Lynn Bromley is an American politician and family therapist from

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. From 2000 to 2008, Bromley, a

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, represented South Portland,

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and

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in the

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, where she was chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development. She was unable to run in 2008 because of

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s. In December 2010, she was appointed

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regional advocate for the federal

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. She was recommended by Republican US Senator

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.Mainer gets regional SBA post
WGME.com, December 21, 2010 Bromley earned a

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from

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and a M.S.W. from

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Politicians from South Portland, Maine Democratic Party Maine state senators Businesspeople from Maine Small Business Administration personnel Bridgewater State University alumni Boston College Graduate School of Social Work alumni Women state legislators in Maine 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MESenate-stub