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Michael J. Nicholson

Republican · Maine · 2026

Running for Maine House District 39, Maine

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Reducing property taxes for families and seniors
  • Fiscal responsibility, spending only what the state has
  • Auditing government spending to expose fraud and mismanagement
Biography

Nicholson is a certified real estate appraiser who serves as president of Lighthouse Appraisal 195, LLC, and also runs MJN Contracting Maine as a general contractor employing local tradespeople, per the campaign site. He moved to Maine from a Cleveland, Ohio suburb in 2016 and serves on the Belfast Board of Assessment Review, per the campaign site.

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