Norman Bamford
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Norman Bamford (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 12. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Bamford completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Norman Bamford was born in Machias, Maine. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1997 to 2007. He earned a high school diploma from Sumner Memorial High School. His career experience includes working in business.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
Democratic primary election
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There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Total votes: 407
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Republican primary election

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Total votes: 756
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Endorsements
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2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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I WAS RAISED ON GOULDSBORO POINT AND AFTER 18 YEARS I JOINED THE AIR FORCE STRIAGHT AFTER GRADUATING SUMNER HIGHSCHOOL. I SPENT 10 YEARS 1997-2007 PROUDLY SERVING MY COUNTRY. AT THE TEN YEAR MARK I FELT THE CALLING TO PERSUE A DIFFERENT CALLING AND HELP PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT WAY, I BECAME A PASTOR AND MOVED BACK TO MAINE AND LIVED IN STEUBEN UNTIL 2011 WHEN I MOVED TO SULLIVAN AFTER MY DIVORCE. IN SULLIVAN I QUICKLY BECAME INVOLVED IN THE TOWNS ACTIVITIES AND BECAME PASTOR OF THE ASHVILLE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN 2016. I HAVE 5 BIOLOGICAL KIDS AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE FOSTERED SEVERAL CHILDREN AND BETWEEN KIDS AND BONUS KIDS WE HAVE 7 GRANDSONS. I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER JOINT OWNER WITH MY EX WIFE AND BEST FRIEND VERONIKA-CONNORS WE ARE BOTH SUPER INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY BUILDING AND HAVE RENOVATED 7 PROPERTIES IN SULLIVAN MAKING IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. I AM JOINED ROB EATONS EFFORTS IN MAKING A MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE IN THE PARK, I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SULLIVAN DAZE, THE PLANNING BOARD, AND THE SELECT BOARD, I BELIEVE IN THIS AREA AND WANT TO SEE US GET A WAY FROM PARTISAN POLITICS THAT HAVE DIVIDED US AND EMBRACE OUR COMMON GROUND AND FIND COMMON SENSE SOLUTION TO OUR UNIQUE NEEDS, FOR 6 YEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED AND WE NEED REPRESENTATION THAT WILL HELP US GET MORE HOUSING MORE MOM AND POP BUSINESSES AND WILL LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE NOT PARTY LEADERS IN WASHINGTON. I WILL REPRESENT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS NOT JUST THE ONES THAT LOOK ACT OR VOTE LIKE ME. PEOPLE OVER PARTY!!
- WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM LEFT VS RIGHT POLITICS. THIS SENSLESS DIVISION HAS COST MAINERS IN OUR NIEGHBORHOODS TOO MUCH ALREADY. WE ARE NOT CONSERVITIVES AND LIBERALS BUT WE ARE NEIGHBORS TEACHERS BUSINESS OWNERS FISHERMEN AND WE ARE A COMMUNITY. I WONT BOW DOWN TO POLITICAL LEADERS IN MY PARTY WHEN ITS CLEAR THAT A POLICY COULD HURT MY NEIGHBORS, I WANT TO REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS UNIQUE NEEDS AND NOT JUST GO FOR THE SOUND BITES. I WILL SHOW UP FOR EVERY VOTE AND I WILL BE A VOICE FOR STEUBEN, GOULDSBORO, SULLIVAN, SORRENTO, FRANKLIN AND HANCOCK. THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO REACH ACROSS THE ASILE SHAKE HANDS AND GET TO BUSINESS NOT SQUABLE OVER OUR DIFFERENCES WE HAVE SEEN WHERE THAT LEADS US! NO NEW JOBS NO NEW HOUSING NO CHANGE!
- WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER EFFORTS TO GET MORE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THE PRICES OF HOUSES KEEP GOING UP AND THE LOCAL PERSON IF DISPLACED CANT AFFORD TO STAY AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MOVE TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS OR SMALL BUSINESSES CANT FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SO THEY MOVE AWAY, THE KIDS WHO GRADUATE SUMNER HIGHSCHOOL CANT AFFORD RENTS HERE AND LEAVE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE ASK ME IF I KNOW OF ANY RENTALS AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALL BEEN YOUNG FAMILIES THAT LOST A RENT AND FINDING ONE HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE AND SO WE LOSE THESE FAMILIES IT NEEDS TO STOP WE NEED HOUSING AND IT HAS TO BE AFFORDABLE. RENTALS AND NEW HOUSES NEEDED
- WE NEED MORE JOBS IN THE AREA. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FEAR THE WORD GROWTH, BUT THE REALITY IS IF WE ARE NOT GROWING WE ARE DYING, WE HAVE THE OLDEST POPULATION IN OUR STATE THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN OUR UNION IF WE DONT FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAY AND NEW PEOPLE TO MOVE HERE OUR COMMUNITES WILL DISAPEAR OR BECOME SUMMER RETIERMENT COMMUNITES AND OUR SCHOOLS WILL SUFFER. BIG CORPERATIONS GET TAX BREAKS FOR SETTING UP SHOPS IN OUR TOWNS WHY COULDN'T SMALLER MOM AND POP STORES GET THAT SAME KIND OF BREAK? WHY COULDNT WE MAKE LEGISLATION TO ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESS MOM AND POP SHOPS TO OPEN TO GIVE A CHANCE OF FINANCIAL INDEPENDACE TO OUR LOCAL POPULATION AND BREAK THE CYCLE OF JUST BEING A BEDROOM COMMUNITY FOR ELLSWORTH OR MDI?
I AM SOCIALLY LIBERAL AND FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AND THIS PUTS ME PRETTY MUCH JUST LEFT OF CENTER IN A WHOLE, BUT I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM, FREEDOM OF SPEACH FOR ALL PEOPLE, WITH THIS LEFT V RIGHT STUFF THAT IS GOING ON IN AUGUSTA AND IN WASHINGTON PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK THEIR MINDS AND OPINIONS, I BELIEVE FIRMLY IN LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND DONT THINK WE SHOULD EVER LEGISLATE MORALITY AND FORCE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THE WAY WE DO, FREEDOM FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THE WAY THEY SEE FIT FROM LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES TO THE DEEPEST POCKETS OF CONSERVATIVE CORNERS, FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CITIES TO PEOPLE HOMESTEADING, THIS IS AMERICA AND WE HAVE BEEN GIVING UP THE IDEA THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT BECAUSE HE TOOK OFFICE WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS AT ITS DARKEST MOMENTS AND BROUGHT US OUT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSSION AND GAVE JOBS AND DIGNITY TO MEN AT THE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES
RONALD REGAN BECAUSE HE SHOWED THAT ANYONE COULD BE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES
GEORGE BUSH FOR THE GRACE HE HAS SHOWN SINCE HE LEFT OFFICE AND FOR THE WAY HE IS FRIENDS WITH THE OBAMAS AND FOR THE STANCE HE HAD ON THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMIGRATION
BARACK OBAMA HIS CHARECTOR AND CARISMA AND BECAUSE HE SIGNED IN TO LAW THE REMOVAL OF DONT ASK DONT TELL, AND HIS BOOK THE AUDACITY OF HOPE EVEN IN JUST THE TITLE ALONE IT GIVES HOPE TO THOSE LIKE ME WHO GREW UP IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE NO ONE THOUGHT YOU COULD AMOUNT TO ANYTHING BUT YOU BROKE THE CHAINS THAT BIND. THE ULTIMATE JIM ROHN LIBRARY IS A COLLECTION OF SEMINARS AND BOOKS THAT JIM ROHN PUT TOGETHER BEFORE HE DIED, I HIGHLY RECCOMEND THIS TO EVERYONE I TALK TO ITS A GREAT INSIGHT TO PERSONAL GROWTH AND GOVERNMENT
EMPATHY, COMPASSION, I FEEL ARE MISSING FROM MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE NEED LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT, PEOPLE DONT CARE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW UNTIL YOU SHOW THEM HOW MUCH YOU CARE, OFTEN LEADERS FEEL THE PRESSURE TO LOOK TOUGH AND SPEW RHETORIC THAT GETS THEM VIEWS AND OFTEN TIMES GETS IN THE WAY OF LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORO WHO NEEDS SOMEONE TO STAND UP FOR THEM. COMPASSION AND EMPATHY IS WHY I BECAME PASTOR AND WHY I BECAME INVOLVED IN POITICS, I HEAR THE NEEDS AND I WANT TO HELP, I KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, MY FAMILY WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO HAVE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOUSE EVER BUILT FOR THEM, THIS COMPASSIONATE PROJECT TAUGHT MY PARENTS AND US KIDS JUST HOW POWERFUL IT IS WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO EASE THE SUFFERING OF A FELLOW NIEGHBOR, MY PARENTS WENT ON TO GO NIGHT SCHOOL AND GRADUATED AND MY MOM WENT FURTHER AND BECAME A CNA, MY BROTHER WENT TO WORK FOR JACKSON LAB TO HELP IN THE FIGHT TO FIND A CURE FOR CANCER AND IS NOW MARRIED TO A LEADER IN THE FIELD OF CANCER RESEARCH, I JOINED THE AIR FORCE AND THEN LATER CAME BACK HOME TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY AND BECOME A COMMUNITY LEADER ALL BECAUS OF EMPATHY AND COMPASSION. ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO GET TO A PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING AND IDENTIFYING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITES THEY REPRESENT, THEY NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK A MILE IN THE SHOES OF THOSE THEY SERVE SO THAT INSTEAD OF CRITIZING OR ALIENATING THEM BECAUSE OF PARTY LOYALTY PERHAPS IF THEY WALKED A MILE IN THE SHOES OF THEM THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE LIVES IN A VERY POSSITIVE WAY IN WAYS THAT BRING US ALL TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY OF NEIGHBORS INSTEAD OF DIVIDING US. REMEMBER UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL, LETS COMETOGEHER AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH COMPASSION AND EMPATHY, FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF AND DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEN DO UNTO YOU, COMPASSION AND EMPATHY!!
