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Population1,366,949

Males voting age545,204

Females voting age570,929

Median household income$63,500

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Party Representation 190 seats

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Democrat

2 seats

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66 seats

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3 seats

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119 seats

U.S. Senators 2 U.S. Senators

Angus S. King Jr.

United States Senator

Susan M. COLLINS

United States Senator

U.S. Representatives 2 U.S. Representatives

Chellie Pingree

Senate 35 members

Nicole Grohoski

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Richard Bradstreet

Jeff Timberlake

Mattie Daughtry

Rachel Talbot Ross

Henry Ingwersen

Matthew Harrington

House of Representatives 151 members

Lucien J.B. Daigle

Timothy Guerrette

Joseph F. Underwood

Gregory Swallow

Arthur Kevin Mingo

William R. Tuell

Billy Bob Faulkingham

Russell P. White

Steven M. Bishop

Mathew David McIntyre

Richard H. Campbell

Dani L. O'Halloran

Gary Drinkwater

Nancy Theriault

James Lee White

Chad R. Perkins

Steven D. Foster

Kenneth Fredette

Abigail Griffin

James E. Thorne

Kimberly M. Haggan

Benjamin C. Hymes

Victoria Doudera

William Pluecker

Wayne K. Farrin

Rafael Leo Macias

Michael Lemelin

Daniel Shagoury

Randall Greenwood

Sharon C. Frost

William Bridgeo

Alicia Carol Collins

Flavia M. DeBrito

Cassie Lynn Julia

Shelley Rudnicki

Amanda Collamore

Jennifer Poirier

Elizabeth M. Caruso

Michael Soboleski

Stephan M. Bunker

Tammy Schmersal-Burgess

Rachel A. Henderson

Michael J. Lance

Caldwell Jackson

Peter Conley Wood

Nathan Wadsworth

Marygrace Caroline Cimino

Kimberly Pomerleau

Quentin J. Chapman

Stephen J. Wood

Julia A.G. McCabe

Richard G. Mason

Barbara Bagshaw

Parnell William Terry

Eleanor Y. Sato

Christina R.C. Mitchell

W. Edward Crockett

Grayson Lookner

Michael F. Brennan

Christopher Kessler

Matthew D. Beck

Michelle Nicole Boyer

Kelly Noonan Murphy

Suzanne Salisbury

Marshall F. Archer

Anne-Marie Mastraccio

Jeffrey S. Adams

Tiffany Roberts

Kristi Mathieson

Counties in Maine

Androscoggin County (115,272) · Aroostook County (66,776) · Cumberland County (313,809) · Franklin County (30,902) · Hancock County (56,946) · Kennebec County (128,461) · Knox County (40,981) · Lincoln County (36,491) · Oxford County (60,039) · Penobscot County (156,840) · Piscataquis County (17,432) · Sagadahoc County (37,582) · Somerset County (51,338) · Waldo County (40,617) · Washington County (31,383) · York County (220,143)

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★ Government Structure — Maine

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• Governor — Chief executive, signs/vetoes bills, oversees state agencies
• Lieutenant Governor — Presides over Senate, succession
• Attorney General — State legal affairs, consumer protection
• Secretary of State — Elections, business registration
• Treasurer / Comptroller — State finances, revenue

★ Legislative Branch

• State Senate — Upper chamber, 35 members
• State House/Assembly — Lower chamber, 151 members
• Committees — Review bills before floor votes
• Session — Typically meets Jan-May, varies by state

★ Judicial Branch

• State Supreme Court — Highest court, final appeals
• Appeals Court — Intermediate appellate review
• District / Circuit Courts — Trial courts for major cases
• County / Municipal Courts — Local jurisdiction

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