Janet Mills
Liberal
Democrat
Governor
Maine
Current Position: Governor of Maine
Policy Positions
Business & Labor
- Against sports betting regulation
Health Care
- For Medicaid expansion and against work requirements for Medicaid
Education
- For free community college for certain graduating classes
Environment
- For environmental protections including banning single-use plastic bags and styrofoam containers
- For carbon neutrality by 2045
Civil Rights
- For expanding abortion access; signed legislation mandating insurance coverage for abortion procedures and opposed overturning of Roe v. Wade
- For LGBT rights including banning conversion therapy for minors
- For transgender athletes' participation in sports aligning with their gender identity
- For replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day
- For banning Native American imagery and nomenclature in public schools
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For retaining the Senate filibuster
Public Safety
- Against drug decriminalization
- For gun control measures and against red flag laws, supporting 'yellow flag laws' instead
- Against vetoing the bill to close Long Creek Youth Development Center juvenile prison