INTEGRITY, EMPATHY, COMPASSION, PASSION AND THE ABILITY TO COMPROMISE AND SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE
I BELIEVE IN THE AIR FORCE CORE VALUES
1. INTEGRITY FIRST
2. SERVICE BEFORE SELF
3. EXCELENCE IN ALL WE DO
THE FIRST CORE VALUE IS INTEGRITY FIRST, THE IDEA THAT WHAT YOU DO WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE BEING WATCHED, DOING THE RIGHT THING EVEN IF NO ONE WILL FIND OUT IS THE FIRST FOR A REASON, IT SHOWS THE KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES FOR QUICK EXAMPLE. I WAS AT ANDERSONS HARDWARE STORE IN GOULDSBORO AND WAS BUYING THESE WASHERS AND I HAD PICKED UP A FEW THINGS AND THE 3 WASHERS AND PAID AND GOT TO THE CAR AND SAW THAT I HAD NOT BEEN CHARGED FOR ONE OF THE RINGS. I COULD HAVE JUST WALKED AWAY AFTER ALL IT WAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER A DOLLAR BUT I COULDNT DO THAT. I WENT INSIDE AND LET THE MAN KNOW AT THE COUNTER BUT THERE WAS AN ISSUE I DIDNT CARY CASH AND THE CREDIT CARD PROCESSOR ADDS FEES SO HE WOULD LOOSE MONEY ON THAT SALE SINCE IT WAS UNDER 5 DOLLARS SO I OPTED TO BUY A FEW MORE SMALL ITEMS TO GET OVER THAT THRESHOLD. HE THANKED ME FOR MY HONESTY AND I FELT GOOD ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING. THE SECOND IS SERVICE BEFORE SELF, THIS IS WHERE YOU DO YOUR ABSOLUTE BEST FOR THE SERVICE OF OTHER PEOPLE EVEN WHEN YOU ARE TIRED ALWAYS GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO HELP EVEN IF YOU DONT FEEL LIKE IT. THIS IS A CORE VALUE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE RESPONSIBLITIES OF A STATE REP, TO ALWAYS PUT OTHERS FIRST NOT THEMSELVES OR THE PARTY THEY REPRESENT. AND THE LAST EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO, NEVER STRIVE FOR MEDIOCRE OR JUST GET BY DO EVERYTHING THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY ONE OF THE CORE RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO KNOW WHAT YOUR TOWNS NEED AND WANT AND DO YOUR ABSOLUTE BEST TO ENSURE THAT YOU DONT STOP UNTIL THOSE UNIQUE NEEDS ARE MET THOSE ARE THE WAY THAT MY CORE VALUES WILL SERVE THE CORE RESPONSIBILITES OF THE JOB OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 12, STEUBEN, GOULDSBORO, WINTER HARBOR, SULLIVAN, SORRENTO, FRANKLIN AND HANCOCK I WOULD LIKE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MAN THAT HELPED AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE POSSIBLY COULD, THE MAN THAT TOOK BROKEN THINGS AND MADE THEM BEAUTIFUL
LIKE ANYONE MY AGE THE CHALLENGER EXPLOSION WAS A HUGE HISTORICAL MOMENT THAT WE ALL REMEMBER WELL. I WAS 7 YEARS OLD
I WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND WORKED EVERY SUMMER FOR 4 YEARS RAKING BLUEBERRIES IN THE SUMMER AND BRUSHING IN THE WINTER
EVER SINCE I WAS A SMALL BOY IN SCHOOL AND HAD TO READ IT IN CLASS, HATCHET BY GARY PAULSEN BECAUSE HE WAS A KID AROUND MY AGE THAT COULD SERVIVE IN THE WILD BY HIMSELF FOR THAT LONG AND BEING THAT WE LIVE IN MAINE IT WAS FUN TO IDENTIFY THE MYSTERIOUS ANIMALS HE SAW IN THE WOODS SINCE HE WAS FROM THE CITY AND CRASHED IN CANADA
SPIDER MAN, BECAUSE I AM ONLY 5 FOOT 5 INCHES TALL AND THE ABILITY TO SCALE WALLS OR SHOOT WEBS TO GET THINGS WOULD BE AMAZING!
