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Demi Kouzounas (Republican)
Demi Kouzounas (Republican)
General Information
General Information
Demi Kouzounas is running for U.S. Senate as a Republican to represent Maine. She was born in Saco, Maine to Greek immigrant parents, and grew up working in her family’s restaurant. She was a first-generation college student and graduated from University of Maine Orono with a bachelor’s degree. She later earned a doctorate in dentistry from Tufts. Kouzounas served in the U.S. Army from 1981-84, then opened her own dental practice. She has taken an active role in public service missions providing dental care to low-income families and local communities. Her campaign emphasizes addressing the impacts of inflation and housing costs on working-class families in Maine. This is her first time running for public office.
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Kouzounas did not provide a comment on her stance on the issues we requested. The following is general information found on the internet.
Kouzounas did not provide a comment on her stance on the issues we requested. The following is general information found on the internet.
On abortion....
On abortion....
"I've told anyone that will listen, I am pro choice. And I'll tell you why I'm pro choice. I myself was assaulted, sexually assaulted in college. Did not tell my parents and my family — my parents would have taken me right out of the University of Maine Orono college...It's a very personal and difficult decision. I think that it should be left between the woman, her family, her husband or spouse or partner, and her doctor. But I will say, if the pregnancy needed to end in the late term of area of a pregnancy, I personally feel strongly, if the baby's viable, we should be talking about not abortion, but by giving birth, and if the mother couldn't care for the baby, maybe talking about adoptions and working with adoptions."
"I've told anyone that will listen, I am pro choice. And I'll tell you why I'm pro choice. I myself was assaulted, sexually assaulted in college. Did not tell my parents and my family — my parents would have taken me right out of the University of Maine Orono college...It's a very personal and difficult decision. I think that it should be left between the woman, her family, her husband or spouse or partner, and her doctor. But I will say, if the pregnancy needed to end in the late term of area of a pregnancy, I personally feel strongly, if the baby's viable, we should be talking about not abortion, but by giving birth, and if the mother couldn't care for the baby, maybe talking about adoptions and working with adoptions."
Source: Maine Public Radio
On affordable and accessible housing....
On affordable and accessible housing....
"Angus King has been in office nearly 20 years, and if his solutions worked, Maine wouldn’t still be in a housing crisis. Now he wants us to believe he can fix the problem he’s been part of for decades. It’s time for fresh ideas—not more of the same tired talk from a Washington insider. Maine deserves real action, not just more Band-Aids from a career politician.”
Source: Demi for Senate
On the climate crisis and its implications in Maine....
On the climate crisis and its implications in Maine....
Kouzounas has stated she would "prioritize affordable energy solutions" on her X account, and clarified that her critiques of current environmental policy "[aren't] about being anti-renewable energy. It’s about demanding leadership that balances environmental goals with the economic realities of everyday Mainers."
Source: X
On gun violence...
On gun violence...
"I personally don't think guns kill people. People kill people. We have a mental health crisis we haven't addressed... We can be in a country like, I don't know, Russia or Israel, that doesn't have a lot of weapons. But still there's mass shootings. Because people that are law abiding will always follow the law. People who are mentally ill or not law abiding will not follow the law. We need to do better at really working with the laws in place to keep our society safer."
Source: Maine Public Radio
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