John Elias Baldacci is an American politician who served as the 73rd Governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat,he also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.
Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat,his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston,as well as parts of Cambridge,his hometown of Somerville,and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress,he served as an Alderman and Mayor of Somerville.
The University of Southern Maine (USM) is a public university with campuses in Portland,Gorham and Lewiston in the U.S. state of Maine. It is the southernmost of the University of Maine System. It was founded as two separate state universities,Gorham Normal School and University of Maine at Portland. The two universities were combined in 1970 to help streamline the public university system in Maine and eventually expanded by adding the Lewiston campus in 1988.
Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician,civil rights lawyer,author,and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006,succeeding Mitt Romney,who chose not to run for reelection to focus on his 2008 presidential campaign. He was reelected in 2010. He was the first African American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic Governor of the state in 16 years since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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.
Craig V. Hickman is an American writer,farmer,and Democratic politician from Maine currently representing Maine Senate District 14. He served in the 126th Maine House of Representatives as the representative for Maine's 82nd district from 2012-2018. Hickman won his 2012 primary election by nearly 80%,and campaigned on ending hunger,eliminating regulations for small farms and businesses,and investing in sustainable energy initiatives. Hickman was elected to the Maine Senate in a 2021 special election,succeeding Shenna Bellows.
Robert Luce was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
The Maine Republican Party is an affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Maine. It was founded in Strong,Maine,on August 7,1854.
Janet Trafton Mills is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 75th governor of Maine since January 2019. She previously served as the Maine Attorney General on two occasions.
Evan Marcel Turner is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He was most recently an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted second overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2010 NBA draft.
James Vincent DiPaola (1953–2010) was county sheriff of Middlesex County,Massachusetts,from 1996 until his death in 2010. He had served as a Malden police officer for 18 years and was a Massachusetts state representative from 1993 to 1996. On November 26,2010,DiPaola committed suicide. At the time of his death,he was facing multiple allegations from the state and press over ethics issues.
Troy Dale Jackson is an American logger and politician from Allagash,Maine. Jackson serves in the Maine Senate from District 1,representing northern Aroostook County,including the towns of Fort Kent,Madawaska and Caribou. On December 5,2018,Jackson was unanimously elected President of the Maine Senate. On December 2,2020,Jackson was re-elected to that position.
Garrett Paul Mason is an American politician from Maine. A Republican,Mason formerly served in the Maine State Senate from the 22nd District,representing part of Androscoggin County,including his residence in Lisbon Falls. In 2003,he graduated from Calvary Christian Academy in Turner. In 2006,Mason graduated from Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola,Florida with a B.A. in marketing. He also completed graduate work at Southern New Hampshire University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. After college,Mason worked for the AA baseball team Portland Sea Dogs and as director of administration for the QJMHL hockey team Lewiston Maineiacs. He also received at honorary doctorate in Humanities from Pensacola Christian College in 2018.
Martin Joseph Walsh is an American politician and former union official. He has been the 29th United States Secretary of Labor since March 23,2021. A Democrat,he previously served as the 54th mayor of Boston from 2014,until resigning in 2021 after being confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as secretary of labor in the Cabinet of President Joe Biden. Before his mayoralty,he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the Thirteenth Suffolk district from 1997 until 2014.
Richard David Hewes was an American politician from Cape Elizabeth,Maine. A Republican,Hewes served as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974. Another Republican Speaker was not elected until Robert Nutting in December 2010.
Nathan Libby is an American Democratic politician from Maine. He represents Senate District 21,which serves Lewiston,Maine's second-largest city. Libby grew up in central Maine and attended Bates College where he majored in history and economics. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern Maine and works as an economic development consultant,currently as the president of Community Concepts Finance Corporation. Libby served one term in the Maine House of Representatives from 2012 to 2014 and was first elected to the Maine Senate in 2014. He served as the Senate majority leader from 2018-2020.
Sylvester Turner is an American attorney and politician and is the 62nd mayor of Houston,Texas. A member of the Democratic Party,Turner was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1989 until 2016. He attended the University of Houston and Harvard Law School. Turner ran for mayor of Houston in 1991,losing in the runoff election to Bob Lanier. He lost again in 2003,coming in third and thus missing the runoff.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Barnstable district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Barnstable County. Republican Tim Whelan of Brewster has represented the district since 2015. He will face Democrat Josh Mason in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.
