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Representative Daniel Ankeles
 
  Representing: Part of Brunswick
District # 100
   

Rep. Dan Ankeles is serving his first term in the Maine House of Representatives. He is a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation.

Prior to becoming a lawmaker, Ankeles worked as a legislative aide in the House Democratic Office for nine years. He has also worked as a public radio producer, organized campaigns for his fellow Democrats and defended Maine’s same-day voter registration law in a 2011 referendum campaign. Ankeles is an at-large member of the Brunswick Town Council, where he has advocated successfully for conservation, public education and the creation of Brunswick’s new Housing Committee.

Top local priorities for Ankeles include replacing the aging stormwater system on the former naval air base and removing harmful PFAS chemicals, reducing local dependence on regressive property taxation, supporting Brunswick's working waterfront and the health of its rivers and coastline, making it easier to lower speed limits and expanding bicycle and pedestrian trails between Brunswick and neighboring communities.

Ankeles enjoys learning languages, exercising, games and family time. He and his wife Catherine have lived in Brunswick since 2011 and are raising their two children in Brunswick schools.


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Committee

Rep. Ankeles is a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation.

Brief description of the subject matter handled by the committee: General Fund appropriations and general fiscal policy; federal funds allocations, special revenue and block grant allocations when part of a biennial or supplemental budget; Budget Stabilization Fund; general obligation bond issues; collective bargaining funding; budgeting methodologies; review of financial orders; and financial evaluation of agencies of state government. 

Brief description of the subject matter handled by the committee: Department of Transportation; Bureau of Motor Vehicles; motor vehicle registration and license plates; drivers’ licenses; driver education; Maine Turnpike Authority; Highway Fund; transportation policy; public transportation; aeronautics; highway and bridge construction and maintenance; highway safety; traffic regulation; waterways; railroads; Department of Public Safety, State Police; and motor vehicles and motor carriers.

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Legislation

Click on the button below to see all bills, joint resolutions and orders I sponsored or cosponsored this session, as well as legislative sentiments that honor and recognize people from our district and throughout the state.


 

 

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Contact Me

Thank you for taking time to contact me. You may use the online contact form to reach me.

You can also contact me at my home:

7 Beech Drive
Brunswick, ME 04011
dan.ankeles@legislature.maine.gov

When the Legislature is in session, you can leave a message for me by calling the State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900 or the State House TDD Line: Relay 711.