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Victoria P. Kornfield is an American schoolteacher and politician from Maine. A Democrat from Bangor, Kornfield represented District 125 of the Maine House of Representatives, which encompassed part of Bangor of Penobscot County. First elected in 2012, Kornfield was re-elected in 2014, 2016, and 2018. She lost a tightly contested primary for the Bangor-area Maine Senate district in July 2018 to Joe Baldacci.
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- ↑ Sitting legislator from Penobscot County dies Portland Press Herald, December 21, 2010
- ↑ "Everett McLeod, Sr. - Biography - Project Vote Smart". Project Vote Smart . Retrieved 16 January 2012.
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