# Jan Dodge

Jan Dodge is a Democratic member of the Maine House for district 39.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maine House, district 39
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: ME 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b7b97724-7abc-44fb-bace-d3606d3fadb2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b7b97724-7abc-44fb-bace-d3606d3fadb2 (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

100% of Dodge’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Maine, in the top quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.03), from 25 donors and 1,198 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (ME 2025–26 session)

804 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Maine House 94.9%). Party unity 95.0% (95.9%). 46 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 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 77. 71.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maine House 64.1%; rank 41 of 96).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LD 1578: An Act To Require The Department Of Health And Human Services To Review Disruption To Or Removal Of Health Services (became law, 2025-07-01) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1578/
- LD 1003: An Act Establishing The Retirement Benefit Improvement Fund (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1003/
- LD 111: An Act To Increase The State'S Share Of Retired Teacher Health Insurance (passed one chamber, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD111/
- LD 1040: An Act To Raise The Cap On Retirement Benefits For Certain State Employees And Teachers To Which A Cost-Of-Living Adjustment Is Made (passed one chamber, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1040/
- LD 109: Resolve, Directing The Maine Arts Commission To Study Federal And National Efforts To Protect Artists From Copyright Infringement By Artificial Intelligence… (became law, 2026-01-11) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD109/
- LD 217: An Act To Require Schools To Provide Access To Free Condoms For Students In Grades 9 To 12 In The School Nurse'S Office (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD217/
- LD 50: An Act To Provide The Right Of First Refusal To Towns In Which The University Of Maine System And Similar Quasi-Independent State Entities Are Selling Property (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD50/
- LD 679: An Act Regarding Animals Abandoned By Tenants (passed both chambers, 2023-06-15) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD679/
- LD 1002: An Act To Require A Lunch Period Of At Least 30 Minutes For Students And Reduce Food Waste (became law, 2023-07-31) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD1002/
- LD 1588: An Act To Provide Public Sector Labor Unions Reasonable Access To Information Regarding Employees (became law, 2023-07-27) https://openstates.org/me/bills/131/LD1588/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,000 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.maine.gov/house/house/MemberProfiles/Details/1366 https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/housedems/dodgej/index.html
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jan.dodge.9
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-dodge-52106b67/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b7b97724-7abc-44fb-bace-d3606d3fadb2
