Senate District 8
Mike Tipping
Senate District 8
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Sen. Tipping receives 2025 Edie Beaulieu Legislative Award, earns perfect score from Maine AFL-CIO for voting record supporting working families
AUGUSTA — Last night, Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono, received the 2025 Edie Beaulieu Legislative Award from the Maine AFL-CIO. The award is named for Edie Beaulieu, a former Democratic lawmaker, who fought tirelessly for labor, education and public safety issues. She was the first woman to chair...
Commission to Protect Maine Hospitals Will Hear from Experts on Private Equity Practices, Anti-Trust Regulation
AUGUSTA — On Wednesday, October 22, Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono, will conduct the second meeting of the Legislature’s Commission to Evaluate the Scope of Regulatory Review and Oversight over Health Care Transactions That Impact the Delivery of Health Care Services in the State. This summer,...
Sen. Tipping is serving in his second term in the Maine Senate. He chairs the Labor Committee and serves on the Taxation and Government Oversight Committees. During his first term, he sponsored groundbreaking new laws addressing medical debt and electricity rates.
Sen. Mike Tipping grew up in Orono, attending Asa Adams Elementary and Orono Middle and High School. He studied Political Science at Dalhousie University, where he served as Student Union President and Chair of the Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations.
Sen. Tipping has worked in the field of public advocacy for his entire career, including serving as spokesperson for statewide referendum campaigns to expand senior care and raise Maine’s minimum wage.
Working for the Maine People’s Alliance and Maine People’s Resource Center, he helped hold the former owners of the HoltraChem plant accountable for mercury pollution in the Penobscot River through a landmark federal lawsuit and mandated ecosystem-wide cleanup.
Sen. Tipping has written regular opinion columns for several Maine publications and in 2014 authored the book “As Maine Went” on Maine politics and policy.
A proud union member, Sen. Tipping believes that by working together we can build stronger communities and better lives for families in Maine.
He lives in Orono with his wife, Maggie, and their eight-year-old twins.
