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Nathan Carlow
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Republican Party

Maine House of Representatives District 137
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Maine House of Representatives District 16
Successor: Nina Milliken
Predecessor: Donald Marean

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

Education

Bachelor's

University of Southern Maine, 2018

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Nathan Carlow (Republican Party) is a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 137. He assumed office on December 6, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Carlow (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 137. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Nathan Carlow lives in Buxton, Maine. Carlow graduated from Bonny Eagle High School. He earned a B.A. in political science and government from the University of Southern Maine in 2018. Carlow's career experience includes working as an accounts payable specialist with East Coast Construction Management, the director of candidate engagement with the Cumberland County Republican Committee, and a consultant.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Carlow was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Carlow was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Carlow was assigned to the following committees:

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

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 137

Incumbent Nathan Carlow defeated Elizabeth Gleason in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 137 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
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Nathan Carlow (R)
 
58.5
 
3,359
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Elizabeth Gleason (D)
 
41.5
 
2,386

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,745
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 137

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Elizabeth Gleason in round 1 .

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

Total votes: 389
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 137

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Nathan Carlow in round 1 .

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 520
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Carlow in this election.

2022

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 137

Incumbent Nathan Carlow defeated Robert Faucher in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 137 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Nathan Carlow (R)
 
57.3
 
2,758
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Robert Faucher (D)
 
42.7
 
2,057

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,815
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 137

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Robert Faucher in round 1 .

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

Total votes: 428
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 137

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Nathan Carlow in round 1 .

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 487
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2020

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 16

Nathan Carlow defeated David Durrell in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 16 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Nathan Carlow (R) Candidate Connection
 
51.8
 
3,173
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David Durrell (D) Candidate Connection
 
48.2
 
2,954

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

Total votes: 6,127
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 16

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: David Durrell in round 1 .

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

Total votes: 911
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 16

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Nathan Carlow in round 1 .

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

Total votes: 791
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Nathan Carlow did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Candidate Connection

Nathan Carlow completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Carlow's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Nathan Carlow is a lifelong Mainer, and he is a graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, Maine. When he was a senior in high school, Nathan ran against an incumbent for the Maine School Administrative District 6 Board of Directors, and was subsequently elected by nearly 10 percent of the vote. Nathan is serving his second term on the Board, and is the only member that serves on all three of the Board's standing committees. In addition to his regular committee work, Nathan serves on two District-wide committees; the Budget Advisory Committee (on which we presides as Facilitator) and the Strategic Planning Committee, which oversees the development of the District's strategic plan. Nathan is also the mentor of the student representatives to the Board, and he believes that their perspective is incredibly valuable.

As a member of the Board, Nathan has developed a reputation for being skilled and effective. He cares deeply about our schools, and the lifelong success of students has always been his top priority.

In addition to his service on the M.S.A.D. 6 Board, Nathan has been an active member of his community in other ways. In 2017, the Buxton Board of Selectmen appointed Nathan to serve on the Charter Review Commission, and in this role, he championed an effort that increased accountability of town officials. Nathan is serving his second term as the Chairman of Buxton Republicans, and is also a member of the York County Republican Committee.
  • I believe that the Republican Party needs younger people to get involved and run for office. As the youngest Republican running for the Maine House of Representatives, I believe that I can accomplish that goal.
  • As a two term school board member, I have the experience that is required to advocate for our community in Augusta. All my colleagues on the Board work collaboratively with each other, and I will bring that sense of collegiality to Augusta.
  • I have always believed that it is important to be objective in making decisions, and while I am a conservative seeking the Republican nomination, I will work hard to find common ground and fight for common sense solutions that will help the people of my district, and push our State forward.
As a current school board member, I am personally passionate about public education. MSAD 6 is one of the largest districts in the State of Maine, and we are the largest employer in our community. As a legislator, though, I would be expected to advocate for or against all kinds of public policies. I come from public education, but I care about any public policy that will help our state.
As a student in high school, I would often visit the State House to serve as an Honorary Page. State Senator Amy Volk was always pleased to sponsor me for the day, and I recall her commitment to the people she represented. Not only do we share many of the same opinions, but we share the same principle that those who are elected to the Legislature have an inviolable duty to set aside partisan differences and to care for the people who elected them.
Everyone who holds office has to; (1) Know their community's values, (2) Have the personal gravitas to advocate for those values, and (3) Take the time to research every bill that you vote on.

If you don't possess each of those three things, then you can't be an effective legislator.
For three years, I worked at Hannaford as a customer service leader. I left that job recently to focus my efforts on this campaign. I met many members of my community there, many of whom knew me from my school board service. Hannaford expects its employees to meet high expectations, and this is a virtue that I hope to bring to Augusta.
Our workforce crisis has got to a major priority for this upcoming legislature, as well as many of the ones to follow. Not enough has been done to attract our graduating high school (and college) seniors to stay in Maine to live and work. If Augusta continues to take no action to respond, then we will face an economic and societal challenge far greater than what we've ever encountered. Hospitals will be understaffed, schools will not have enough qualified teachers, and critical jobs in infrastructure will be left vacant.
The State Legislature and the Governor often share a tense relationship, these tensions are often remedied by the Constitution or by our frequent elections. The relationship should be cooperative, in this way more can be accomplished, but it's the legislative branch that should take precedence over the executive power.
If you are elected to the legislature and refuse to get to know your colleagues, your potential to be effective is practically reduced to 0. Politics is a people business, and you have to get along with those you serve with if you want to get anything done. As a school board member, I have a professional relationship with all of my colleagues. Many of us are friends outside of board meetings as well. Our Board is also very successful because of our ability to work with each other.

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Campaign finance summary

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Nathan Carlow campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Maine House of Representatives District 137Won general$8,605 $176
2022Maine House of Representatives District 137Won general$5,755 $710
2020Maine House of Representatives District 16Won general$8,373 N/A**
Grand total$22,733 $886
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.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Portland Press-Herald, "Carlow, Durrell go head to head for Buxton House seat," September 16, 2020
    2. ↑ LinkedIn, "Nathan Carlow," accessed March 24, 2023

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    Preceded by
    Meldon Carmichael (R)     		Maine House of Representatives District 137
    2022-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    Donald Marean     		Maine House of Representatives District 16
    2020-2022    		 Succeeded by
    Nina Milliken (D)


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