Interview with John Baldacci by Andrea L’Hommedieu

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Interview with John Baldacci by Andrea L’Hommedieu

2010

https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/mitchelloralhistory/188/

John Elias Baldacci was born January 30, 1955, in Bangor, Maine. He attended the University of Maine, Orono, was a member of the Bangor city council from 1978 to 1981, and served in the Maine state senate from 1982 to 1994. In 1994 he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representative and served four terms from 1995 to 2003. In 2003, he became governor of Maine and at the time of the interview was still serving in that capacity. Baldacci’s grandmother and George Mitchell’s mother were sisters.

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Bowdoin College

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Baldacci, John E. (John Elias), 1955-

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John Elias Baldacci (born January 30, 1955) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Maine's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2003 and as the 73rd Governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011. Born in Bangor, Maine, he worked in the family business, Mama Baldacci's restaurant, as a child. He graduated from Bangor High School and received a B.A. from the University of Maine at Orono. Baldacci was first el...