¶ How To Win Against Garrett Mason
Garrett Mason’s political history includes attacks on Mainers’ healthcare, public education, and reproductive rights. Mason supported Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” rolling back Medicaid expansion, and backing work requirements that could cause people to lose insurance. He also attacked the Affordable Care Act even though thousands of Mainers depended on it to stay covered. Mason supported changes to food assistance that would make it harder to qualify and easier to lose benefits, which could leave families struggling to afford basic groceries. Mason also touted championing charter school legislation that threatened education funding for public schools. He supported restricting reproductive health care, including policies that would limit access to abortion and family planning services to reduce options for patients across the state. Mason also backed positions against marriage equality, supporting policies that would allow businesses to deny services to same-sex couples. In 2018, Mason funneled more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded Clean Elections money to his future employer despite claiming to oppose Maine’s Clean Election Act. Garrett Mason supported “Trump Accounts,” which analyses found disproportionately benefited wealthier families while offering far less support to lower-income children.
¶ Garrett Mason Supported Devastating Health Care Cuts And Opposed The Affordable Care Act
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In October 2025, Garrett Mason supported Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” which he praised as "the exact kind of package that working people need." Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” would lead to major coverage losses and result in Mainers losing access to health insurance. The bill was projected to leave more than 57,300 Mainers without health care coverage by 2034, including more than 34,000 Medicaid recipients.
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In March 2026, Mason opposed expanding Medicaid eligibility, called coverage for childless adults “crazy,” said a future governor should repeal the expansion, and supported Medicaid work requirements. At the same time, Mainers warned reducing Medicaid funding would threaten programs that helped vulnerable residents live independently and avoid institutionalization. In 2014, Mason voted against Medicaid expansion, including efforts to override a veto,opposing efforts that would have expanded health coverage and used federal funding to insure tens of thousands of low-income Mainers. Today, the program provides health coverage to more than 400,000 Mainers, including more than half of the state’s children.
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In November 2025, Mason called the Affordable Care Act a “sham" and claimed it "destroyed" the healthcare system, even though more than 58,500 relied on ACA plans for coverage. In 2025, Mason blamed Democrats for “destroying” healthcare and claimed Affordable Care Act subsidies drove up costs, despite more than 54,000 depending on them for coverage in 2025. After Congress failed to extend them, Maine’s marketplace saw a 9.5% enrollment drop,with 3,500 Mainers canceling their plans because they could no longer afford them.
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In 2025, Mason also promoted Christian Healthcare Sharing Ministries as an “affordable" alternative to the Affordable Care Act, even though the Maine Bureau of Insurance warned they were not bound to the same rules as insurers. Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reform warned these plans were not subject to compliance with the Affordable Care Act and often exclude pre-existing conditions and essential benefits, leaving Mainers at risk of significant out-of-pocket costs. At the same time, the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion dramatically reduced uninsured rates, including cutting the rate among low-income workers from 38 percent in 2013 to 17 percent in 2022.
Message: Garrett Mason supported healthcare policies that would rip health coverage away from tens of thousands of Mainers.
¶ Garrett Mason Supported Stripping SNAP Benefits From Maine Families
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In 2025, Garrett Mason supported Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” praised it as "the exact kind of package that working people need" and backed increased work requirements for public assistance programs despite the law making the largest cut to SNAP in history. Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” slashed $186 billion in funding and reduced food assistance for millions. More than 22 million families were projected to lose some or all benefits, with some losing an average of $146 per month. States facing new cost-sharing requirements could be forced to cut benefits or leave the program entirely.
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Trump’s "One Big Beauitful Bill" expanded work requirements that were projected to reduce SNAP participation by 2.4 million people each month. No Kid Hungry warned that new work requirements for SNAP recipients would increase hunger and threaten access to food for families in need, as more than 78,000 households in Maine relied on SNAP to meet basic food needs.
Message: Garrett Mason supported limiting food assistance while tens of thousands of Maine families depended on SNAP to afford groceries and put food on the table.
