Donald Ardell, State Representative House District 6

09/05/2026

09/04/2026

Before it was 'funds,' that money represented kindhearted donations from Mainers to Lewiston victims, money given by good people to help thier neighbors.

It became 'funds' to line some NGO's pockets when nobody was watching. Two million dollars, about 1/3 of it, went somewhere other than the victims. Disgusting.

Mayor Sheline’s simultaneous roles as mayor and a board member of a nonprofit that received shooting-related recovery money raise questions about disclosure and the appearance of a conflict.

It also comes as victims and survivors have repeatedly demanded greater transparency surrounding the funds.

Full story:
https://www.themainewire.com/2026/09/lewiston-mayor-serves-on-board-of-nonprofit-that-received-shooting-recovery-funds-as-state-oversight-committee-prepares-review/

09/03/2026

Can Mainers trust this guy in the U.S. Senate? I don't, I've seen how he operates. If elected, I wonder what special interests his son would be lobbying for next, but this time on a much larger scale.

This article identifies several moral and ethical conflicts where Jackson's son, Chace, capitalized on his father's position as Maine's President of the Senate. Kind of like a miniature Hunter Biden. It's worth the read.

Troy Jackson’s cosponsored bill steered millions to son’s lobbying client at Maine Maritime Academy

09/02/2026

Have you noticed this guy always leads with the "I'm a 5th generation Maine logger" line even though since 2003 he spent 20 years in the Maine State House? He was a Maine state senator for 14 years, and of those years President of the Maine Senate for 6, Democrat Minority Leader for 2, and Senate Majority Leader for close to 2. He was also a Maine State Representative for 6 years.

He doesn't bring any of that up because he was the single most powerful Maine legislator for several years, and is personally responsible for the solar tax that runs up your electric bill and drives inflation for your groceries. He's personally responsible for the bloated state budget that ran up your taxes and removed your property tax levy limit.

All that added up to a Maine where no business wants to start, stay, or grow here: they just do it in another state with inexpensive energy and lower taxes. No business means no anchor employers, our kids leave the state for work, and a stagnant economy. An economic 'death spiral.'

He complains about 'the problems' we face, when in fact he IS the problem, and backed all the bad policy that put us here.

Policy matters. I think we'd all be better off if he had stayed in the woods.

08/31/2026

Maine can enjoy both a tradition of boatbuilding and be the epicenter of boatbuilding innovation. Great work, UMaine Orono, and Thank you, U.S. Senator Susan Collins!

08/30/2026

A law forcing Mainers to wait three days to exercise our individual civil right to arms is a product of Maine's legislative Democrats' agenda, and involved Maine Senate vote-swapping shenanigans orchestrated by then-Senate President Troy Jackson and his lobbyist son who represented parties supporting the bill.

Three days was clearly chosen by totalitarian legislators and fringe anti-rights groups to end weekend gun shows, but they claimed it was a measure to address su***de prevention.

However, the facts contradicted that: Committee testimony indicated in over 114K gun sales in Maine in 2021, only one of those arms was used in someone's self-destruction within three days. One.

After a Sportsman's Alliance of Maine and Gun Owners of Maine legal challenge supported by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Maine's U.S. District Court Walker rightly froze the measure, calling it in no uncertain terms unconstitutional. Then agenda-driven judges in the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, refusing U.S. Supreme Court guidance, revived it in Maine.

However, a 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling recently struck down New Mexico's 7-day waiting period as unconstitutional, setting up a circuit split, and incentivizing U.S. Supreme Court acceptance to have the final say.

But watch the video, and note Margaret Groban's claim "There's nothing in the Second Amendment that says 'the right is an immediate right."

Except for "shall not be infringed." Ms. Groban neglected to mention that one.

If the case is accepted, the U.S. Supreme Court is going to finally strike down unconstitutional waits to exercise your right in every U.S. state.

In November, I ask you to consider if you like the unnecessary increases in your electric bill or your property taxes, if you like state legislators bowing to fringe groups to legislate your civil rights away and enrich their lobbyist family members, and vote accordingly. Thank you.

A controversial gun control law in Maine could end up going before the nation's highest court.

08/28/2026

08/28/2026

Senator Matt Harrington is 100% correct.

08/28/2026

Donors told their money would go to Lewiston survivors were lied to when it was handed out as political party favors to groups entirely unrelated to the victims of that horrific crime. Restitution is appropriate.

During a hearing Wednesday morning, the Maine Legislature's Government Oversight Committee requested a representative from the state Attorney General's Office attend its next meeting to discuss the Lewiston shooting fund.