Grayson Lookner

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Grayson Lookner

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| office = Member of the Maine House of Representatives

| termstart = December 7, 2022

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| predecessor = District created

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| constituency = 113th district

| termstart1 = December 2, 2020

| termend1 = December 7, 2022

| predecessor1 = Richard Farnsworth

| successor1 = None

| constituency1 = 37th district

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Camden, Maine, U.S.

| residence = Portland, Maine, U.S.

| party = Democratic

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| alma_mater = Prescott College (BA)

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Grayson B. Lookner is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives since 2020.{{cite web | title=Grayson Lookner Ballotpedia | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Grayson_Lookner | archive-url=https://archive.today/20210306141520/https://ballotpedia.org/Grayson_Lookner | url-status=dead | archive-date=2021-03-06 |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=6 March 2021}} He represents the 113th (formerly 37th) House District as a member of the Democratic Party. Lookner is a member of Democratic Socialists of America.{{cite web |last1=Chretien |first1=Todd |title=The Rich in Portland, Maine, Are Spending Big Money to Defeat Left Politics |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/10/portland-maine-people-first-referenda |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210306142433/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/10/portland-maine-people-first-referenda |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-03-06 |website=Jacobin |publisher=Jacobin |access-date=6 March 2021}}

Lookner serves on the [http://legislature.maine.gov/committee/#Committees/CJPS Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee],{{cite web |title=Committee Information - Maine Legislature |url=http://legislature.maine.gov/committee/#Committees/CJPS |website=legislature.maine.gov}} and on the [https://legislature.maine.gov/committee/#Committees/HOU Joint Select Committee on Housing].{{cite web |title=Committee Information - Maine Legislature |url=https://legislature.maine.gov/committee/#Committees/HOU |website=legislature.maine.gov}} in his first term introduced legislation to regulate the use of facial surveillance technology by authorities, as well as a bill that would have closed [https://www.maine.gov/corrections/juvenile-services/long-creek-youth-development-center Long Creek Youth Development Center],[https://www.maine.gov/corrections/juvenile-services/long-creek-youth-development-center Long Creek Youth Development Center] Maine's last remaining Youth Prison. Both bills passed both chambers of the Legislature, but the bill to close Long Creek was vetoed by Governor Janet Mills.