Amy B. Arata is a Republican state representative serving House District 104 in Maine, which includes New Gloucester, Gray , and part of Poland. She assumed office on December 5, 2018, and is currently in her fourth consecutive term as of 2025. Notable positions include Assistant Republican Leader , member of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, Joint Standing Committee on Government Oversight, and previously the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation. She owns a property investment business and a mechanical engineering business with her husband Michael, with whom she has three sons; they moved to New Gloucester in 2006. Arata sponsored a 2019 bill revising state law on disseminating obscene materials to minors, inspired by a school assignment.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: Earned a Master of Science in Genetics from the University of California Davis in 1997; attended Gordon College.
• Political Experience: Elected to the MSAD 15 School Board; appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Maine Senate to the Maine State Board of Education. Served in the Maine House across the 129th, 130th, 131st, and 132nd Legislatures; previously on the Joint Standing Committees on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and Government Oversight. Community service includes the New Gloucester Budget Committee, Planning Board, and volunteering at youth and church events.