Ryan Fecteau will be Maine’s first out Speaker of the House. He’s got a record of breaking barriers.

Maine Rep. Ryan Fecteau
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Maine Rep. Ryan Fecteau (D) will be the first out speaker of the state’s House of Representatives for the session that starts next year.

“I’m filled with hope and determination because when Democrats lead, people who are too often forgotten or left at the margins are seen, they are valued and given a fair shot,” Fecteau told the state House when he was nominated. “Policymakers like you saw value and gave families like mine a fair shot.”

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Fecteau was first elected to the state legislature in 2014, making him the youngest out state lawmaker in the country when he was 22-years-old.

The grandson of French-Canadian immigrants, Fecteau was raised by…

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