Chellie Pingree

US Representative for Maine's 1st district; attended University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, 1973; B.A., College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1979; farmer; businesswoman; member, North Haven (Maine) board of assessors, 1981-1987, chairwoman, 1982-1983; member, North Haven, ME planning board, 1981-1991; member, Maine state senate, 1992-2000, majority leader, 1996-2000; unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 2002; elected as a Democrat to the 111th and to the succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2009-present).