On Election Day, November 7, the following candidates were elected to the Town Council, School Committee and the Portland Water District.
Town Council: (two openings)
Mark Faulkner 1124
Suzanne Phillips 1949*
Lee Pratt 1131
Ronald Shepard 2237*
School Committee: (three, three-year terms)
William Benson 1928*
Billie Capozza 1056
Michael Lewin 1162
Kate Livingston 2336*
Jennifer Whitehead 1985*
School Committee (one, one-year term)
Aaron Carlson 1188
Dennis Libby 2076*
Portland Water District Trustee:
Thomas Grant 2532*
State Referendums
Question1. Citizen Initiative: For a certain company to operate table games and slot machines in York County:
Yes 861 No 3346*
Question 2. Citizen Initiative: To expand Medicaid to provide healthcare coverage for qualified adults under 65 with income at or below 138% of the federal poverty level ($16,642 for a single person; $22,412 for a family of two):
Yes 2459* No 1738
Question 3. Bond Issue: Do you authorize $105,000,000 for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities or equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit, bicycle and pedestrian trails to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds and for the upgrade of municipal culverts at stream crossings.
Yes 3060* No 1127
Question 4. Constitutional Amendment: Do you favor amending the constitution of Maine to reduce the volatility in state pension funding requirements caused by the financial markets by increasing the length of time over which experience losses are amortized from 10 to 20 years in line with pension industry standards?
Yes 2632* No 1389