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Shawn Babine

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Maine State Representative, District 29 (2018 - Present)

Board Member, Cumberland County Budget Advisory Center (2005 - Present)

Councilor, Town Council of Scarborough, Maine, 2002-present (termed through 2008)

Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, Law & Public Policy, Northeastern University, 2010
  • Certified, Applied Project Management, Villanova University, 2006-2007
  • MBA, Southern New Hampshire University, 1999
  • Certified, Human Resources Management, Southern New Hampshire University, 1996-1998
  • BBA, Economics, University of Southern Maine, 1984-1992

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Law & Public Policy, Northeastern University, 2010
  • Certified, Applied Project Management, Villanova University, 2006-2007
  • MBA, Southern New Hampshire University, 1999
  • Certified, Human Resources Management, Southern New Hampshire University, 1996-1998
  • BBA, Economics, University of Southern Maine, 1984-1992
  • Consultant/Project Manager, Babine Enterprise, Limited Liability Company, 2014-present
  • Portfolio Manager/Small Business Lender, Kennebunk Savings, 2015-2018
  • Mortgage Loan Officer, Primary Residential Mortgage, 2014-2015
  • Chief Executive Officer, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, 2010-2014
  • Branch Manager, Licensed Life & Health Insurance, KeyBank, 2010-2011
  • Vice President Risk Manager, TD Bank, North America, 2001-2009
  • Officer/Communication Lender, Northeast Bank, 2000-2001
  • Portfolio Manager, Keybank North America, 1996-1999
  • Credit Analyst, Ford Motor Credit Company, 1991-1996

Political Experience

  • Attended, Law & Public Policy, Northeastern University, 2010
  • Certified, Applied Project Management, Villanova University, 2006-2007
  • MBA, Southern New Hampshire University, 1999
  • Certified, Human Resources Management, Southern New Hampshire University, 1996-1998
  • BBA, Economics, University of Southern Maine, 1984-1992
  • Consultant/Project Manager, Babine Enterprise, Limited Liability Company, 2014-present
  • Portfolio Manager/Small Business Lender, Kennebunk Savings, 2015-2018
  • Mortgage Loan Officer, Primary Residential Mortgage, 2014-2015
  • Chief Executive Officer, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, 2010-2014
  • Branch Manager, Licensed Life & Health Insurance, KeyBank, 2010-2011
  • Vice President Risk Manager, TD Bank, North America, 2001-2009
  • Officer/Communication Lender, Northeast Bank, 2000-2001
  • Portfolio Manager, Keybank North America, 1996-1999
  • Credit Analyst, Ford Motor Credit Company, 1991-1996
  • Representative, Maine State House of Representatives, District 29, 2018-present
  • Candidate, Maine State House of Representatives, District 29, 2018, 2020
  • Member/Chair, Town Council of Scarborough, Maine, 2002-2019

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Joint Standing Committee on Innovation Development Economic Advancement and Business Maine State House Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Law & Public Policy, Northeastern University, 2010
  • Certified, Applied Project Management, Villanova University, 2006-2007
  • MBA, Southern New Hampshire University, 1999
  • Certified, Human Resources Management, Southern New Hampshire University, 1996-1998
  • BBA, Economics, University of Southern Maine, 1984-1992
  • Consultant/Project Manager, Babine Enterprise, Limited Liability Company, 2014-present
  • Portfolio Manager/Small Business Lender, Kennebunk Savings, 2015-2018
  • Mortgage Loan Officer, Primary Residential Mortgage, 2014-2015
  • Chief Executive Officer, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, 2010-2014
  • Branch Manager, Licensed Life & Health Insurance, KeyBank, 2010-2011
  • Vice President Risk Manager, TD Bank, North America, 2001-2009
  • Officer/Communication Lender, Northeast Bank, 2000-2001
  • Portfolio Manager, Keybank North America, 1996-1999
  • Credit Analyst, Ford Motor Credit Company, 1991-1996
  • Representative, Maine State House of Representatives, District 29, 2018-present
  • Candidate, Maine State House of Representatives, District 29, 2018, 2020
  • Member/Chair, Town Council of Scarborough, Maine, 2002-2019
  • Member, Kiwanis International, Scarborough Kiwanis Club, 2016-present
  • Volunteer, Moose International, Lodge #1310, 2014-present
  • Volunteer, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Portland/Casco Aerie #565, 2011-present
  • Member, Grand Lodge Free & Accepted Masons of Ohio, Calvin-Prather Lodge, 2010-present
  • Board Member, Campfire USA, Camp Ketcha, 2006-present
  • Board Member, Volunteers of America, Northern New England, 2006-present
  • Board Member, Cumberland County Budget Advisory Center, 2005-present
  • Member, Equifax Incorporated, Small Business Financial Exchange Board, 2005-present
  • Member, National League of Cities, Community and Economic Development Policy Center, 2002-present
  • Member, Knights of Columbus, 4th Degree, St. Maximilian Kolbe Council, 1998-present
  • Councilor, CSG Henry Toll Fellow, Council of State Governements, present
  • Former Chair, Cumberland County Budget & Finance Advisory Committee
  • Former Chair, Finance Committee, Scarborough Town Council
  • Board Member, Maine State Boys Program, The American Legion, Department of Maine, 1986-2020
  • Elected Volunteer, Town of Scarborough, Maine, 2000-2019
  • Member, Rotary International, Sanford/Springbale Rotary Club, 2015-2018
  • Board Member, ecomaine, 2014-2016
  • Executive Volunteer, International Board of Directors,Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, 2009-2012
  • Member, Cumberland County Strategic Planning Center, 2006
  • Volunteer/President, Lions Club International, Portland Lions Club, 1999-2004
  • Member, Town of Scarborough, Maine School Board, 2000-2002
Policy Positions

Maine State Legislative Election 2006 National Political Awareness Test

Abortion

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.

