Elected

The voters of Readfield and Winthrop just elected me to the Maine House of Representatives with 2,915 votes. Scott Davis, who ran a positive campaign, finished with 2,057 votes.

I'm beside myself.

Surely, my father is dancing a jig in heaven. My mother wants pictures so she can brag about it at her nursing home in Milwaukee. My biological father is dancing a jig in Florida. My birth mother is cheering in Georgia.

I can't yet describe what it means to me. Now, my eyes won't stop raining.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Credo

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I believe in growing things,

and in the things

which have grown and died

magnificently.

I believe in people

and in the simple aspects

of human life,

and in the relation of man

to nature.

I believe man

must be free,

both in spirit and society,

that he must

build strength into himself,

affirming the

enormous beauty of the world

and acquiring

the confidence to see

and to express

his vision.

—Ansel Adams

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I was adopted by strong, proud, God-fearing, hard-working parents who faced discrimination and struggled to put food on the table for their children. Still, they taught us that we have a moral obligation to share what we have with those who have even less. That we must humbly serve our communities.

Every single day, I work tirelessly for the people to try and make this community a better place. We need policies in Augusta to enhance this work: less regulation on family farms and small businesses; a comprehensive food policy ensuring all people—especially children, veterans, and seniors—have access to wholesome food; energy policy that protects our precious natural resources; investments in education, infrastructure, and worker training. We must lift people up, make work pay a wage you can raise a family on, and grow the middle class.

I’d like to plant the seeds for this vision in the Maine House.

I humbly ask for your vote.

I’ll keep working hard for you.

Every single day.

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Hickman is the son of a Tuskegee Airman and a wise woman. He’s also a Harvard graduate, President of the Rotary Club of the Winthrop Area, National Poetry Slam champion, award-winning author, chef, and founder of Craig Hickman’s Tennis Blog. He grows the best collards, tomatoes, okra, beets and butternut squash around. People call his eggs magic. He’ll bring his unparalleled passion for life and his strong, independent voice to Augusta to fight for the people of Maine and move us toward prosperity.