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.”