Eloise Vitelli | |
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Majority Leader of the Maine Senate | |
In office February 1, 2021 –December 3, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Nate Libby |
Succeeded by | Teresa Pierce |
Member of the Maine Senate | |
Assumed office December 7,2022 | |
Preceded by | Mattie Daughtry |
Succeeded by | Denise Tepler |
Constituency | 24th district |
In office December 7,2016 –December 7,2022 | |
Preceded by | Linda Baker |
Succeeded by | Mattie Daughtry |
Constituency | 23rd district |
In office August 28,2013 –December 2014 | |
Preceded by | Seth Goodall |
Succeeded by | Linda Baker |
Constituency | 23rd district |
Personal details | |
Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Trenton,New Jersey,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Bob Kalish |
Education | University of Pittsburgh (BA) University of Southern Maine (MS) |
Website | Official website |
Eloise A. Vitelli (born 1949) is an American politician from Maine,who served as the majority leader of the Maine Senate from 2021 to 2024. Vitelli was first elected to the Maine Senate in a 2013 special election,but lost her re-election bid in 2014. She was re-elected in 2016,2018,2020,and 2022. Vitelli began working as an entrepreneurship trainer in the early 1980s and was the director of program and policy for New Ventures Maine for 38 years. She became the Assistant Senate Majority Leader in December 2020,and Majority Leader in February 2021.
Vitelli was born in 1949 in Trenton,New Jersey,the third of five children. Her father was a college professor and her mother was an art teacher. Vitelli grew up in Easton,Pennsylvania. [1] [2] [3] but the family also lived in Italy (where she met one of her loves,the singer Francesco Guccini) and India when Vitelli was a child. [4]
Vitelli has also studied and traveled in Europe,Asia and Africa. [4] She received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971 and a Master of Science in education counseling from the University of Southern Maine in 1979. [5] [6]
In the early 1970s,both Vitelli and her parents moved to midcoast Maine to be near friends who lived in Damariscotta. Vitelli lived in Newcastle and Phippsburg before settling in Arrowsic with her husband in 1978. [4] [3] She worked as an early childhood Head Start teacher in Waldoboro,Nobleboro,and Brunswick. [1] [3]
Vitelli began working in entrepreneurship training in 1983,focusing on projects and organizations that developed women entrepreneurs. In 2018,she retired after 38 years as the director of program and policy for Maine Centers for Women,Work and Community,now called New Ventures Maine. [4] [7]
Vitelli was first elected to the Maine Senate in an August 2013 special election after Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall resigned to accept a presidential appointment overseeing the New England region of the Small Business Administration. [8] [9] Vitelli won the three-way race with 50.5% of the vote. [10]
In 2014,Vitelli ran for re-election but was defeated by Republican Linda Baker. [11]
In November 2016,Vitelli ran for the Senate again and beat Republican Guy Lebida with 52.9% of the vote. [12] [13] She defeated Republican Richard Donaldson in 2018 and Republican Holly Kopp in 2020. [13] Vitelli was selected to be the Assistant Senate Majority Leader in December 2020,and in February 2021,when majority leader Nate Libby stepped down from the leadership position,Vitelli was named majority leader. [14] [1] She was re-elected Senate Majority Leader following the November 2022 elections. [15]
Vitelli and her husband,journalist Bob Kalish,have two adult sons,Sam and Will. [16] [3] Vitelli enjoys gardening,reading,camping and hiking,and has climbed Mount Katahdin 10 times. [17] [2] The Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini dedicated a song to her,"100 Pennsylvania avenue",in memory of the relationship they had when she was studying in Bologna. [18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 4,631 | 50.6% | |
Republican | Paula Benoit | 4,169 | 45.5% | |
Green | Daniel Stromgren | 357 | 3.9% | |
Total votes | 9,157 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Linda Baker | 8,916 | 46.8% | |
Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 7,880 | 41.4% | |
Green | Alice Knapp | 2,243 | 11.8% | |
Total votes | 19,039 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 12,038 | 52.9% | |
Republican | Guy Lebida | 10,712 | 47.1% | |
Total votes | 22,750 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 4,334 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 4,334 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 11,580 | 57.7% | |
Republican | Richard Donaldson | 8,490 | 42.3% | |
Total votes | 20,070 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 5,621 | 100% | |
Total votes | 5,621 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 13,810 | 55.8% | |
Republican | Holly Kopp | 10,922 | 44.2% | |
Total votes | 24,732 | 100.0% [13] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli | 2,078 | 100% | |
Total votes | 5,621 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eloise Vitelli (incumbent) | 12,558 | 58% | |
Republican | Matthew Brackley | 9,016 | 42% | |
Total votes | 21,574 | 100% |
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