Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Margaret O'Neil
Margaret O'Neil (Democratic Party) was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 129. She assumed office on December 6, 2022. She left office on December 3, 2024.
O'Neil (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 129. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Margaret O'Neil graduated from Catherine McAuley High School. O'Neil earned a bachelor's degree in classics and history from the University of King's College in 2015 and a juris doctor from the University of Maine in 2022. Her career experience includes working as a summer associate with Solidarity Law and an assistant park ranger with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry. O'Neil was affiliated with the Student Borrower Protection Center, the Maine Association for Public Interest Law, and the Maine Conservation Corps.[1][2]
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
O'Neil was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
O'Neil was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, Chair
- Government Oversight Committee (decommissioned)
2019-2020
O'Neil was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Maine committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry |
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
Margaret O'Neil was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.
2022
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 129
Incumbent Margaret O'Neil defeated Stephen DuPuis in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 129 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Margaret O'Neil (D) | 67.6 | 2,707 |
| Stephen DuPuis (R) | 32.4 | 1,300 | ||
| Total votes: 4,007 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 129
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Margaret O'Neil in round 1 .
|
Total votes: 453 |
|||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 129
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Stephen DuPuis in round 1 .
|
Total votes: 126 |
|||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
2020
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Margaret O'Neil defeated Marc Chappell in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret O'Neil (D) | 58.1 | 3,447 |
 | Marc Chappell (R) | 41.9 | 2,490 | |
| Total votes: 5,937 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 15
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Margaret O'Neil in round 1 .
|
Total votes: 1,117 |
|||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 15
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Marc Chappell in round 1 .
|
Total votes: 316 |
|||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
2018
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Margaret O'Neil defeated Joseph Lynch in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 15 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret O'Neil (D) | 62.9 | 2,747 |
| Joseph Lynch (R) | 37.1 | 1,622 | ||
| Total votes: 4,369 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Margaret O'Neil advanced from the Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 15 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret O'Neil | 100.0 | 843 |
| Total votes: 843 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 15
Joseph Lynch advanced from the Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 15 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Lynch | 100.0 | 470 | |
| Total votes: 470 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2016
Elections for the Maine House of Representatives 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.[3] Incumbent Justin Chenette (D) did not seek re-election.
Margaret O'Neil defeated Mark Bedell in the Maine House of Representatives District 15 general election.[4]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 15 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Margaret O'Neil |
66.11% | 3,342 | |
| Republican | Mark Bedell | 33.89% | 1,713 | |
| Total Votes | 5,055 | |||
| Source: Maine Secretary of State | ||||
Margaret O'Neil defeated Kathie Purdy in the Maine House of Representatives District 15 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 15 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Margaret O'Neil |
51.77% | 380 | |
| Democratic | Kathie Purdy | 48.23% | 354 | |
| Total Votes | 734 | |||
Mark Bedell ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 15 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Maine House of Representatives, District 15 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Mark Bedell (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Margaret O'Neil did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Margaret O'Neil did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Maine scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2024
In 2024, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 17.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
- Legislators are scored by MPA on "where they stand on community, investing in the future, fairness, equality, and justice for all Maine people."
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to gender equity.
- 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 bills that would put the tribes in Maine on equal footing with the other federally recognized tribes across the country.
2023
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2023, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2023, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 7 to March 30.
|
2022
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2022, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2022, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 9.
|
2021
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2021, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 2 to March 30.
|
2020
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2020, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2020, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 17.
|
2019
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2019, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2019, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 5 through June 19.
|
2018
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2018, click [show]. |
|---|
|
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.
|
2017
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2017, click [show]. |
|---|
|
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.
|
2016
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2016, click [show]. |
|---|
|
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.
|
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Maggie O'Neil," accessed February 7, 2023
- ↑ Maine House of Representatives, "Margaret M. O'Neil," accessed February 7, 2023
- ↑ Politics1.com, "Maine," archived December 31, 2015
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "2016 Election Results," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maine Secretary of State, "List of Candidates who have filed for the June 14, 2016 Primary Election," accessed March 20, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Maine Secretary of State, "Tabulations for Primary Elections held on June 14, 2016," accessed August 11, 2016
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Peter Lyford (R) |
Maine House of Representatives District 129 2022-2024 |
Succeeded by Marshall Archer (D) |
| Preceded by - |
Maine House of Representatives District 15 2016-2022 |
Succeeded by Holly Eaton (D) |
