# Bruce Bickford

Bruce Bickford is a Republican member of the Maine Senate for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Maine Senate, district 20
- Serving since: 2014-12-03
- Current term: ME 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0b3965de-8fe2-42b4-bc21-115d6b2b470f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b3965de-8fe2-42b4-bc21-115d6b2b470f (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Bickford reported $2,885 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 57 donors and 809 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ME 2025–26 session)

771 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Maine Senate 95.2%). Party unity 93.3% (93.5%). 49 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-29 · voted yea · RECEDE AND CONCUR · LD 127 An Act To Strengthen Legislative Oversight Of Government Agencies And Programs By Reaffirming The Legislature'S Access To Confidential Records · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD127/
- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · ADOPT SENATE AMENDMENT (S-717) to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT · LD 299 An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · ENACTMENT · LD 493 An Act To Expand Testing For Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances To Private Drinking Water Wells · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD493/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED · LD 299 An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · RECEDE AND CONCUR · LD 2054 An Act To Clarify The Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits For Hunting Outfitters · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2054/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · ENACTMENT · LD 1519 An Act To Create A Stewardship Program For Electronic Smoking Devices And Related Products · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1519/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · RECONSIDER · LD 2054 An Act To Clarify The Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits For Hunting Outfitters · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD2054/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · ADOPT SENATE AMENDMENT (S-709) to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT · LD 299 An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · ENACTMENT-BOND ISSUE · LD 299 An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- 2026-04-13 · voted nay · ACCEPT REPORT 'A' OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED · LD 785 An Act To Enact The Remaining Recommendations Of The Task Force On Changes To The Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD785/

## Legislation (ME 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 53.

Recent sponsored bills:

- LD 1291: Resolve, To Establish The Commission To Study The Apportionment Of Service Revenue (in committee, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1291/
- LD 359: An Act To Prohibit Net Energy Billing By Certain Customers (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD359/
- LD 1884: An Act To Create Affordable Agricultural Homesteads (passed both chambers, 2022-04-05) https://openstates.org/me/bills/130/LD1884/
- LD 1055: An Act To Reduce Fraud In The Redemption Of Beverage Containers (in committee, 2019-05-21) https://openstates.org/me/bills/129/LD1055/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,885 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.maine.gov/district20
- X: https://x.com/BRUCEB1CK
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorbrucebickford
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bruce.bickford.9
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brucebickford99/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-bickford-6b373160

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b3965de-8fe2-42b4-bc21-115d6b2b470f