November 21, 2024
CANDIDATE PROFILE

House District 10

Millinocket-Medway area

Democrat

Herbert E. Clark

Hometown: Millinocket

Address: 180 Bowdoin St.

Education: Graduate of Stearns High School, attended the University of Maine at Orono and completed courses at EMTC and KVTC

Family: Married to Ellen Smith Clark; two adult children, four grandchildren

Occupation: Worked at Kathadin Paper for 42 years; eucharistic minister and usher of Saint Martin of Tours Church in Millinocket

Experience: President, board of directors, Maine Avenue Manor; board of directors, Katahdin Federal Credit Union; vice chairman and trustee; Millinocket Regional Hospital; 10 terms in Maine Legislature; two terms as House chairman of Utilities Committee, one term as House chairman of Criminal Justice Committee; also served on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Banking and Insurance, and the Audit Program Review committees; current senior ranking member of the Taxation and Labor committees

Reason for running: Major issues that face House District #10: school consolidation, job creation, health insurance, school funding, health care costs, education funding for postsecondary level, and senior citizens’ cost of prescription medication. Clark said he is a strong supporter of leaseholder rights and has always been a strong voice in Augusta.

Republican

Troy C. Whitaker

Hometown: Millinocket

Address: 55 Rhode Island Ave.

Reason for running: Candidate did not provide information.


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