Michelle Ann Dunphy is an American politician from

Maine Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...

. A Democrat from

Old Town In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations. There are ma ...

, Dunphy represents District 122 of the

Maine House of Representatives The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via ...

, which encompasses Old Town and

Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Penobscot Indian Island Reservation (Abenaki: ''Álənαpe Mə́nəhan'') is an Indian reservation for the Penobscot Tribe of Maine, a federally recognized tribe of the Penobscot

Penobscot County Penobscot County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Maine, named for the Penobscot, Penobscot Nation on Wabanakik. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 152,199. Its county seat is Bangor, Ma ...

. Dunphy was elected for the first time in 2014. Re-elected in 2016, 2018, and 2020, she was also chosen as Majority Leader of the House in her final term. Dunphy is a railroad enthusiast; in 2015, Dunphy submitted a bill, ''An Act to Provide Passenger Rail Service to Bangor''. If passed, the bill would have begun the process of returning passenger rail service to Bangor, which ended in 1960. She is married to

Matthew Dunlap Matthew Dunlap (born November 26, 1964) is an American politician from Maine who is the Maine State Auditor.. A Democrat, Dunlap served as Secretary of State of Maine from January 7, 2013, to January 4, 2021, and previously served in that same ...

, who also served as a State Representative before being elected secretary of state and

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. They have one daughter.

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