WHEN WE WERE LITTLE MY PARENTS DIDNT HAVE A HIGHSCHOOL EDUCATION, MY DAD WAS A CLAM DIGGER THAT HAD SEVERE PSORIASIS THAT COVERED 95 PERCENT OF HIS BODY AT TIME AND LEFT HIM BED RIDDEN SOME DAYS AND MY MOM WORKED PART TIME IN SEAFOOD PROCESSING PLANT AND THERE WERE MANY TIMES WE HAD NO FOOD AND I WAS SO THANKFUL FOR FREE LUNCH AT SCHOOL, THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECUASE AT TIMES THEY TECHNICALLY MADE TOO MUCH FOR FOOD STAMPS.
I BELIVE THE IDEAL IS A FRIENDLY ONE WHERE WE KNOW THE GOVERNOR AND THE GOVERNOR KNOWS US SO THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL KNOW WHY THE BILLS WE PASS ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR CONSTITUENTS FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE RESULTS POSSIBLE, WE ALSO WOULD KNOW WHAT THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE GOVERNOR AND WHAT THINGS THE GOVERNOR IS LOOKING FOR IN THE BILLS TO ENSURE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE TO GET SIGNATURE
HOUSING IS A DEFINATELY ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES WE FACE BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO FACING LABOR SHORTAGES AND SO PLACES ARE CLOSING DUE TO THE INABLITIY TO FIND AND RETAIN PEOPLE.
ITS DEFINATELY BENEFICIAL MY TIME ON THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITEE AND THE SULLIVAN SELECTBOARD HAS SHOWN ME MANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT COME WHEN BUDGETS AND OVERCOMING PROBLEMS WE DONT NORMALLY THINK OF LIKE WHEN TO BUY SALT AND SAND FOR THE ROADS. OR PROPERTY TAX DISPUTES THIS COMES IN HANDY WHEN SERVING HIGHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
NOT JUST BENEFICIAL ITS CRUCIAL TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER LEGISLATORS SO THAT YOU CAN GET THINGS DONE ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THE ASILE.
ABSOLUTELY, ONE DAY IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO BE THE PRESIDENT WHO WAS FROM DOWNEAST MAINE
I LOVE DAD JOKES! SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN A JOKE IS A DAD JOKE? BECUASE ITS APPARENT
BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING CRISIS ID LIKE TO INTRODUCE A BILL THAT GRANT THE MUNICIPALITIES TO TAKE ABANDONDED TAX AQUIRED PROPERTY AND OFFER IT FIRST TO DEVELOPERS THAT WOULD BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR APARTMENTS, AND GIVE TOWNS THE ABILTY TO ALSO CHOSE TO MAKE HOUSING ATHOURITES AND USE THAT PROPERTY TO BUILD ITS OWN RENTAL COMPLEXES. IF THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO A DEVELOPER FOR THE TAX AMOUNT THAT MONEY WOULD BE PUT IN AN ACCOUNT FOR THE BUYING OF MORE LAND IN THE FUTURE FOR MORE HOUSING AND IF THE TOWN OPTS TO USE THE PROPERTY TO BUILD A RENTAL PROPERTY THROUGH CREATING A HOUSING ATHOURITY THEN THE RENT MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE PROPERTY AND ANY EXTRA WOULD BE PUT IN THE ACCOUNT TO BUY MORE LAND. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE IN THAT BILL SUBSIDY FOR EXPANSION OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS FOR THOSE WANTING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LD 2003 WHICH ALLOWED ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS ON EXISTING LOTS
HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
I FIRMLY BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, THE MAINE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE TAX MONEY IS GOING, MUCH THE SAME WAY OUR TOWNS DO IN THE ANNUAL REPORTS WHERE WE HAVE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNTING OF ALL ACTIVITIES
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