Grayson Lookner

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Grayson Lookner
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
from the 37th district
Assumed office
December 2, 2020
Preceded byRichard Farnsworth
Personal details
BornCamden, Maine, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ResidencePortland, Maine, U.S.
Alma materPrescott College (BA)

Grayson Lookner is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives since 2020.[1] He represents the 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, and 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, 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.[3]

Career[]

After college, he worked in healthcare, wilderness guiding, and community organizing.[3] He worked in progressive political organizations and on progressive presidential campaigns. [4]

See also[]

  • List of Democratic Socialists of America who have held office in the United States

References[]

  1. ^ "Grayson Lookner Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ Chretien, Todd. "The Rich in Portland, Maine, Are Spending Big Money to Defeat Left Politics". Jacobin. Jacobin. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Lookner, Grayson. "Representative Grayson B. Lookner". maine.gov. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ "GRAYSON LOOKNER CANDIDATE FOR MAINE STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 37". Maine Candidate. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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