On Friday in Augusta, Maine House Republicans re-elected Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham of Winter Harbor to serve as their leader.

Maine Senate Democrats chose Sen. Mattie Daughtry of Brunswick to serve as chamber president, leading the majority that Democrats maintained on Nov. 5, though likely by slimmer margins as final counts are tallied.

Both parties have started to select their leadership for the new state legislature. Democrats retained control of the Maine Senate, and they've already picked Senator Mattie Daughtry of Brunswick as their new leader.

Democrats have retained control of the Maine Senate and Thursday elected new leadership. Neither Troy Jackson nor Eloise Vitelli, the Senate president and Senate majority leader from the last legislature,

Sen. Mattie Daughtry shepherded through a paid family leave bill that became law and begins going into effect in 2025.