Matt Moonen | |
Office: | Majority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives |
Term Start: | December 5, 2018 |
Term End: | December 2, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Erin Herbig |
Successor: | Michelle Dunphy |
State House1: | Maine |
District1: | 38th |
Term Start1: | December 3, 2014 |
Term End1: | December 2, 2020 |
Predecessor1: | Louis Luchini |
Successor1: | Barbara Wood |
State House2: | Maine |
District2: | 118th |
Term Start2: | December 5, 2012 |
Term End2: | December 3, 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Jane Giles Jon Hinck |
Successor2: | Larry Dunphy |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1984 |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | Northwestern University (BA) |
Matt Moonen is an American politician from Maine. A Democrat from Portland, he was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2012.[1] Moonen, who could not run for reelection to the House in 2020 due to term limits, was a candidate for Maine Secretary of State before losing to Shenna Bellows.[2]
Moonen, who is openly gay, was the Executive Director of EqualityMaine.[3] He is married to Jeremy Kennedy, Chief of Staff to Maine Governor Janet Mills.[4] Moonen returned to the Maine House of Representatives in 2022 after sitting out one term due to term limits, he ran unopposed in both the primary and general elections.[5] Moonen led efforts to defeat a bill that banned Maine from cooperating with law enforcement from states that ban gender affirming who are investigating people who access related medical treatment in Maine.[6]