2009 MERI Ratings
The Maine Economic Research Institute (MERI ) has published its ratings for the first regular session of the 124th Maine Legislature. While some may dispute the rating methodology, there is no debating which voting records were the best and worst for jobs in Maine.
We encourage you to contact your state legislators to discuss their rating and ask them to make the economy their top priority as they work through the second session.
Maine Senate
Senator Douglas Smith 94.5
Senator Richard Nass 94
Senator Carol Weston 93
Senator Debra Plowman 92.5
Senator David Hastings 92.5
Senator Richard Rosen 92
Senator Roger Sherman 91.5
Senator Walter Gooley 91.5
Senator Jonathan Courtney 86
Senator David Trahan 85
Senator Christopher Rector 84.5
Senator Earle McCormick 84.5
Senator Kevin Raye 83
Senator Gerald Davis 76.5
Senator Peter Mills 70
Senator Bill Diamond 56.5
Senator Barry Hobbins 36.5
Senator John Nutting 34.5
Senator Elizabeth Schneider 32.5
Senator Peter Bowman 32.5
Senator Dennis Damon 30.5
Senator Lisa Marrache 29
Senator Seth Goodall 29
Senator Troy Jackson 26.5
Senator Justin Alfond 26.5
Senator Lawrence Bliss 26.5
Senator Nancy Sullivan 26.5
Senator Joseph Perry 25.5
Senator Philip Bartlett 25
Senator Joseph Brannigan 24
Senator Deborah Simpson 23
President Elizabeth Mitchell 22.5
Senator Bruce Bryant 21.5
Senator Stanley Gerzofsky 21
Senator Margaret Craven 18
Maine House of Representatives
Top Third
David Richardson 96.5
Susan Austin 95.5
Wesley Richardson 95
Dale Crafts 95
Richard Sykes 94.5
Jonathan McKane 93.5
Bruce Bickford 93.5
Douglas Thomas 93
Leslie Fossel 93
Robert Nutting 93
Philip Curtis 93
Sawin Millett 93
Jeffery Gifford 92.5
Michael Thibodeau 92.5
Richard Cebra 92.5
Kerri Prescott 92
Wright Pinkham 92
Joshua Tardy 91.5
Dianne Tilton 91.5
William Browne 91.5
Joan Nass 91.5
Gary Plummer 91
Henry Joy 90.5
Stacey Fitts 90.5
Gary Knight 90.5
Michael Beaulieu 90
Ralph Sarty 90
Kathleen Chase 90
Paul Davis 88.5
Dean Cray 88.5
Brian Langley 88.5
Peter Johnson 88
Windol Weaver 88
Peter Edgecomb 87.5
Howard McFadden 87
Everett McLeod 86
James Hamper 86
Meredith Strang Burgess 85.5
Patrick Flood 85
Jane Knapp 84.5
David Cotta 84
Kenneth Fletcher 83
Sarah Lewin 83
Andre Cushing 82.5
Jayne Giles 79.5
Jarrod Crockett 79.5
Thomas Saviello 78
David Burns 76
Kimberley Rosen 75.5
John Robinson 75
Middle Third
Christian Greeley 70.5
Herbert Clark 70
Tyler Clark 63
Bernard Ayotte 60
Michael Celli 59.5
Lance Harvell 59.5
James Campbell 59.5
Stephen Hanley 59
Donald Pilon 57
Michael Shaw 53.5
Stephen Beaudette 50.5
Michael Willette 48
Joan Cohen 47
Edward Finch 44
Peggy Pendleton 42
David Van Wie 40.5
Lawrence Sirois 38.5
Charles Kruger 35.5
Michel Lajoie 35.5
Henry Beck 34
Teresea Hayes 32.5
Richard Cleary 32
Alan Casavant 30.5
Peter Kent 30
Matthew Peterson 30
Mary Nelson 29.5
Anne Haskell 29.5
Sean Flaherty 29
Stephen Lovejoy 28
Stacy Dostie 27.5
Andrew O'Brien 26.5
Bryan Kaenrath 26.5
Mark Eves 26.5
Paul Gilbert 26
Timothy Driscoll 26
Gary Connor 25.5
Alexander Cornell du Houx 25
Jeff McCabe 25
Wendy Pieh 24.5
Richard Blanchard 24
W. MacDonald 23
Anne Perry 22.5
Linda Sanborn 22.5
Andrea Boland 22
Emily Cain 21
Steven Butterfield 20.5
John Piotti 20.5
Edward Mazurek 20.5
Jon Hinck 20.5
John Tuttle 20
Bottom Third
Charles Theriault 19.5
Cynthia Dill 19.5
Ann Peoples 19.5
Anna Blodgett 19
John Martin 18.5
Patricia Sutherland 18
Michael Carey 18
Robert Eaton 17.5
Joan Welsh 17.5
Robert Hunt 17.5
Benjamin Pratt 17.5
James Martin 17
Elspeth Flemings 17
Thomas Watson 17
Nancy Smith 17
Melissa Innes 17
Jane Eberle 17
Walter Wheeler 17
Leila Percy 16.5
Patricia Jones 16.5
Robert Duchesne 16
Patsy Crockett 16
Thomas Wright 16
Dawn Hill 16
Richard Wagner 15.5
Paulette Beaudoin 15
Edward Legg 15
Hannah Pingree 14.5
Margaret Rotundo 14.5
Adam Goode 14
Charles Priest 14
Joseph Wagner 14
Elizabeth Miller 13.5
Peter Stuckey 13
Seth Berry 12.5
Veronica Magnan 12
Pamela Trinward 12
Helen Rankin 12
David Webster 12
Mark Bryant 11.5
Linda Valentino 10.5
James Schatz 10
Brian Bolduc 10
Terry Morrison 10
Charles Harlow 9.5
Herbert Adams 9
Diane Russell 9
Sheryl Briggs 8.5
Sara Stevens 8
George Hogan 7.5
Sharon Treat 6.5
