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2022 Maine Senate Election
The 2022 Maine State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election using instant-runoff voting being held on June 14, 2022, to elect the 131st Maine Senate. Voters in all 35 districts of the Maine Senate elected their state senators. These elections coincided with those for governor, U.S. House and the Maine House of Representatives. Democrats retained their 23–12 advantage in the chamber. Retiring incumbents Democrats :District 5: Jim Dill retired due to term limits. :District 12: David Miramant retired due to term limits. :District 13: Chloe Maxmin retired. :District 20: Ned Claxton retired. :District 21: Nate Libby retired due to term limits. :District 25: Cathy Breen retired due to term limits. :District 26: William Diamond retired due to term limits. :District 28: Heather Sanborn retired. :District 32: Susan Deschambault retired due to term limits. Republicans :District 4: Paul Davis retired due to term limits. :District 8: Kimbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Dill
James F. Dill is an American entomologist, politician and professor from Maine. A Democrat, Dill serves Maine House of Representatives District 26, comprising Bradley, the Penobscot Nation Voting District, and Old Town. Dill was first elected to the Maine Legislature in 2010 when he represented Maine House District 14 for two terms before running for the Senate District 5 in 2014. He completed his fourth term in the Maine Senate in 2022. Dill works as the pest management specialist for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Maine. He is considered one of the foremost experts on insect pests in Maine and one of the pioneers of integrated pest management (IPM) in the state. Education & career Dill received both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in entomology from the University of Maine and a PhD in entomology from Purdue University in 1979. He has worked as a pest management specialist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Larry Joseph Sabato (; born August 7, 1952) is an American political scientist and political analyst. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is also the founder and director of the Center for Politics, which works to promote civic engagement and participation. The Center for Politics is also responsible for the publication of ''Sabato's Crystal Ball'', an online newsletter and website that provides free political analysis and electoral projections. He is well known in American political media as a popular pundit, and is interviewed frequently by a variety of sources. Early life and education Sabato grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, graduating from Norfolk Catholic High School in 1970. Sabato is of Italian heritage. Sabato graduated from the University of Virginia in 1974. A 1974 '' Cavalier Daily'' poll showed more people could identify Sabato as student government president than could name Edgar F. Shannon Jr. as Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Woodsome
David Woodsome is an American politician from Maine. Woodsome, a Republican from Waterboro, Maine, was elected to the Maine Senate in November 2014. Woodsome attended the University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine, United States. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universitie .... References * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Waterboro, Maine Republican Party Maine state senators University of Maine alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Fryeburg Academy alumni Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MESenate-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Cyrway
Scott Cyrway is an American deputy sheriff and politician from Maine. Cyrway, a Republican from Benton, serves as State Senator from Maine's 16th District, representing the northern part of Kennebec, including the population center of Waterville and the immediate rural part of the county north of Waterville. He was first elected to the Maine State Senate in 2014 over incumbent Democrat Colleen Lachowicz of Waterville. He began working in Kennebec County Sheriff's Office in 1992. He served as the State Coordinator for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program for 22 years prior to serving in the Maine Senate. In the Senate, he served as Senate co-chair of the Veteran's and Legal Affairs Committee. Maine state senate district 16 election, 2016 In the 2016 Maine state senate district 16 election, incumbent Scott Cryway faced Democratic rival Henry Beck. Cyrway won with 54.2% of the vote. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Rosen
Kimberley Clark Rosen (born October 8, 1958) is an American politician from Maine. A Republican, Rosen represented the towns of Orrington and her residence in Bucksport in the Maine House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012, when she was unable to run for re-election due to term-limits. She married former State Senator Richard Rosen, whom she replaced as State Representative. Either Richard or Kimberley Rosen represented Bucksport and Orrington from 1998 to 2004. Upon the retirement of Republican State Senator Edward Youngblood in July 2014, Kim Rosen announced she would seek to replace him in the State Senate. She was later chosen as the Republican nominee by caucus. Rosen graduated from the University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine, United States. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universitie ... and D'Lor Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Davis (Maine Politician)
Paul T. Davis (born March 25, 1947) is an American politician from Maine. He has served in both the state Senate and state House of Representatives, and is a member of the Maine Republican Party. Prior to entering politics, Davis served for 23 years as a state trooper. He was then elected to the Maine Senate, where he served as Assistant Minority Leader and Minority Leader. He was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2008 and re-elected in 2010 and 2012. He is a graduate of the University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine, United States. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universitie .... In June 2014, after months of negative campaigning on both sides, Davis won the Republican nomination for State Senate District 4, defeating incumbent Doug Thomas, with 57% of the vote. References 1947 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Deschambault
Susan A. Deschambault (born November 25, 1947) is an American politician and retired law enforcement officer from Maine. She represents Maine Senate District 32, which comprises the towns of Alfred, Arundel, Biddeford, Dayton, Kennebunkport and Lyman. Deschambault, a Democrat from Biddeford, was first elected in a special election in March 2016. Prior to the Senate, she served two terms as a city councilor in Biddeford and was president of the Maine Association of Police for 21 years. Early life and education Deschambault was born in 1974 and received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology from St. Francis College. She is a licensed social worker. Deschambault served as a Biddeford city councilor for two terms and was the chairman of the Biddeford Planning Board. Maine Department of Corrections Deschambault began her career in corrections at the Stevens School for Girls in Hallowell, Maine following the enactment of the 1976 Code of Juvenile Justice. She continued working as a soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Sanborn
Heather B. Sanborn is an American politician and attorney currently representing District 28 (portions of the cities of Portland and Westbrook) in the Maine State Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and education Sanborn grew up in Portland and attended Middlebury College where she graduated ''summa cum laude'' as the salutatorian of her class in 1997. She received a Master of Science in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern Maine in 2004 and taught high school in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Sanborn graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 2007 where she was the editor-in-chief of the Maine Law Review. She worked as a law clerk to Kermit Lipez on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and as an associate in the litigation department at Ropes & Gray. She has served on the boards of the Portland Development Corporation and University Credit Union. Brewery & beer industry advocacy Rising Tide Brewery Sanborn and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Diamond
G. William Diamond (born 1945) is an American Democratic politician, educator, small business owner, legislator and former Maine Secretary of State. Diamond served in the Maine Senate representing Senate District 26, which comprises the towns of Windham, Raymond, Standish, Casco, Baldwin and Frye Island. Diamond served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1977 to 1982, was the Maine Secretary of State from 1989 to 1997, and has served in the Maine Senate from 1982 to 1986, from 2004 to 2012 and from 2018 to the present. He was a teacher in the Windham and Raymond school systems for 18 years and was the superintendent and director of governmental relations for the controversial Élan School in Poland, Maine. Early life and education Diamond was born in 1945. He received a bachelor's degree from Gorham State Teachers' College in 1968 and a master's degree in education administration from the same institution in 1972. He was a teacher and principal in the Windham and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Breen
Catherine E. "Cathy" Breen (born 1965) is an American Democratic politician from Maine. Breen, a Falmouth resident, served four terms representing Senate District 25, which includes the towns of Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Gray, Long Island, Chebeague Island and part of Westbrook. Early life and education Breen earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from Tufts University and a Master of Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has worked as a middle school teacher and has lived in the greater Portland, Maine Portland is the List of municipalities in Maine, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat, seat of Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 at the 2020 census. The Portland metropolit ... area since 2000. Breen has served on the Board of Directors of Community Counseling Center and has served on the Spurwink Board of Directors since 2013. She is also a graduate of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nate Libby
Nathan Libby is an American Democratic former politician from Maine. He represented 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. Early life and education Libby grew up outside of Waterville, Maine and attended Skowhegan Area High School, graduating in 2003. He attended Bates College, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an underg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
