Grayson Lookner Explained

Grayson Lookner
Office:Member of the Maine House of Representatives
Termstart:December 7, 2022
Predecessor:District created
Constituency:113th district
Termstart1:December 2, 2020
Termend1:December 7, 2022
Predecessor1:Richard Farnsworth
Successor1:None
Constituency1:37th district
Birth Place:Camden, Maine, U.S.
Residence:Portland, Maine, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Prescott 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. He worked in progressive political organizations and for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grayson Lookner Ballotpedia . https://archive.today/20210306141520/https://ballotpedia.org/Grayson_Lookner . dead . 2021-03-06 . Ballotpedia . 6 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Chretien . Todd . The Rich in Portland, Maine, Are Spending Big Money to Defeat Left Politics . https://archive.today/20210306142433/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/10/portland-maine-people-first-referenda . dead . 2021-03-06 . Jacobin . Jacobin . 6 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Committee Information - Maine Legislature . legislature.maine.gov.
  4. Web site: Committee Information - Maine Legislature . legislature.maine.gov.
  5. https://www.maine.gov/corrections/juvenile-services/long-creek-youth-development-center Long Creek Youth Development Center
  6. Web site: Lookner . Grayson . Representative Grayson B. Lookner . https://archive.today/20210306142732/https://www.maine.gov/legis/housedems/looknerg/index.html . dead . 2021-03-06 . maine.gov . 6 March 2021 . official_bio.
  7. Web site: Grayson Lookner Candidate for Maine State House District 37 . https://archive.today/20210306143241/https://lookner.mainecandidate.com/ . dead . 2021-03-06 . Maine Candidate . 6 March 2021.