Michael Herman Michaud is an American businessman and politician from Maine. Michaud served as the U.S. representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The primarily rural district comprises nearly 80% of the state by area and includes the cities of Lewiston,Auburn,Bangor,Presque Isle,and Ellsworth. It is the largest Congressional district by area east of the Mississippi River.
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.
Joseph Edward Brennan was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987 and in the United States House of Representatives for Maine's 1st congressional district from 1987 to 1991. Brennan was a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission during the Clinton,George W. Bush,and Obama administrations.
David Farnham Emery is an American politician from Maine. He served four terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1983.
Chandler E. Woodcock is an American politician from Maine. Woodcock served as a Republican State Senator from Franklin County from 2000 to 2006. He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Maine in 2006. He won a close primary election by 3% on June 13,2006,against David F. Emery and Peter Mills. He lost to Governor John Baldacci,the Democratic incumbent in the November 7 election. In 2011,Republican Governor Paul LePage nominated Woodcock to be Maine's Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife,and he took office in the spring of that year.
Barbara E. Merrill is an American political candidate from Maine. Elected as a Democrat to the state legislature,she left the party in 2006 to become an independent candidate for Governor of Maine.
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. The party currently does not control the governor's office or either chamber of the Maine Legislature,nor either of Maine's two U.S. House seats and only controls one of the state's U.S. Senate seats.
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.
The Maine Attorney General is the chief legal advisor and prosecutor of the State of Maine. The constitutional basis of the office is Article IX,Section 11 of the Maine Constitution,and the holder of the position is chosen biennially by the Maine Legislature in joint session. Maine is the only state to select its attorney general in such a manner;in 2023 a group of state Republicans called for the Attorney General to be selected by popular vote,though no action was taken on the proposal.
The governor of Maine is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820,Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive.
Paul Richard LePage is American businessman and politician who served as the 74th governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the mayor of Waterville,Maine,from 2004 to 2011 and as a city councilor for Waterville from 1998 to 2002.
William Joseph Schneider is a Maine politician and lawyer. Schneider was elected the attorney general of Maine by the State Legislature following its takeover by the Republican Party in the election of 2010,and served until 2013. He is a retired United States Army officer. In March 2012,he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate,seeking to replace retiring Republican Olympia Snowe,but was unsuccessful.
Daniel Everett "Dan" Wathen is a Maine lawyer and politician. He was Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from March 1992 until October 2001,when he resigned to run for Governor of Maine as a Republican. At the time of his announcement,many pollsters and academics did not believe Wathen would factor into the 2002 gubernatorial election. He was replaced as Chief Justice by Leigh Saufley.
Joe Baldacci is an American attorney and Democratic politician from Maine. Baldacci serves in the Maine Senate representing District 9,serving Bangor and Hermon. He grew up in Bangor and attended the University of Maine and the University of Maine School of Law. Following law school,Baldacci returned to Bangor and opened a law practice,serving on the Bangor City Council beginning in 1996. Baldacci served 12 years on the Council,including two terms as chair/mayor,before being elected to the Maine Senate in 2020. He also made a brief run for Maine's 2nd congressional district seat in 2016 but dropped out before the Democratic primary in June.
Ryan Michael Fecteau is an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. A Democrat,Fecteau serves Maine House District 11,consisting of a portion of Biddeford. At the time of his election as Speaker of the House in December 2020,Fecteau was both the youngest active state Speaker in the United States and the first openly gay person to serve as Speaker of the Maine House.
The 2018 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018 to elect the governor of Maine. It occurred along with elections for the U.S. Senate,U.S. House,and other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Paul LePage was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term;he later unsuccessfully sought a third term in 2022.
Andrew Marcus Horton is an American lawyer who has served an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court since 2020.
Valerie Stanfill is an American judge who serves as the chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. She is a former Associate Justice of the Maine Superior Court.
Rick E. Lawrence is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court since 2022.
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