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The Honorable John E. Baldacci,
Governor of Maine Luncheon remarks
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John E. Baldacci
was elected governor of the state of Maine in 2002 and was sworn
into office on January 8, 2003. He was first elected to public
office in 1978, when he won a seat on the Bangor City Council at the
age of 23. In 1982, he was elected to the Maine State Senate, where
he served until 1994.
In 1994, Baldacci was elected to represent the Second
District of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives. Re-elected
to Congress in 1996, 1998, and again in 2000, Baldacci served on the
House Agriculture Committee and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure. In Congress, John Baldacci focused attention on
economic development issues—working to support value-added
processing in Maine, to expand trading opportunities for Maine
businesses, to increase federal funding for research and
development, and to obtain more resources for the state’s
transportation network. He also worked for a balanced budget, a ban
on lobbyist gifts, and enactment of campaign finance reform
legislation. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association
presented their annual award to then Representative Baldacci in 1997
for his work to preserve federal fuel assistance for seniors and
low-income families. |
