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David Haggan is serving his first term representing District 10, which includes nine communities in Penobscot County and three communities in Hancock County, in the Maine Senate. He is the Senate Republican lead on the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee and Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee.

This November, we will vote on two citizen-initiated referendum questions. One of these questions will be whether Maine should enact a so-called “red flag law.” This may be confusing as our state already has an extreme risk protection order on the books, more commonly known as the “yellow flag la

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