Ryan Poitras
Ryan Poitras (Republican Party) is running for election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 127. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on June 11, 2024.
Biography
Ryan Poitras was born in Westbrook, Maine. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maine in 2019. Poitras' career experience includes working as an earthwork foreman. He has been affiliated with Associated General Contractors of Maine, Scarborough Fish and Game, and Garand Collectors Association.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 127
Incumbent Morgan Rielly and Ryan Poitras are running in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 127 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| Morgan Rielly (D) | ||
| Ryan Poitras (R) | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 127
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Morgan Rielly in round 1 .
Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 127
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Ryan Poitras in round 1 .
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2022
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 127
Incumbent Morgan Rielly defeated Ryan Poitras in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 127 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Morgan Rielly (D) | 71.8 | 2,491 | |
| Ryan Poitras (R) | 28.2 | 980 | ||
| Total votes: 3,471 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 127
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Morgan Rielly in round 1 .
| Total votes: 373 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 127
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Ryan Poitras in round 1 .
| Total votes: 93 |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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Ryan Poitras is a life long Westbrook resident who graduated from Westbrook High School in 2015. Ryan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from the University of Maine. He's spent his career in the construction industry working as an earthwork foreman on various sites all across Maine.
- Wanting to rebuild Maine infrastructure .
- Lower taxes for the Maine people.
- Just let people have the freedom to do what ever they want to do, without having some form of Government restriction set on them.
Infrastructure, Taxes, and protection of the Maine people 2nd amendment rights.
Elon Musk, because he wants to change the world for the better, and still has fun with it.
Honesty, and know what the people who voted for them want, not what the special interests want.
We represent the people and what they want.
911 and I had just turned 5, It's one of my first memories that I still remember to this day.
Wendy's and I worked there for 2 years during high school.
Beer Never Broke My Heart by Luke Combs
They both work together to serve the interests of the Maine people, and not out of state interest groups.
Maine turning from a rural state to a more urban state, and the difficulties of adapting our aging infrastructure to handle the growth of population in our state.
benefits would be less hassle to pass something, a huge drawback is if one party controls everything, it turns our democracy into an authoritative state of one party control.
Absolutely not because people who spend their entire lives in politics are some of the most corrupt people you'll ever meet, no matter what party they belong too.
Yes, because thats how things can get done, if you don't build relationships, you can't get bills passed.
What we have now works fine.
Transportation, Energy, Utilities and Technology, and Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Of course, being a US Senator, or even the President would be sweet.
Of course it should always be like that.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 17, 2022
