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The 1958 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 86th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 4,1958,in the middle of Dwight Eisenhower's second presidential term,while Maine held theirs on September 8. There were 436 seats during these elections:435 from the reapportionment in accordance with the 1950 census,and one seat for Alaska,the new state that would officially join the union on January 3,1959.
The 1932 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 73rd United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 8,1932,while Maine held theirs on September 12. They coincided with the landslide election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1916 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 65th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 7,1916,while Maine held theirs on September 11. They coincided with the re-election of President Woodrow Wilson.
1914 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 64th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 3,1914,while Maine held theirs on September 14. They were held in the middle of President Woodrow Wilson's first term.
Chellie MariePingree is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maine's 1st congressional district since 2009. Her district includes most of the southern part of the state,including Portland and Augusta.
The Maine Green Independent Party is a state-level political party affiliated with the Green Party of the United States. It is the oldest state green party in the United States. It was founded following an informal meeting of 17 environmental advocates,including Bowdoin College professor John Rensenbrink and others in Augusta,Maine in January 1984. From 1994 to 2006,the party's gubernatorial nominees received between 6% and 10% of the vote.
The 1824–25 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 7,1824,and August 30,1825. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 19th United States Congress convened on December 5,1825. Elections were held for all 213 seats,representing 24 states.
The 1820–21 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 3,1820,and August 10,1821. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 17th United States Congress convened on December 3,1821. They coincided with President James Monroe winning reelection unopposed.
Elizabeth H. Mitchell is an American politician from Maine. Mitchell,a Democrat,represented Vassalboro,which is part of Kennebec County in the Maine Senate from 2004 to 2010. Mitchell was also the Democrats' 2010 candidate for the office of Governor of Maine. She finished in third place behind Republican Paul LePage and unenrolled attorney Eliot Cutler. She is the only woman in United States history to have been elected as both speaker of her state house of representatives and president of her state senate.
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Cynthia Dill is an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate,representing the 7th district which is composed of South Portland,her hometown of Cape Elizabeth,and a small portion of Scarborough.
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The 2020 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Maine,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This was Maine's first election for its Class 2 seat to use its ranked choice voting system. Because the first round of the general election saw a majority (51%),the instant runoff tabulation of more than 800,000 ballots was not carried out.
Kristen Cloutier is an American politician from Lewiston,Maine. She served as a state representative from the 60th district from 2018 to 2022.
Rachel Talbot Ross is an American politician and activist. A Democrat from Portland,Talbot has been the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives since December 2022. When she was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2016,Talbot Ross became the first Black woman to serve in the Maine Legislature. Talbot Ross represents District 40,consisting of the Parkside,Bayside,East Bayside,and Oakdale neighborhoods of Portland as well as the University of Southern Maine campus. She became Maine's first African-American House Speaker,and the highest-ranking African-American politician in Maine history,when she was elected speaker on December 7,2022.
Laurie Osher is an American politician,who was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2020. She will represent the 123rd House District as a member of the Maine Democratic Party.
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- 1 2 "Members Apparently Elected Tuesday, November 3, 2020" Archived November 30, 2020, at the Wayback Machine . Maine House of Representatives.
- 1 2 Caitlin Andrews, "Open seats and newcomers mark Maine Democratic legislative primaries". Bangor Daily News , July 5, 2020.
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