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Laurie Osher
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Maine House of Representatives District 25
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Maine House of Representatives District 123
Successor:Rebecca Millett
Predecessor:Ryan Tipping

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

Cornell University, 1982

Graduate

North Carolina State University, 1985

Ph.D

University of California, Berkeley, 1997

Personal
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pa.
Religion
Jewish
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Laurie Osher (Democratic Party) is a member of theMaine House of Representatives, representingDistrict 25. She assumed office on December 6, 2022. Her current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Osher (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theMaine House of Representatives to representDistrict 25. She won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Laurie Osher was born inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, and lives in Orono, Maine. Osher earned a B.S. from Cornell University in 1982, an M.S. in soils and geomorphology from North Carolina State University in 1985, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997.[1][2][3] Her career experience includes owning Osher Environment Systems and working as a soil and watershed scientist with the USDA Forest Service.[2][4]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Osher was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Osher was assigned to the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 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 25

IncumbentLaurie Osher defeatedThomas Casey in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 25 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Laurie Osher
Laurie Osher (D)
 
67.5
 
2,465
Thomas Casey (R)
 
32.5
 
1,185

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Total votes: 3,650
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 25

The following candidates advanced in theranked-choice voting election:Laurie Osher in round 1 .

  
Candidate
%
Total Votes
Transfer
Round eliminated
✔
Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Laurie-Osher.PNG
Laurie Osher
 
100
 
1450Advanced (1)

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Total votes: 145
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 25

The following candidates advanced in theranked-choice voting election:Thomas Casey in round 1 .

  
Candidate
%
Total Votes
Transfer
Round eliminated
✔Thomas Casey
 
100
 
600Advanced (1)

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Total votes: 60
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Osher in this election.

2022

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 25

IncumbentLaurie Osher defeatedCameron Bowie in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 25 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Laurie Osher
Laurie Osher (D)
 
78.4
 
1,842
Image of Cameron Bowie
Cameron Bowie (R) Candidate Connection
 
21.6
 
507

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Total votes: 2,349
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 25

The following candidates advanced in theranked-choice voting election:Laurie Osher in round 1 .

  
Candidate
%
Total Votes
Transfer
Round eliminated
✔
Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Laurie-Osher.PNG
Laurie Osher
 
100
 
3890Advanced (1)

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Total votes: 389
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 25

The following candidates advanced in theranked-choice voting election:Cameron Bowie in round 1 .

  
Candidate
%
Total Votes
Transfer
Round eliminated
✔
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Cameron Bowie
 
100
 
550Advanced (1)

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There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 55
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2020

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 123

Laurie Osher defeatedCameron Bowie in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 123 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Laurie Osher
Laurie Osher (D) Candidate Connection
 
72.3
 
3,008
Image of Cameron Bowie
Cameron Bowie (R)
 
27.7
 
1,154

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Total votes: 4,162
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 123

The following candidates advanced in theranked-choice voting election:Laurie Osher in round 1 .

  
Candidate
%
Total Votes
Transfer
Round eliminated
Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Laurie-Osher.PNG
Laurie Osher
 
53.5
 
5190Advanced (1)
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Meghan Gardner
 
46.5
 
45101

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There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 970
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 123

The following candidates advanced in theranked-choice voting election:Cameron Bowie in round 1 .

  
Candidate
%
Total Votes
Transfer
Round eliminated
✔
Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Cameron_Bowie.jpg
Cameron Bowie
 
100
 
1350Advanced (1)

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There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 135
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Laurie Osher did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Candidate Connection

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

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I am a Town Councilor in Orono, Maine, serving in that capacity since 2017. I am President of Osher Environment Systems, LLC, a building energy efficiency consulting and general contracting company based in Orono. Since 2010, OES scientists have advised hundreds of residential and commercial building owners on the most cost-effective upgrades to lower their energy use. The OES team has upgraded hundreds of buildings, increasing comfort and cutting energy costs and carbon footprints by an average of 35% per building. From 1999-2008 I was a research and teaching faculty member at the University of Maine. The courses I taught includes Soil & Water Quality; Soil Genesis, Morphology & Classification; & Estuary Ecosystem Studies. My research identified the important role of Maine's estuary ecosystems in storing carbon. I served as treasurer of Orono Schools Coalition for the Arts (OSCAr) from 2015 to 2017. OSCAr is a non-profit organization that raises funds to improve arts programing and award scholarships for students' arts activities.
  • Economic recovery post COVID19 will be achieved by investing in Maine citizens and communities.
  • Maine's future is tied to how we care for people and the environment.
  • Maine can lead the nation in upgrading buildings to reduce CO2 flux to the atmopshere and managing forest and agricultural lands to reduce atmospheric CO2.
Climate change mitigation; creation of land use policy that incentivizes storing carbon in soils.

Clearing the waitlists: Provide full services for adults with disabilities
Create a Public Health Insurance Option
Maine Equal rights Amendment
Restore Local Ownership and Control of Maine's Power Delivery Systems
Remove statute of limitations for sex crimes
Establish the Commission To Research the Economic Disparities of Racial and Ethnic Populations
Provide for the Sealing of Records of Convictions for Marijuana-related Violations That Are No Longer Crimes
Require Public Health Impact Statements for Certain Legislation
Establish Task Force to Coordinate Protection of Vulnerable Population

Increase Rural Maine's Access to Broadband Internet Service

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Campaign finance summary

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Laurie Osher campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024*Maine House of Representatives District 25Won general$8,894 $5,901
2022Maine House of Representatives District 25Won general$8,440 $7,964
2020Maine House of Representatives District 123Won general$15,749 N/A**
Grand total$33,083 $13,865
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.

Scorecards

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2024

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In 2024, theMaine State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 17.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
Legislators are scored by MPA on "where they stand on community, investing in the future, fairness, equality, and justice for all Maine people."
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to gender equity.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills that would put the tribes in Maine on equal footing with the other federally recognized tribes across the country.


2023

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2023, click [show].   

In 2023, theMaine State Legislature was in session from December 7 to March 30.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
Legislators are scored by MPA on "where they stand on community, investing in the future, fairness, equality, and justice for all Maine people."
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to gender equity.
Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues.


2022

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2022, click [show].   

In 2022, theMaine State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 9.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
Legislators are scored by MPA on "where they stand on community, investing in the future, fairness, equality, and justice for all Maine people."
Legislators are scored on their votes on 14 bills supported or opposed by the organization.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to gender equity.
Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills that would put the tribes in Maine on equal footing with the other federally recognized tribes across the country.


2021

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show].   

In 2021, theMaine State Legislature was in session from December 2 to March 30.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to election issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
Legislators are scored by MPA on "where they stand on community, investing in the future, fairness, equality, and justice for all Maine people."
Legislators are scored on their votes related to reproductive health issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2020

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2020, click [show].   

In 2020, theMaine State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 17.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills that would put the tribes in Maine on equal footing with the other federally recognized tribes across the country.






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    • Footnotes

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Patrick Corey (R)    		Maine House of Representatives District 25
    2022-Present    		Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    Ryan Tipping (D)    		Maine House of Representatives District 123
    2020-2022    		Succeeded by
    Rebecca Millett (D)


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