John Baldacci
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| 73rd Governor of Maine | |
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In office January 8, 2003 – January 5, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Angus King |
| Succeeded by | Paul LePage |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Olympia Snowe |
| Succeeded by | Mike Michaud |
| Member of the Maine Senate from the 9th district |
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In office December 1982 – December 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Position Created |
| Succeeded by | Sean Faircloth |
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John Elias Baldacci January 30, 1955 Bangor, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Karen Baldacci |
| Children | Jack |
| Alma mater | University of Maine, Orono |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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John Elias Baldacci (born January 30, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 73rd Governor of the U.S. state of Maine from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.
During his tenure as governor, Baldacci initiated reforms in the areas of health care, energy development, administrative reform and efficiency, public education, and led significant efforts to expand investment in workforce training and development. During his four terms in the U.S. Congress, he served on the Agriculture Committee and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of the non-partisan Northeast-Midwest Institute, a Washington-based, private, nonprofit, and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states.
Born in Bangor, Maine, Baldacci grew up with seven siblings in a Lebanese-Italian family. As a child, he worked in the family business, Mama Baldacci's restaurant in Bangor. A 1973 graduate of Bangor High School, he received a B.S. degree in History from the University of Maine at Orono in 1986.
Baldacci was first elected to public office in 1978 at the age of 23, when he served on the Bangor City Council. He continued in politics, winning election to the Maine Senate in 1982. Baldacci served as a State Senator for 12 years.
In 1994, following the retirement of his cousin, United States Senator George J. Mitchell, Baldacci won election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's Second District, replacing Olympia Snowe, who had moved on to Mitchell's open Senate seat. He was reelected to Congress in the elections of 1996, 1998, and 2000, serving on the House Agriculture Committee and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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