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Maine
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01 / THE CITIZEN REGISTER
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Results must back it up.
History of Janet Mills
Biographies and documented commitments from earlier terms.
Governor · 2022
Janet Mills
DemocratEach entry separates the original commitment from what has been verified during the term.
- Tracked
- 6
- Fulfilled
- 4
- With progress
- 2
- Not achieved
- 0
- Awaiting assessment
- 0
Announced deadlines and priorities
- 2040 for the electricity target · Advance legislation requiring 100% clean electricity by 2040.
6 of 6 commitments
Free community college
What they pledged
Extend the free community college program for another two years.
Governor's budget proposalWhat has been verified
The budget signed in 2023 allocated $15 million to cover up to two years for high school graduates from the classes of 2024 and 2025 who enrolled in a Maine community college.
Enacted budgetHousing First
What they pledged
Sign legislation establishing a statewide Housing First program with permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness.
Governor's budget proposalWhat has been verified
Mills signed the budget establishing Housing First in July 2023. This assessment covers legal establishment of the program.
Statutory textTrial court judgeships
What they pledged
Propose four additional district court judgeships to address the case backlog.
Governor's budget proposalWhat has been verified
The signed budget funded six new trial court judgeships. Funding the positions does not itself measure backlog reductions.
Enacted budgetClean electricity
What they pledged
Advance legislation requiring 100% clean electricity by 2040.
Governor's budget proposalWhat has been verified
In 2025, Mills signed a law requiring 90% renewable resources and 10% other clean resources by 2040. Achievement of the target remains to be measured.
Maine Department of Energy ResourcesJudicial protection orders
What they pledged
Allow law enforcement to seek a judicial protective custody warrant to temporarily remove weapons when someone poses a serious risk.
2024 State of the State addressWhat has been verified
Mills signed LD 2224 on April 26, 2024. The law lets police go directly to a judge for that custody warrant.
Maine Legislature: LD 2224 text and statusStorm-resilient infrastructure
What they pledged
Invest $50 million in the state fund to repair damaged public infrastructure and protect it from future storms.
Governor’s funding proposalWhat has been verified
The supplemental budget allocated $50 million to the Department of Transportation for infrastructure adaptation and repairs. It added another $10 million for business recovery.
Maine Legislature: supplemental budget fiscal noteCommitments archive
Entries from earlier reviews, separate from the term registers.
Janet Mills
DemocratMedicaid expansion
What they pledged
Implement the Medicaid expansion that Maine voters had approved by referendum.
Maine primary debate, PBS · Jun 7, 2018What has been verified
Mills ordered implementation to begin on January 3, 2019. The federal government approved the expansion in April 2019, retroactive to July 2, 2018.
Maine Governor’s Office · federal approval of the expansion02 / THE START OF THE TERM
The first
100 days.
An evaluation window. Each commitment keeps the timing published in its source.
Day one is the day the official begins the term for this office.Janet Mills · 2022
Awaiting verificationThe opening agenda is being verified.
A sourced first-100-days plan or specific early commitments for this term are still pending in the register.
03 / THE WORDS STAY ON RECORD
Election
night.
Janet Mills · 2022 · Election-night remarks
Election-night remarks are being verified.
A verified recording, transcript or contemporaneous report of the remarks is still pending for this election.
How we assess
Each status reflects the scope of the commitment and the available evidence. An announcement, an approved law, and a result in practice are different milestones. The rating measures the share of fulfilled commitments in this register and changes as more commitments and outcomes are documented.
Official state sources
Capitol photo · Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · Framing and shading adjusted