Walter "Gerry" Runte Jr. is an American politician who has served as a member 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 ...

since December 7, 2022. He represents Maine's 146th House district.

Electoral history

He was elected on November 8, 2022, in the

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against Republican opponent Bradley Moulton. He assumed office on December 7, 2022.

Biography

Runte served in the

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. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Math and Chemistry

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from

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in 1976.

References

Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives 21st-century United States Army personnel Pennsylvania State University alumni People from York, Maine Politicians from York County, Maine Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MERepresentative-stub