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A Most Valuable Representative

Diane Russell  was surprised by her recent honor as Most Valuable State Representative in 2011 given by The Nation magazine.   “I didn’t believe it,” says Russell, a Democrat representing Portland’s Munjoy Hill neighborhood.  “I was tagged in an article by a local blogger and thought ‘how nice of her to mention me.’ It wasn’t until I clicked further and further into the article that I realized that it was a national honor given by The Nation, and not just a mention by a Maine blogger.” 

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Beth Edmonds, Former Senate President

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Janet Mills, Attorney General

Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell, Past Senate President

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Hannah Pingree, Past Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives

Peggy Rotundo, State Representative

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Kate Simmons, Consultant

Martha Sterling-Golden, Writer 

Sharon Treat, State Representative

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