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Abusana "Micky" M. BondoDistrict 1Nonpartisan · Current term 2025 to 2027 - View profileAbdulkadir M. AliDistrict 2Nonpartisan · Current term 2025 to 2027
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Julianne OppermanDistrict 3Nonpartisan · Current term 2026 to 2028 - View profileSarah BrydonDistrict 5Nonpartisan · Current term 2024 to 2026
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Jayne SawtelleNonpartisan · Current term 2026 to 2028 - View profile
Maya J. LenaNonpartisan · Current term 2025 to 2027 - View profile
Sarah M. LentzNonpartisan · Current term 2026 to 2028
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About School Board
About this position
- Office level
- Local
- Election frequency
- Every 3 years
- Affiliation
- Nonpartisan
- Positions
- 1 open seat
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for School Board
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
A Candidate must be at least 18 years of age and a resident and voter in the electoral district which the candidate seeks to represent as of the date that the candidate files nomination petitions in the year of the election.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- Collect at least 150 signatures. Petitions are available from the Department of the Secretary of State, Division of Elections, located at the Burton M. Cross State Office Building, 4th floor, 111 Sewall Street, Augusta, Maine. You may pick up the petitions in person, have another person obtain them for you or have the petitions mailed to you. You may begin circulating petitions January 1st. Signers must be Maine registered voters of the electoral district of the candidate and enrolled in the party named in the petition. Have each petition verified by its circulator - the "Circulator's Oath" must be completed on each petition. Have all signatures certified by the applicable registrar of voters prior to filing with the Secretary of State. Sign the "Candidate's Consent" section of the Candidate's Consent and Certification of Enrollment (a separate form from the petition) before a Notary Public. Have the Registrar of Voters in the municipality where you are registered to vote complete the "Certification of Candidate Enrollment" which is now printed as part of the Candidate's Consent and Certification of Enrollment form. Present the petitions and the "Candidate's Consent and Certification of Enrollment" to the Secretary of State for review on or before 5 p.m., March 15 of the election year. If you wish to be a non-party candidate and are enrolled in a party, you must withdraw from that party on or before March 1st of the election year or by the date you file your petitions, if earlier, and must not have changed parties after January 1st. You must collect at least 300 signatures. Petitions must be submitted to your municipal registrar of voters for certification by 5:00 p.m. on May 25th, and then must be filed with the Secretary of State on or before 5:00 p.m. on June 1st.
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the County Commissioners' office.
- Where to file
- 142 Federal Street, Portland, ME 04101-4196
- Filing phone
- 207-871-8380
- Step 3
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