Ricky R. LaChapelle
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Owner of Advanced Heating Solutions and Lewiston Pawn Shop, and a former Ward 4 city councilor who also served on the Lewiston School Committee. He has pushed to ease the property tax load through business growth and zoning changes, and to add senior housing.
Where Ricky R. LaChapelle stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records), Civil Rights (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted for Lewiston's $53.5 million city budget for fiscal year 2023, which passed unanimously. It raised the property tax rate by $1.25 per $1,000 of value.
May 3, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: sunjournal.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Backed adding penalties to a deal for senior housing at the former Martel School, then voted for the two-year option agreement with Lewiston Housing; it passed 6-1. During the debate he called the housing agency's director arrogant and a liar.
May 16, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: sunjournal.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 oppose
Proposed lowering Lewiston's cap on homeless shelter beds from 134 to 120, with no cap on shelter beds for youth and families. Councilors agreed to the language at a workshop.
August 23, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: sunjournal.com
Voted for a six-month pause on new homeless shelters in Lewiston; it passed 4-3. Before the vote, he made a change that took expansion of existing shelters out of the pause.
April 19, 2022Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: sunjournal.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 oppose
Co-wrote a draft resolution with Council President Lee Clement that denounced optional diversity groups for Lewiston school staff. The draft tied the groups to critical race theory and became public through a records request.
May 7, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
Source: sunjournal.com
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Lost the race for the Ward 4 seat on the Lewiston School Committee to Julia Harper, 850 votes to 503.
November 4, 2025
Source: sunjournal.com
Lost his bid for reelection to the Ward 4 council seat to Michael Roy, 682 votes to 612.
November 7, 2023
Source: sunjournal.com
Voted with three other councilors to censure Councilor Scott Harriman, saying he made up the bar-meeting controversy.
October 17, 2023
Source: sunjournal.com
Voted to remove Linda Scott as council president, 4-3, after she accused him and three other councilors of discussing city business at a bar. The council then elected him president, 4-3.
October 17, 2023
Source: wabi.tv
Proposed a resolution censuring Mayor Carl Sheline over a letter backing a Portland housing nonprofit's grant request; the council passed it 4-3.
February 21, 2023
Source: sunjournal.com
Voted to keep Lee Clement as Lewiston council president; Linda Scott won the post 5-2.
January 3, 2023
Source: sunjournal.com
Voted for a council resolution backing public trust in Lewiston's elections and its city clerk; it passed unanimously after a reference to Paul LePage was removed.
September 20, 2022
Source: sunjournal.com
Voted for a council resolution reaffirming Lewiston's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; it passed unanimously.
May 17, 2022
Source: sunjournal.com
Won the Ward 4 seat on the Lewiston City Council on 2021-11-02, running unopposed.
November 2, 2021
Source: sunjournal.com
Past race Ricky R. LaChapelle ran in:
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Lewiston city, Maine