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'Betheda Edmonds' is a Democratic State Senator in Maine representing District 10, which includes the towns of Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell and Pownal. After winning re-election in 2004, Edmonds became President of the Maine State Senate. She was re-elected with 67% of votes cast in 2006.
Edmonds is from a small town in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. She attended Clark University beginning in 1967 and graduated in 1972. She married Dan Nickerson, and moved to Freeport, Maine, where she has lived ever since. Since moving to Maine, Edmonds has been actively involved in the National Organization of Women (NOW) and worked as an activist on the Equal Rights Amendment. She has worked at the Freeport Community Library since 1982, and became director of the library in 2005.[1]
She has been a member of the State Senate since winning a seat in 2000. In 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006, Edmonds won elections to the State Senate. In December 2003, Edmonds became President of the Maine State Senate, making her first in the line of succession for the governorship. She is only the second female Senate President in Maine history and the first to serve a second term as president.
While a member of the State Senate, Edmonds was instrumental in raising the state minimum wage, as well as resolving a longstanding conflict on the Workers' Compensation Board. She has supported eco-friendly measures such as the electronic waste recycling initiative. She also helped to establish the Baxter School for the Deaf Compensation Fund.
Many different groups endorsed Edmonds for re-election in 2006, including conservation-minded organizations like the Sierra Club and the Maine League of Conservation Voters. Gay rights groups, like the Maine Lesbian Gay Political Alliance and Equality Maine, have similarly endorsed Edmonds. Likewise, labor and education groups like the Maine AFL-CIO COPE (Committee on Political Education), the Maine State Employees Association, and the National Association of Social Workers supported Edmonds' re-election. She was re-elected with 67% of the vote.[2]
1.
Our Staff
2.
General Election Tabulations, November 7, 2006, State Senator by District
★ Official website
★ Biography, Maine Senate Democrats
★ Personal website
★ Clark University testimonial
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'Betheda Edmonds' is a Democratic State Senator in Maine representing District 10, which includes the towns of Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell and Pownal. After winning re-election in 2004, Edmonds became President of the Maine State Senate. She was re-elected with 67% of votes cast in 2006.
| Contents |
| Pre-Political career |
| Political career |
| Achievements as State Senator |
| Election 2006 |
| References |
| External links |
Pre-Political career
Edmonds is from a small town in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. She attended Clark University beginning in 1967 and graduated in 1972. She married Dan Nickerson, and moved to Freeport, Maine, where she has lived ever since. Since moving to Maine, Edmonds has been actively involved in the National Organization of Women (NOW) and worked as an activist on the Equal Rights Amendment. She has worked at the Freeport Community Library since 1982, and became director of the library in 2005.[1]
Political career
She has been a member of the State Senate since winning a seat in 2000. In 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006, Edmonds won elections to the State Senate. In December 2003, Edmonds became President of the Maine State Senate, making her first in the line of succession for the governorship. She is only the second female Senate President in Maine history and the first to serve a second term as president.
Achievements as State Senator
While a member of the State Senate, Edmonds was instrumental in raising the state minimum wage, as well as resolving a longstanding conflict on the Workers' Compensation Board. She has supported eco-friendly measures such as the electronic waste recycling initiative. She also helped to establish the Baxter School for the Deaf Compensation Fund.
Election 2006
Many different groups endorsed Edmonds for re-election in 2006, including conservation-minded organizations like the Sierra Club and the Maine League of Conservation Voters. Gay rights groups, like the Maine Lesbian Gay Political Alliance and Equality Maine, have similarly endorsed Edmonds. Likewise, labor and education groups like the Maine AFL-CIO COPE (Committee on Political Education), the Maine State Employees Association, and the National Association of Social Workers supported Edmonds' re-election. She was re-elected with 67% of the vote.[2]
References
1.
Our Staff
2.
General Election Tabulations, November 7, 2006, State Senator by District
External links
★ Official website
★ Biography, Maine Senate Democrats
★ Personal website
★ Clark University testimonial
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