Deborah Simpson | |
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Member of the Maine Senate from the 15th district | |
In office December 3, 2008 –December 6, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Lois Snowe-Mello |
Succeeded by | Lois Snowe-Mello |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Manuel Pilar |
Deborah L. Simpson is an American politician from Maine. Simpson served as a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 15th District,representing part of Androscoggin County,including her residence in Auburn from 2008 to 2010. [1] She was elected to the Maine House of Representatives,representing Auburn,in 2000,2002,2004 and 2006,each time as a publicly financed candidate. [2] She was unable to seek re-election to the House in 2008 due to term-limits. In one of the tightest 2008 state senate campaigns,Simpson challenged incumbent Republican Lois Snowe-Mello. [3] She ran for the State Senate and unseated Snowe-Mello by 104 votes. In a Republican wave election,Simpson lost to Snowe-Mello in 2010.
In her only term in the Senate,Simpson chaired two committees,specifically the Government Oversight Committee and the Joint Committee on State and Local Government. [2]