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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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Amy O’Brien Brown

I am a Maine native, born in Portland, Maine.  I grew up in Gray and Cundy’s Harbor.  I graduated from Mt. Ararat High School, the University of Maine at Orono, and received a Masters in Education from the University of New England. 

I have been married for 18 years to Kert Brown and we are the proud parents of two sons:  Jonathan(15), and Patrick (9).  We reside in Cundy’s Harbor. 

I have been a public school teacher for the past 20 years, and currently teach fifth grade at the Lisbon Community School.  I am the President of the Lisbon Education Association, and a member of the MEA Government Relations Committee.

I am the Faculty Advisor of the Lisbon Community School Civil Rights Team.  I enjoy singing, making jewelry, knitting, and am an avid political news buff. 

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