# Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a Republican member of the Maine House for district 63.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Maine House, district 63
- Serving since: 2024-12-03
- Current term: ME 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ff5fbabd-df54-46a9-a36c-e78dad524105

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ff5fbabd-df54-46a9-a36c-e78dad524105 (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

79% of Flynn’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Maine, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 62 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ME 2025–26 session)

804 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Maine House 94.9%). Party unity 95.8% (95.9%). 42 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 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/

## Legislation (ME 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 43.

Recent sponsored bills:

- LD 1675: An Act To Provide Just Compensation In Cases Of Taking By Eminent Domain By Transmission And Distribution Utilities (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1675/
- LD 1155: An Act To Ensure Appropriate County Government Operations Relating To The Position Of Dedimus Justice (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD1155/
- LD 938: An Act To Implement Certain Local Spending And Sourcing Requirements Regarding The Statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD938/
- LD 190: An Act To Exempt Certain Numismatic Transactions From State Sales Tax (in committee, 2025-02-25) https://openstates.org/me/bills/132/LD190/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 79% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.maine.gov/house/house/MemberProfiles/Details/1458
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FlynnForHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.r.flynn.7
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-flynn-8047237/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ff5fbabd-df54-46a9-a36c-e78dad524105