# David Sinclair

David Sinclair is a Democratic member of the Maine House for district 50.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maine House, district 50
- Serving since: 2023-11-13
- Current term: ME 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8dd63807-ac15-408c-97de-c8e9195a6a42

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8dd63807-ac15-408c-97de-c8e9195a6a42 (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

38% of the 8 bills Sinclair sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Maine House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.42 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 390 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (ME 2025–26 session)

804 roll calls. Attendance 97.2% (Maine House 94.9%). Party unity 92.0% (95.9%). 72 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-29 · voted yea · reconsideration-veto · LD 307 An Act Regarding Energy, Utilities And Technology · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD307/
- 2026-04-29 · voted nay · Move the Previous Question · LD 307 An Act Regarding Energy, Utilities And Technology · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD307/
- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · Acc Maj Ought Not to Pass Rep · LD 555 An Act To Create A Separate Department Of Child And Family Services · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD555/
- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · Enactment - Bond Issue · LD 299 An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · suspension of house rule 515 · LD 127 An Act To Strengthen Legislative Oversight Of Government Agencies And Programs By Reaffirming The Legislature'S Access To Confidential Records · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD127/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · suspend house rule 515 · LD 127 An Act To Strengthen Legislative Oversight Of Government Agencies And Programs By Reaffirming The Legislature'S Access To Confidential Records · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD127/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · SUSPEND RULES - · LD 1009 An Act To Restore Full Civil Rights To Possess Firearms To Persons Previously Convicted Of Certain Nonviolent Felony Crimes · fail · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1009/
- 2026-04-14 · voted nay · recon of maj rep otp-am by ca-a · 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 · RECEDE AND CONCUR · LD 299 An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture · pass · https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD299/
- 2026-04-14 · voted yea · 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/

## Legislation (ME 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 54. 37.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maine House 64.1%; rank 88 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LD 1147: An Act Regarding The Required State Of Mind Relating To The Threatening Display Or Carrying Of A Concealed Weapon (passed one chamber, 2025-06-09) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1147/
- LD 1146: An Act Regarding The Required State Of Mind Relating To Robbery (became law, 2025-06-17) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1146/
- LD 1780: An Act To Secure Under Authority Of A Subpoena Pretrial Statements From A Witness Other Than The Defendant In A Criminal Proceeding (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1780/
- LD 1408: An Act To Codify Judicial Deference To Agency Interpretations (in committee, 2025-05-28) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1408/
- LD 449: An Act To Authorize A Court To Conditionally Discharge Certain Criminal Defendants (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD449/
- LD 268: An Act To Restore Sentencing Discretion To The Judiciary By Removing Mandatory Minimum Sentences Of Incarceration (in committee, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD268/
- LD 179: An Act To Amend The Maine Bail Code To Eliminate The Class E Crime Of Violation Of Condition Of Release (passed one chamber, 2025-06-13) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD179/
- LD 168: An Act To Improve Safety In Public Schools By Requiring Silent Electronic Notification Systems In Classrooms (in committee, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD168/
- LD 2246: An Act To Establish A Minimum Value Threshold For The Class C Crime Of Theft By A Repeat Offender (passed both chambers, 2024-04-10) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD2246/
- LD 2247: An Act To Clarify The Minimum Sentencing Standards For A Violation Of Operating Under The Influence (in committee, 2024-03-25) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD2247/

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.maine.gov/house/house/MemberProfiles/Details/1508 https://legislature.maine.gov/housedems/sinclair/index.html
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sinclairforda/
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/david.albert.sinclair/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-sinclair-5287331/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8dd63807-ac15-408c-97de-c8e9195a6a42