1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer

2. Abortions should always be legal.
- X

3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer

4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- X

5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- X

6. Prohibit public funding of abortions and to organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
- No Answer

7. Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budget and Tax

State Budget: Indicate the funding levels (#1-6) you will support for the following general categories. Select one level per category.

1. Education (Higher)
- Greatly Increase

2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase

3. Emergency preparedness
- Slightly Increase

4. Environment
- Slightly Increase

5. Health care
- Greatly Increase

6. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase

7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Greatly Increase

8. Welfare
- Greatly Increase

9. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels (#1-6) you will support. Select one level per tax.

1. Alcohol taxes
- Greatly Increase

2. Capital gains taxes
- No Answer

3. Cigarette taxes
- Greatly Increase

4. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status

5. Gasoline taxes
- No Answer

6. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Greatly Decrease

7. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Slightly Decrease

8. Property taxes
- Slightly Decrease

9. Sales taxes
- Slightly Increase

10. Vehicle taxes
- Maintain Status

11. Other or expanded categories
- g) joint

12. Should the state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales?
- Yes

13. Should accounts such as a ?rainy day? fund be used to balance the state budget?
- Yes

14. Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget?
- Yes

15. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Campaign Finance and Governmental Reform

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.

1. Do you support the current limit of terms for Maine governors?
- No

2. Do you support the current limit of terms for Maine state senators and representatives?
- No

Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

1. Individual
- Yes

2. PAC
- Yes

3. Corporate
- Yes

4. Political Parties
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

6. Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
- No

7. Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying and ensuring accuracy of votes?
- Yes

8. Do you support prohibiting media exit polling of voters until all polling locations in Maine are closed?
- No

9. Should Maine recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- Yes

Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

1. Other or expanded principles
- c 2) But not at current levels.

Crime

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.

1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff.
- No Answer

2. Implement the death penalty in Maine.
- No Answer

3. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- X

4. End parole for repeat violent offenders.
- No Answer

5. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X

6. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
- X

7. Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
- No Answer

8. Require that crimes based on race, ethnic background, religious belief, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation be prosecuted as hate crimes.
- X

9. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
- X

10. Strengthen sex-offender laws.
- X

11. Support the restriction of the sale of products used to make methamphetamine (e.g. tablets containing pseudophedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine).
- X

12. Support the continued publication of Maine?s sex offender registry.
- X

13. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

1. Support national standards and testing of public school students.
- X

2. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any public school.
- No Answer

3. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
- No Answer

4. Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure).
- X

5. Increase funds for hiring additional teachers.
- X

6. Support teacher testing and reward with merit pay.
- X

7. Endorse voluntary prayer in public schools.
- No Answer

8. Require public schools to administer high school exit exams.
- No Answer

9. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
- No Answer

10. Increase funding for Head Start programs.
- X

11. Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
- X

12. Support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods.
- X

13. Support abstinence-only sexual education programs.
- No Answer

14. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Employment and Affirmative Action

Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.

1. Increase funding for state job-training programs that retrain displaced workers and teach skills needed in today?s job market.
- X

2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- No Answer

3. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- X

4. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- X

5. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- X

6. Include sexual orientation in Maine's anti-discrimination laws.
- X

7. Increase the state minimum wage.
- X

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity or gender be taken into account in state agencies? decisions on:

1. Public employment
- Yes

2. State college and university admissions
- Yes

3. State contracting
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- to the extent that affirmative action is regulated and expanded to make it a diverse workplace

Environment & Energy

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

1. Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
- X

2. Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, and oil).
- No Answer

3. Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
- X

4. Increase funding for improvements to Maine's power generating and transmission facilities.
- X

5. Support funding for open space preservation.
- X

6. Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
- X

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Gun

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.

1. Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- X

2. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer

3. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer

4. Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
- No Answer

5. Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows.
- X

6. Require a license for gun possession.
- X

7. Support notifying individuals protected by an abuse order when the abuser attempts to purchase a firearm.
- X

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.

1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
- X

2. Transfer current Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
- No Answer

3. Limit the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer

4. Support patients' right to sue their HMOs.
- X

5. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- No Answer

6. Continue to support Dirigo Health in Maine.
- X

7. Legalize physician assisted suicide in Maine.
- No Answer

8. Continue to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Welfare and Poverty

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.

1. Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
- No Answer

2. Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- X

3. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- X

4. Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
- No Answer

5. Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to extend health and child care subsidies to the working poor.
- X

6. Support marriage promotion programs for welfare recipients.
- No Answer

7. Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

Please explain in a total of 75 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer