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Chellie Pingree

Chellie M Pingree

  • ME
  • Democratic
Career

U.S. House of Representatives, 2009-present
Maine State Senate, 1992-2000

Education

B.A., College of the Atlantic

Details

Born: Apr 02, 1955

State Senator U.S. Representative

Biography

Chellie M. Pingree assumed office in January 2009, representing Maine's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, the first woman elected to Congress from that district.

Pingree was born April 2, 1955, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from the College of Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, in 1979.

Prior to serving in Congress, Pingree served as a member of the North Haven, Maine, board of assessors (1981-1987) and as chairwoman (1982-1983). She also served on the North Haven, Maine, planning board from 1981-1991. From 1992-2000, Pingree served as a member in the Maine State Senate and, from 1996-2000, she served as the majority leader for the Maine State Senate.

For information on Pingree's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.

Source: Ballotpedia (n.d.). "Chellie Pingree" Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 24, 2022. https://ballotpedia.org/Chellie_Pingree

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