Former State Rep who led the fights to reform superdelegates nationally, and to legalize ma*****na, and launch RCV in Maine. #Resist
Diane grew up in a mobile home in Bryant Pond, Maine. Her dad is a flatbed truck driver for a paving company and her mother is a nurse. “I’m running for Governor to make the economy work for hard-working Mainers, like my parents,” says Diane. She knows how hard it is to get by because she’s been there. When she first ran for office, she was working behind the counter at her local, neighborhood co
nvenience store earning $8 an hour. As Governor, she’ll fight for the working families and rural Mainers who are getting left behind. She’ll fight for higher wages, affordable healthcare and to eradicate opioid addiction. She believes every child deserves a great education and that we must make a public college education universal, so our children can compete with the best in the world. Diane served in the Maine House for eight years where she championed working families, many of whom have been left behind and forgotten in a system rigged for the elite. She was a key leader in reforming Maine’s political system as a long-time champion of Ranked Choice Voting. Last year, she took on the DNC’s out-of-touch Superdelegate system on behalf of Sen. Bernie Sanders, where she delivered a powerful speech about the importance of fixing our broken political systems. She also led the fight to legalize ma*****na, which will boost the economy all across Maine once the market rolls out.
“I fight for the people I met from behind the store counter. I fight for people like my parents who drive trucks and look after the sick. As Governor, I’ll fight every day for them to make their lives a bit easier by fighting to put more power back in their hands.”
