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Sean Mahoney

Democratic · ME · Falmouth Town Council

Sean Mahoney serves on the Falmouth Town Council and is Vice President for Maine and senior counsel at the Conservation Law Foundation, an environmental group. His legal work focuses on climate change, energy, transportation, and Maine's rivers and coast.

Where Sean Mahoney stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (7 records), Housing Affordability (1 record), Corporate Accountability (2 records)

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 7 support
  • Testified for the Conservation Law Foundation in support of LD 2037, a bill updating Maine's limits under the regional power plant carbon program (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative).

    January 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legislature.maine.gov

  • Testified for the Conservation Law Foundation in support of LD 1870, a bill to make major climate polluters pay into a state fund for climate damage costs.

    May 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legislature.maine.gov

  • Testified for the Conservation Law Foundation against LD 635, a resolve telling the attorney general to drop Maine's climate lawsuit against big oil companies.

    March 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: mainelegislature.org

  • Voted yes on a Falmouth law that bans some lawn pesticides and fertilizers and limits others. It passed 5-2.

    February 24, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: pressherald.com

  • Testified for the Conservation Law Foundation in support of LD 1621, a state bill on environmental justice for communities hit hardest by pollution.

    April 24, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legislature.maine.gov

  • As head of the Conservation Law Foundation in Maine, announced a lawsuit against state utility rules that cut what solar owners are paid for the power they make.

    September 20, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: clf.org

  • As head of the Conservation Law Foundation in Maine, announced a lawsuit to block Gov. Paul LePage's order pausing new wind power permits. He called the order a political attack on renewable energy.

    January 31, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: mainebiz.biz

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 1 support
  • Voted with a unanimous Falmouth council to sell town land for a 49-unit workforce housing project next to the police station. He spoke strongly for the project.

    January 13, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: pressherald.com

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 2 support
  • Testified for the Conservation Law Foundation in support of LD 1870, a bill to make major climate polluters pay into a state fund for climate damage costs.

    May 5, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legislature.maine.gov

  • Testified for the Conservation Law Foundation against LD 635, a resolve telling the attorney general to drop Maine's climate lawsuit against big oil companies.

    March 6, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: mainelegislature.org

Track record — General

General · 2 records
  • Published an opinion piece arguing that voting matters and warning against rolling back who is allowed to vote.

    September 18, 2026

    Source: sunjournal.com

  • Won a seat on the Falmouth Town Council with 1,461 votes. He had served on the council before, from 2012 to 2015.

    June 11, 2024

    Source: pressherald.com

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