Henry John Bear

Green Party

Prior offices

Maine House of Representatives Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Henry John Bear (Green Party) was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. He assumed office on December 4, 2012. He left office on December 4, 2018.

Bear (Green Party) ran for election to the Maine State Senate to represent District 2. He lost as a write-in in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Bear was a Green Party candidate for Maine's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House. He was disqualified before the November 6, 2018, general election.

In November 2017, Bear announced that he changed his party affiliation from Democratic to Green Independent.[1]

Bear was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 144 of the Maine House of Representatives. He withdrew from the race on August 30, 2016.

## Contents

* 1 Committee assignments
* 1.1 2015 legislative session
* 1.2 2013-2014
* 2 Sponsored legislation
* 3 Elections
* 3.1 2020
* 3.2 2018
* 3.3 2016
* 4 Campaign themes
* 4.1 2020
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

## Committee assignments[edit]

### 2015 legislative session[edit]

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Bear served on the following committees:

Maine committee assignments, 2015

• Veterans and Legal Affairs

### 2013-2014[edit]

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Bear served on the following committees:

Maine committee assignments, 2013

• Health and Human Services

## Sponsored legislation[edit]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

## Elections[edit]

### 2020[edit]

See also: Maine State Senate elections, 2020

#### General election

##### General election for Maine State Senate District 2

Harold Stewart defeated incumbent Michael Carpenter and Henry John Bear in the general election for Maine State Senate District 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate

Votes

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| Harold Stewart (R) |

56.8

| 10,838

| Michael Carpenter (D) |

43.0

| 8,208

| Henry John Bear (G) (Write-in) |

0.2

| 34

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 19,080

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#### Democratic primary election

#####  Democratic Primary for Maine State Senate District 2

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Michael Carpenter in round 1 .

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Candidate

Total Votes

Transfer

Round eliminated

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✔ |

| Michael Carpenter |

100

| 1,672 | 0 | Advanced (1)

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 1,672

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#### Republican primary election

#####  Republican Primary for Maine State Senate District 2

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Harold Stewart in round 1 .

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Candidate

Total Votes

Transfer

Round eliminated

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✔ |

| Harold Stewart |

100

| 2,554 | 0 | Advanced (1)

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There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 2,554

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### 2018[edit]

See also: Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

#### General election

#####  General election for U.S. House Maine District 2

Select round:  Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jared Golden in round 2 . The results of Round  are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

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Candidate

Total Votes

Transfer

Round eliminated

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| Jared Golden |

50.6

| 142,440 | 10,427 | Won (2)

| Bruce Poliquin |

49.4

| 138,931 | 4,747 | 2

| Tiffany Bond |

0.0

| 0 | -16,552 | 1

| Will Hoar |

0.0

| 0 | -6,875 | 1

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Candidate

Total Votes

Transfer

Round eliminated

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| Jared Golden |

45.6

| 132,013 | 0 | Won (2)

| Bruce Poliquin |

46.3

| 134,184 | 0 | 2

| Tiffany Bond |

5.7

| 16,552 | 0 | 1

| Will Hoar |

2.4

| 6,875 | 0 | 1

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

| Total votes: 289,624

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= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* Dennis O'Connor (Independent)
* Danielle VanHelsing (Independent)
* Henry John Bear (G)

#### Democratic primary election

#####  Democratic Primary for U.S. House Maine District 2

Select round:  Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jared Golden in round 2 . The results of Round  are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

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Candidate

Total Votes

Transfer

Round eliminated

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| Jared Golden |

54.3

| 23,611 | 2,624 | Advanced (2)

| Lucas St. Clair |

45.7

| 19,853 | 2,111 | 2

| Craig Olson |

0.0

| 0 | -3,993 | 1

| Jonathan Fulford |

0.0

| 0 | -2,489 | 1

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Candidate

Total Votes

Transfer

Round eliminated

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| Jared Golden |

46.4

| 20,987 | 0 | Advanced (2)

| Lucas St. Clair |

39.2

| 17,742 | 0 | 2

| Craig Olson |

8.8

| 3,993 | 0 | 1

| Jonathan Fulford |

5.5

| 2,489 | 0 | 1

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There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

| Total votes: 45,211

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= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* Tim Rich (D)
* Phil Cleaves (D)

#### Republican primary election

#####  Republican Primary for U.S. House Maine District 2

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Bruce Poliquin in round 1 .

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Candidate

Total Votes

Transfer

Round eliminated

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✔ |

| Bruce Poliquin |

100

| 43,047 | 0 | Advanced (1)

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

| Total votes: 43,047

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= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

### 2016[edit]

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016.[2]

Incumbent Roger Sherman ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 144 general election.[3]

Maine House of Representatives, District 144 General Election, 2016

Party | Candidate
| Republican |  Roger Sherman Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Maine Secretary of State

Henry John Bear ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 144 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Maine House of Representatives, District 144 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party | Candidate
| Democratic |  Henry John Bear (unopposed)

Incumbent Roger Sherman ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 144 Republican primary.[4][5]

Maine House of Representatives, District 144 Republican Primary, 2016

Party | Candidate
| Republican |  Roger Sherman Incumbent (unopposed)

## Campaign themes[edit]

### 2020[edit]

#### Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Tribal rep in Maine legislature leaves Dems for Greens," November 23, 2017
2. ↑ Politics1.com, "Maine," archived December 31, 2015
3. ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "2016 Election Results," accessed December 20, 2016
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maine Secretary of State, "List of Candidates who have filed for the June 14, 2016 Primary Election," accessed March 20, 2016
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maine Secretary of State, "Tabulations for Primary Elections held on June 14, 2016," accessed August 11, 2016

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