Vote 2008 House District 52 Washington-Jefferson area

Democrat

Elizabeth ‘Lisa’ Miller

Age: 57

Hometown: Somerville

Address: 6 Hemlock Lane

Education: BA, Stanford University; MPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Family: Married; three children

Occupation: Senior program officer, Bingham Program, a Maine-based health philanthropy

Experience: Second-term state legislator, House District 52; member of Joint Committee on Health and Human Services; House chairwoman of the Long Term Care Oversight Committee; secretary, Rural Caucus; five years on Somerville School Committee (chairwoman for two of them); town health officer, 20 years; president, Somerville VFD Women’s Auxiliary (two years); member, Regional Recycling Committee (three years)

Reason for running: I am concerned about the world we are leaving our children: high costs for higher education and housing, a huge national debt, high tax burdens on the middle class, climate change, and a declining economy. I am running because to live in the nation, state and community that I want, I can’t sit on the sidelines.

Republican

John Stewart

Age: 42

Hometown: Washington

Address: 482 Waldoboro Road

Education: GED; Navy propulsion engineering

Family: Married; two children

Occupation: Disabled small-business owner, CSA fish farm and greenhouse

Experience: This is Stewart’s first election.

Reason for running: I think that we are overtaxed and underrepresented by our current representative. Augusta has continued to spend our money and raise our taxes to support a failed insurance program. I think we deserve better leadership. I will work to cut spending and lower taxes and encourage businesses to move to Maine so we can have higher-paying jobs and a more prosperous state.