Hey! My name is Sue Salisbury. I just wrapped up my second term in the Maine House representing District 128 (Westbrook).
I serve as the House chair of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee and the chair of Legislative Caucuses for Emergency Medical Services and Food Insecurity.
I'm a small business owner, operating The Daily Grind in Westbrook since 2016. I serve as the Chair of the Westbrook School Committee.
I've been a proud Westbrook resident for 25 years and am a mother and step-mother to four amazing children.
Through my nonprofit Westbrook Families Feeding Families, I’ve worked to provide food to families in need throughout the community. As of 2024, we've reached over 540 individuals. I’m involved with the statewide task force to end hunger in Maine by 2030—something I know we can make happen.
I'm also a member of One Westbrook, an organization with the goal of making Westbrook an open and welcoming community.
This session, I’m pleased to have supported LD 2003. The bill offered increased opportunities for housing, addressing systemic issues around low wages, homelessness, and mental health issues. It’s crucial we make sure people’s basic needs are being met so they can live healthy, involved lives.
I am running for re-election to the House so I can continue my work combating food insecurity, building housing solutions, backing our families, and supporting our first responders.
We need to do more to ensure that Mainers don't go hungry because they’re unable to afford basic needs. I will continue supporting legislation that funds our local food pantries, makes sure homebound seniors and young families are fed, and supports local farmers in the process.
In Westbrook, my nonprofit Westbrook Families Feeding Families now serves more than 500 individuals, up from 185 in 2022.
Women’s bodies are under attack in Washington and Augusta. Last session, we passed landmark legislation to protect a woman's right to make healthcare decisions having to do with her body.
I will continue to support and present legislation that ensures Maine women have access to safe and affordable healthcare, including access to abortions.
Supply is not meeting the demand. We’re seeing skyrocketing rent and unattainable prices to buy a home. Subsequently, we have worker shortages because there’s nowhere close to live to work in Westbrook. Simply enough, we need more housing and I will support legislation to make this happen.
In Augusta, I am working to address EMS workforce shortages. When Mainers call 911 they want to know that help will arrive, because of current workforce shortages these responses can be delayed. As a Legislature, we need to look at what we can do to incentivize professional and volunteer emergency staff.
In 2023, I served on my second EMS Blue Ribbon commission, charged with looking at all aspects of emergency medical services including workforce development and funding.