From hosting candidates for meet and greets and making contributions, to participating in the Get Out the Vote program and endorsing candidates, your League will again be actively involved in the 2018 Election process for the candidates in state and federal elections..

Working with the Political Involvement Committee, we anticipate coordinating a number of initiatives to help support and elect credit union-friendly candidates.  The League has also declared its support for 31 candidates running for the Maine Senate and 111 candidates running for the Maine House. In September, the League endorsed Shawn Moody in his campaign to be Maine’s next Governor.

As part of our endorsement process, the Political Involvement Committee considered several factors:

  1. Incumbency and/or proven legislative track record of supporting credit union issues;
  2. Results of the League’s candidate endorsement survey – sent to all of the candidates running for the Legislature;
  3. Candidates relationship to credit union, with particular weight given to credit union employees and volunteers;
  4. Other political considerations including potential leadership positions.

The League does not consider party affiliation when making endorsement decisions and has a long track record of endorsing candidates on both sides of the aisle.  A complete list of endorsed candidates can be found here.