About
Rep. Priest
Rep. Charlie Priest is serving his second consecutive term in
the Maine House of Representatives after a 16-year hiatus. He previously
served as a member of the House from 1984 to 1990, and spent years
reviewing legislation as legal counsel for the Speaker. This session,
he is serving as the House Chair of the Legislature’s Joint
Standing Committee on the Judiciary.
Before beginning his long career in public service, Rep. Priest
attended and graduated from Dartmouth College. He then entered
the U.S. Navy and served from 1967 to 1971. A lieutenant, he earned
a Bronze Star for his service in the Republic of Vietnam in 1970
and 1971.
Rep. Priest attended and graduated from the University of Maine
School of Law, and then served as the Maine Legislature’s
Assistant Director of Legislative Research. He held that position
from 1974 to 1979, before entering private practice as an attorney.
He has intermittently held elective office since 1984, serving
at the state and local level. In addition to his legislative service,
he has served as a Chair of the Brunswick Town Council, Chair of
the Brunswick Cable TV Committee, Chair of the Augusta Conservation
Commission, and is currently Chair of the Brunswick Sewer District.
He has been a member of the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust and served
on the nominating committee for Brunswick’s Habitat for Humanity.
He has been an instructor in Legislation at the University
of Maine School of Law from 1979 to 2000. He is also a Dedimus
Justice.
Rep. Priest lives in Brunswick with his wife Patricia Ryan.
They have two daughters.
To view high resolution photos of Rep. Charles Priest click
here.
News
| April 29, 2009 | Brunswick-area legislators to hold office hours
Legislators will meet constituents after budget forum
| | August 13, 2008 | Corrected rankings give clearer picture
By Charlie Priest
| | August 7, 2008 | Local State Reps. honored for voting record on social justice bills
Berry, Gerzofsky, Priest and Webster receive high marks from social change advocacy group
| | July 24, 2008 | Brunswick State Reps. remind Maine seniors and veterans to apply for economic stimulus payments
IRS and AARP have discovered that 31,000 have yet to apply, and time is running out
| | July 11, 2008 | Democratic State Reps. announce early applications for heating assistance
Program that buys heating oil for low-income Mainers is accepting applications early this year
| | April 9, 2008 | House approves better protections against predatory lending for Maine homeowners
Rep. Priest bill to stop "equity stripping" enacted
| | April 4, 2008 | Suzuki violin students welcomed by local Reps.
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Committees
Rep. Priest serves as House chair of the Joint Standing Committee
on Judiciary and
serves on the Joint Standing Committee on Insurance
and Financial Services.
For more information about the schedule of committee hearings or to sign up
for advance notice of public hearings click
here .
Issues
You can learn more about what the House Democrats are doing for
Maine by clicking
here. And I'd like to hear what you think -- please Contact
Me.
Legislation
Click on the buttons below to see all bills and joint resolutions
and orders I sponsored or cosponsored this session, as well as
legislative sentiments that honor and recognize people from our
district and throughout the state.
To do a general bill search, click
here.
Contact Me
Thank you for taking time to contact me. You may use the online
Contact Form to reach me.
You can also contact me at my home:
9 Bowker Street
Brunswick, ME 04011
Home tel: (207) 725-5439
When the Legislature is in session, you can leave
a message for me by calling the State House Message
Phone: (800) 423-2900 or the State House TTY Line:
(207) 287-4469.
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