Hi, I’m Paige Loud.

I’m a 29-year-old social worker, and I’m running for Congress because social workers are trained to do the work Congress refuses to do: listen, weigh competing needs, build consensus, and make decisions through an ethical lens that centers human dignity. We are accountable to professional ethics, not corporate donors. When systems are broken, we know how to rebuild them in ways that work for people. I, too, feel the anxiety of a system that makes housing, healthcare, and food unaffordable. Our ruling class has made living expensive; fighting their moneyed interests is personal to me. 

We are living through a moment of real political violence in this country. Too many in power have chosen silence or retreat as our nation escalates its violence toward the people. I’m not running to stay quiet, and I’m not running to go home when things get scary. Today, our democracy depends on ordinary people who are willing to stand their ground.

It is time for the United States to properly secure all people's rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To do so, we must recognize the rights to healthcare, food, and shelter. Learn more about my ethical foundation here.

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MY STORY

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I’m a daughter, a wife, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, a social worker, an organizer, a renter, and a first-generation graduate student at the University of Maine. I’ve spent my career in the homes of working-class Mainers, at kitchen tables where families are trying to solve impossible problems with fewer and fewer tools. 

People like me aren't supposed to run for Congress.  

We’re supposed to stay quiet, stay grateful, and stay out of the way.

I grew up in a town where the utility department was the only economic engine, the fire department ran on volunteers, and city hall lived in an old school building that the state gave up on. My brother and I were raised by a single mom who survived domestic violence and opioid addiction, and a community of family and friends showed us that working together is the bedrock of our society. We relied on SNAP, Tribal Health Care, and financial support from family members at times - but my mom never gave up, and there are millions of mothers just like her. 

We need Medicare for All. We need to solve the hunger and housing crises across Maine by federally recognizing food and shelter as inalienable rights for protecting life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

We need representatives who put people first. 

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