thorne campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Maine House of Representatives District 35	Won general	$100	$95
2022	Maine House of Representatives District 35	Won general	$0	$0
2020	Maine House of Representatives District 103	Won general	$13,502	N/A**
Grand total			$13,602	$95
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

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2023

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In 2023, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 7 to March 30. 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.

2022

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In 2022, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 9. 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 on 14 bills supported or opposed by the organization. Maine Women's Lobby Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to gender equity. Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund: Senate and House Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Wabanaki Alliance: Senate and House Legislators are scored on their votes on bills that would put the tribes in Maine on equal footing with the other federally recognized tribes across the country.

2021

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In 2021, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 2 to March 30. Maine AFL-CIO Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues. Maine Citizens for Clean Elections Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to election 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." Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund: Senate and House Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2020

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In 2020, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 17. 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. Wabanaki Alliance Legislators are scored on their votes on bills that would put the tribes in Maine on equal footing with the other federally recognized tribes across the country.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Suzanne Salisbury (D)	Maine House of Representatives District 35 2022-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Roger Reed (R)	Maine House of Representatives District 103 2020-2022	Succeeded by Arthur Bell (D)

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Current members of the Maine House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Ryan Fecteau

Majority Leader:Matthew Moonen

Minority Leader:Billy Bob Faulkingham

Representatives

District 1

Lucien Daigle (R)

District 2

Roger Albert (R)

District 3

Mark Babin (R)

District 4

Timothy Guerrette (R)

District 5

Joseph Underwood (R)

District 6

Donald Ardell (R)

District 7

Gregory Swallow (R)

District 8

Tracy Quint (R)

District 9

Arthur Mingo (R)

District 10

William Tuell (R)

District 11

Tiffany Strout (R)

District 12

Billy Bob Faulkingham (R)

District 13

Russell White (R)

District 14

Gary Friedmann (D)

District 15

Holly Eaton (D)

District 16

Nina Milliken (D)

District 17

Steven Bishop (R)

District 18

Mathew McIntyre (R)

District 19

Richard Campbell (R)

District 20

Dani O'Halloran (D)

District 21

Ambureen Rana (D)

District 22

Laura Supica (D)

District 23

Amy Roeder (D)

District 24

Sean Faircloth (D)

District 25

Laurie Osher (D)

District 26

James Dill (D)

District 27

Gary Drinkwater (R)

District 28

Irene Gifford (R)

District 29

Kathy Javner (R)

District 30

James White (R)

District 31

Chad Perkins (R)

District 32

Steven Foster (R)

District 33

Kenneth Fredette (R)

District 34

Abigail Griffin (R)

District 35

James Thorne (R)

District 36

Kimberly Haggan (R)

District 37

Reagan Paul (R)

District 38

Benjamin Hymes (R)

District 39

Janice Dodge (D)

District 40

D. Michael Ray (D)

District 41

Victoria Doudera (D)

District 42

Valli Geiger (D)

District 43

Ann Matlack (D)

District 44

William Pluecker (I)

District 45

Abden Simmons (R)

District 46

Lydia Crafts (D)

District 47

Wayne Farrin (D)

District 48

Holly Stover (D)

District 49

Allison Hepler (D)

District 50

David Sinclair (D)

District 51

Rafael Macias (D)

District 52

Sally Cluchey (D)

District 53

Michael Lemelin (R)

District 54

Karen Montell (D)

District 55

Daniel Shagoury (D)

District 56

Randall Greenwood (R)

District 57

Tavis Hasenfus (D)

District 58

Sharon Frost (U)

District 59

David Rollins (D)

District 60

William Bridgeo (D)

District 61

Alicia Collins (R)

District 62

Katrina Smith (R)

District 63

Paul Flynn (R)

District 64

Flavia DeBrito (D)

District 65

Cassie Julia (D)

District 66

Robert Nutting (R)

District 67

Shelley Rudnicki (R)

District 68

Amanda Collamore (R)

District 69

Dean Cray (R)

District 70

Jennifer Poirier (R)

District 71

John Ducharme (R)

District 72

Elizabeth Caruso (R)

District 73

Michael Soboleski (R)

District 74

Randall Hall (R)

District 75

Stephan Bunker (D)

District 76

Sheila Lyman (R)

District 77

Tammy Schmersal-Burgess (R)

District 78

Rachel Ann Henderson (R)

District 79

Michael Lance (R)

District 80

Caldwell Jackson (R)

District 81

Peter Wood (R)

District 82

Nathan Wadsworth (R)

District 83

Marygrace Cimino (R)

District 84

Mark Walker (R)

District 85

Kimberly Pomerleau (R)

District 86

Rolf Olsen (R)

District 87

David Boyer (R)

District 88

Quentin Chapman (R)

District 89

Adam Lee (D)

District 90

Laurel Libby (R)

District 91

Joshua Morris (R)

District 92

Stephen Wood (R)

District 93

Julia McCabe (D)

District 94

Kristen Cloutier (D)

District 95

Mana Abdi (D)

District 96

Michel Lajoie (D)

District 97

Richard Mason (R)

District 98

Kilton Webb (D)

District 99

Cheryl Golek (D)

District 100

Dan Ankeles (D)

District 101

Poppy Arford (D)

District 102

Melanie Sachs (D)

District 103

Arthur Bell (D)

District 104

Amy Arata (R)

District 105

Anne Graham (D)

District 106

Barbara Bagshaw (R)

District 107

Mark Cooper (R)

District 108

Parnell Terry (D)

District 109

Eleanor Sato (D)

District 110

Christina Mitchell (D)

District 111

Amy Kuhn (D)

District 112

W. Edward Crockett (D)

District 113

Grayson Lookner (D)

District 114

Dylan Pugh (D)

District 115

Michael Brennan (D)

District 116

Samuel Zager (D)

District 117

Matthew Moonen (D)

District 118

Yusuf Yusuf (D)

District 119

Charles Skold (D)

District 120

Deqa Dhalac (D)

District 121

Christopher Kessler (D)

District 122

Matthew Beck (D)

District 123

Michelle Boyer (D)

District 124

Sophia Warren (D)

District 125

Kelly Noonan Murphy (D)

District 126

Andrew Gattine (D)

District 127

Morgan Rielly (D)

District 128

Suzanne Salisbury (D)

District 129

Marshall Archer (D)

District 130

Lynn Copeland (D)

District 131

Lori Gramlich (D)

District 132

Ryan Fecteau (D)

District 133

Marc Malon (D)

District 134

Traci Gere (D)

District 135

Daniel Sayre (D)

District 136

John Eder (R)

District 137

Nathan Carlow (R)

District 138

Mark Blier (R)

District 139

David Woodsome (R)

District 140

Wayne Parry (R)

District 141

Lucas Lanigan (R)

District 142

Anne-Marie Mastraccio (D)

District 143

Ann Marie Fredericks (R)

District 144

Jeffrey Adams (R)

District 145

Robert Foley (R)

District 146

Walter Runte (D)

District 147

Holly Sargent (D)

District 148

Thomas Lavigne (R)

District 149

Tiffany Roberts (D)

District 150

Michele Meyer (D)

District 151

Kristi Mathieson (D)

Democratic Party (76)

Republican Party (73)

Independent (1)

Unenrolled (1)