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Merle Parise
Merle Parise (Republican Party) ran for election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 46. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Merle Parise earned an associate degree from the University of Maine at Orono in 1972, a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Maine in 2004, and a master's degree from Columbia University in 2006. His professional experience includes working as a natural resource manager and forester. From 2009 to 2013, Parise worked for the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service in Afghanistan. During his service, he received two U.S. State Department Meritorious Service Awards. Parise is an honorary member and past president of the Rotary Club. He has also served with the Newcastle Food Pantry and the Appeals Board of Newcastle.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 46
Incumbent Lydia Crafts defeated Merle Parise in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 46 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lydia Crafts (D)  | 65.0 | 3,693 |
 | Merle Parise (R) | 35.0 | 1,988 | |
| Total votes: 5,681 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 46
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Lydia Crafts in round 1 .
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Total votes: 957 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 46
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Merle Parise in round 1 .
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Total votes: 321 |
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2020
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 90
Lydia Crafts defeated Merle Parise in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 90 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lydia Crafts (D) | 64.9 | 4,024 |
| Merle Parise (R) | 35.1 | 2,176 | |
| Total votes: 6,200 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 90
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Lydia Crafts 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: 1,783 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 90
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Merle Parise in round 1 .
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Total votes: 587 |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Merle Parise did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Merle Parise completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Parise's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Spent from 2009- 2013 working in support of our troops in Afghanistan working for the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
Volunteer member of the US Peace Corps in Mexico 2007-2009
Paul Harris Fellow, member and chairperson of the Newcastle Planning Board for ten years and currently a member of the Appeals Board. Past Director and President of the Planning alliance of the Damariscotta River Estuary Project. Which successfully promoted sustainable commercial aquaculture development.
Tri Chair fro Damariscotta Sesquicentennial Celebration
- Support efforts to sustain Medicaid and Medicare
- Maintain funding for Police and improve conditions for our prisons and jails staff
- Defend tax abatement's for forest owners, farmers, and fishermen
Championed NATO counterinsurgency strategy both in the field and the province's capital of Meymaneh, Afghanistan.
• Awarded the Norwegian Service Medal, and NATO Service Medal
• Acting USDA Director to NATO Regional Command North
Traveled to Mexico as a representative of the US Government with the US Peace Corps and :
• Established climate risk evaluation program using experimental theories and new approaches (NASA Goddard Space Institute Climate Model) and presented it at University of Colima and in Guadalajara to the Mexican Federal Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas.
• Launched livelihood erosion and sediment control program that employed 40 people annually.
• Developed timber type inventory within ArcGIS framework and instructed park employees on dendrology and field measurements.
• Assisted in execution of Integrated Pest Management program to combat the pine bark beetle.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 11, 2020
