Grayson Lookner

Grayson Lookner
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 7, 2022
Preceded byDistrict created
Constituency113th district
In office
December 2, 2020 – December 7, 2022
Preceded byRichard Farnsworth
Succeeded byNone
Constituency37th district
Personal details
BornCamden, Maine, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Portland, Maine, U.S.
Alma materPrescott College (BA)

Grayson B. Lookner is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives since 2020.[1] He represents the 113th (formerly 37th) House District as a member of the Democratic Party. Lookner is a member of Democratic Socialists of America.[2]

Lookner serves on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee,[3] and on the Joint Select Committee on Housing.[4] in his first term introduced legislation to regulate the use of facial surveillance technology by authorities, as well as a bill that would have closed Long Creek Youth Development Center,[5] Maine's last remaining Youth Prison. Both bills passed both chambers of the Legislature, but the bill to close Long Creek was vetoed by Governor Janet Mills.

Early life and education

Raised in Camden, Maine, Lookner attended Prescott College.[6]

Career

After college, he worked in healthcare, wilderness guiding, and community organizing.[6] He worked in progressive political organizations and for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Grayson Lookner Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Chretien, Todd. "The Rich in Portland, Maine, Are Spending Big Money to Defeat Left Politics". Jacobin. Jacobin. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Committee Information - Maine Legislature". legislature.maine.gov.
  4. ^ "Committee Information - Maine Legislature". legislature.maine.gov.
  5. ^ Long Creek Youth Development Center
  6. ^ a b Lookner, Grayson. "Representative Grayson B. Lookner". maine.gov. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "Grayson Lookner Candidate for Maine State House District 37". Maine Candidate. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.