Laurie Osher
2022 - Present
2026
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Laurie Osher (Democratic Party) is a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 25. She assumed office on December 6, 2022. Her current term ends on December 1, 2026.
Osher (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 25. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Laurie Osher was born in Philadelphia, 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
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Elections
2024
See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Maine House of Representatives District 25
Incumbent Laurie Osher defeated Thomas Casey in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 25 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Laurie Osher (D) | 67.2 | 2,419 | |
 | Thomas Casey (R) | 32.8 | 1,180 | |
| Total votes: 3,599 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 25
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Laurie Osher in round 1 .
| Total votes: 145 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 25
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Thomas Casey in round 1 .
| 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
Incumbent Laurie Osher defeated Cameron Bowie in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 25 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Laurie Osher (D) | 78.4 | 1,842 | |
| Cameron Bowie (R) | 21.6 | 507 | ||
| 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 the ranked-choice voting election: Laurie Osher in round 1 .
| Total votes: 389 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 25
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Cameron Bowie in round 1 .
| 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 defeated Cameron Bowie in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 123 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Laurie Osher (D) | 72.3 | 3,008 | |
| Cameron Bowie (R) | 27.7 | 1,154 | ||
| 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 the ranked-choice voting election: Laurie Osher in round 1 .
| Total votes: 970 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 123
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Cameron Bowie in round 1 .
| Total votes: 135 |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
Laurie Osher completed Ballotpedia'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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2023
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In 2023, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 7 to March 30.
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2022
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In 2022, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 9.
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2021
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In 2021, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 2 to March 30.
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2020
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In 2020, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 17.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Maine House of Representatives District 25 |
Officeholder Maine House of Representatives District 25 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 22, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Laurie Osher, "Meet Laurie," accessed January 14, 2021
- ↑ Maine House of Representatives, "Laurie Osher," accessed April 25, 2023
- ↑ Facebook, "Laurie Osher for Orono," accessed January 14, 2021
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| 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) |