¶ Garrett Mason Opposed Marriage Equality
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In 2015, Mason co-sponsored legislation allowing individuals and businesses to refuse services to same-sex couples based on religious beliefs. The “Preservation of Religious Freedom Act” could have legalized discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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In 2018, during his first gubernatorial campaign, Mason supported defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
Message: Garrett Mason was a threat to marriage equality in Maine.
¶ Garrett Mason Funneled Clean Elections Money To His Future Employer Despite Opposition To Maine’s Clean Election Act
- In 2018, Garrett Mason funneled more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded Clean Elections money to his future employer, Eaton River Strategies. The consulting firm hired Mason after he lost the 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary. During the primary, Mason qualified for the Clean Elections program and collected $700,000 in public campaign funds despite claiming to oppose Maine’s Clean Election Act and public funding in elections. Mason’s payments to the consulting firm raised concerns Clean Election funds could be used for personal financial gain or as a way to obtain employment.
Message: Garrett Mason’s use of taxpayer-funded campaign money raised questions about whether he put his own interests ahead of Mainers.
¶ Garrett Mason Supported Defunding Maine’s Public Schools
- In 2026, Mason touted championing education policies that defunded and hurt public education in Maine. In 2011, Mason sponsored and voted for legislation to allow 10 charter schools in Maine, despite warnings charter schools threatened public school funding. In 2021, ten years after the enactment of Mason’s charter school legislation, a state report found Maine charter schools had lower graduation rates and mixed student performance compared to traditional public schools. In 2013, Mason also sponsored and voted for legislation to lift the cap on charter schools, allow some taxpayer money to religious schools, and allow education funding to follow students away from public schools. Mason’s legislation would have effectively repealed a law that banned state funding to sectarian schools. The Maine Education Association warned the legislation effectively defunded public school districts.
Message: Garrett Mason championed charter school policies that threatened to defund public schools in Maine.
¶ Garrett Mason Was An Anti-Abortion Extremist
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Garrett Mason had a history of promoting an extreme anti-choice agenda. In 2026, Garrett Mason said he opposed Maine’s current 24-week abortion law, claiming it was “far too extreme.” In 2018, Mason opposed abortion in nearly all cases, including rape and incest.
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Garrett Mason had a history of supporting policies that limited access to family planning and reproductive health care. In 2025, he supported shutting down Maine Family Planning clinics, opposed public funding for Planned Parenthood despite its non-abortion services, and argued the state prioritized funding for these providers over nursing homes.
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In 2015, Mason introduced infertility legislation that restricted access to family planning care. The bill limited eligibility to married patients and excluded some individuals from coverage. It also allowed insurers to impose high out-of-pocket costs that could cost patients thousands.
Message: Garrett Mason threatened the reproductive freedoms of Mainers.
¶ Garrett Mason Supported “Trump Accounts” Which Benefited Wealthier Families
- In 2026, Garrett Mason supported expanding “Trump Accounts” in Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Mason proposed increasing “Trump Accounts” from $1,000 to up to $2,500 through a refundable tax credit for eligible children. However, the Council of Economic Advisers’ analysis showed the program disproportionately benefited wealthier families, who could contribute more and receive larger tax advantages, while lower-income children saw far smaller financial gains. Under the plan, children without additional family contributions would see accounts grow to only about $5,800 by age 18, far less than the roughly $303,757 that accounts would grow to by age 18 under maximum contributions.
Message: Garrett Mason supported “Trump Accounts” which benefited wealthier families, and left low-income Maine families behind.
¶ Garrett Mason’s Policies Have Hurt Everyday People
| Garrett Mason Supported Efforts To Cut Medicaid And Threaten Mainers’ Access To Health Care
| Garrett Mason Supported Stripping SNAP Benefits From Maine Families
| Garrett Mason Opposed Marriage Equality
| Garrett Mason Supported Defunding Maine’s Public Schools
| Garrett Mason Was An Anti-Abortion Extremist
| Garrett Mason Supported “Trump Accounts” Which Benefited Wealthier Families
| Garrett Mason Violated Maine’s Clean Election Act And Sent Public Funds To A Future Employer
| Garrett Mason’s Key Votes As A Member Of The Maine Legislature