Joe Brooks For House District 42

(Winterport, Monroe, Jackson, Brooks, Swanville and Waldo)

A Journalist by trade, Joe Brooks retired from the Bangor Daily News after working there for nearly 40 years, part of that time running the State House Bureau, covering the Legislature and operations of State Government.

Joe served as a Democrat for three terms in the Legislature and is currently a candidate for re-election in House District 42.

He was a member of the legislative Health and Human Services Committee and sponsored a number of health care bills. He was vice chair to Rep. Chellie Pingree on the committee that drafted her landmark legislation on prescription drugs.

He is currently  Chair of the Winterport Town Council and was re-elected to the Council in the town election June 8.

Brooks serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Waldo Community Partners, is a member of the Winterport Area Business Association and formerly served on the Waldo County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation.