Jeffrey M. McCabe is an American politician who is a former member of the

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. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and served as Majority Leader from 2014 until 2016.

Career

McCabe was first elected to the State House in 2008, defeating

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Donna Finley. He has served on the Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee. In addition to his political career, McCabe works as a

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and serves as Director of Lake George Regional Park, a park located in the towns of

Skowhegan Skowhegan () is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the Unite ...

and

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. He has formerly served as Executive Director of the Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District.

Personal life

McCabe graduated from Unity College with a

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. He lives in Canaan with his wife and three children.

Political future

After U.S. Representative

Mike Michaud Michael Herman Michaud ( ; born January 18, 1955) is an American businessman and politician from Maine. Michaud served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the United States ...

announced in June 2013 that he was exploring a run for

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, McCabe was mentioned as a potential candidate for Michaud's House seat. He announced on January 4, 2016 that he would run for Skowhegan's

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seat, currently held by Republican

Rodney Whittemore Rodney L. Whittemore is an American politician and businessperson from Maine. Thomas is a Republican State Senator from Maine's 26th District, representing all of Somerset County, including the population centers of Fairfield and Skowhegan. H ...

References

External links

Maine House Democrats biography
Living people Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Unity Environmental University alumni Politicians from Skowhegan, Maine Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MERepresentative-stub