Maine Senate 123rd

<body> <h2 align="center"><a href="welcome1231.htm" target="main1"> <img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B.gif" alt="Home" width="118" height="28"></a>                                             <map name="FPMap2"><area coords="3, 1, 118, 27" shape="rect" href="senators/1senator_info_links.htm" target="main1"></map><img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_2.gif" alt="Members" width="115" height="28" ismap usemap="#FPMap2"><map name="FPMap0">  <area href="Documents/SenateDocumentLinks.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 118, 26" target="main1"></map><img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_3.gif" alt="Documents" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap0"><map name="FPMap3"><area href="leaders/leadr.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 1, 118, 27" target="main1"></map><img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_4.gif" alt="Leaders" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap3"><map name="FPMap4"><area coords="0, 1, 118, 27" shape="rect" href="officers/offcrs.htm" target="main1"></map><img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_5.gif" alt="Officers" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap4"><map name="FPMap5"><area href="offices/office.html" shape="rect" coords="0, 1, 118, 27" target="main1"></map><img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_6.gif" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap5"><a href="historicalLinks.htm"><map name="FPMap1"> <area href="historicalLinks.htm" target="main1" shape="rect" coords="0, 1, 118, 27"></map> <img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_7.gif" alt="Offices/Staff" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap1"></a>                                             <map name="FPMap6"><area href="audio/AudioFrame.htm" shape="rect" coords="28, 1, 90, 27"></map><img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_8.gif" alt="Audio" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap6"> <map name="FPMap14"> <area target="_blank" href="http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/search.asp" shape="rect" coords="0, 1, 118, 27"> </map> <img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_9.gif" alt="Bill Status" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap14"> <map name="FPMap15"><area target="_blank" href="http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/billtextsearch.asp" shape="rect" coords="0, 1, 118, 27"></map><img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_10.gif" alt="Bill Text" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap15"> <map name="FPMap16"> <area href="photos/index.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 1, 118, 27"> </map> <img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_11.gif" alt="Photos" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap16"> <map name="FPMap7"><area href="about/generalinfo/Students/questions_students_ask-1.htm" shape="rect" coords="4, 1, 114, 27" target="main1"></map><img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_12.gif" alt="Student Page" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap7"></h2> <h2 align="center"><font face="Bodoni PosterItalic" color="#336600">Welcome to the 123rd Maine Senate</font></h2> <p align="center"><b><font color="#FF0000"> <a target="_blank" href="http://janus.state.me.us/legis/senate_video_director.asp"> LIVE SENATE CHAMBER VIDEO</a></font></b><br>  </p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold"> <img border="0" src="123ProgramPics/DSCF1644ab.JPG" width="227" height="304" align="left">About the 123rd Maine Senate</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -4.5pt" align="center"><b> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">List of Member Info available in <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/2006apparentwinners.doc"> Word Document</a>  & <a href="http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/123rdsenelect.xls">Excel Spreadsheet</a></span></b><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt">All members of the 123rd Maine Senate have been elected to serve a two-year term.  Of the 35 members, there are 18 Democrats and 17 Republicans.  Twelve are women (7 Democrats; 5 Republicans) and 23 are men (11 Democrats; 12 Republicans).  There are 8 new members; 4 have recently served in the House of Representatives, 2 are former House members, 1 is a former Senate member, and 2 have no previous legislative experience.  Twenty-seven members are incumbents. Twenty-two members have prior legislative service in the House of Representatives.  The combined legislative experience of the 123rd Senate totals 298 years.  The average age for a Senator this session is 56.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> Senator Joseph C. Brannigan of Cumberland has the distinction of being the senior member of the Senate, while Senator Philip Bartlett II of Cumberland is the junior member this session.  Senator Peter Mills of Somerset has the longest overall Senate service, having served 5 terms beginning in the 117th (1994); he begins his sixth term in the Senate.  Senator John L. Martin of Aroostook, beginning his 21st term, is the Senator with the longest overall legislative service.  Senator Martin is also the Senator who has served in the earliest Legislature, having been elected to the House in the 102nd Legislature (1965).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> Twenty-two Senators are Maine natives, 13 of them were born in a community they currently represent.  The remaining Senators were born in Alabama (1), Massachusetts (2), Maryland (1), New Jersey (1), New York (5), South Carolina (1), Virginia (1), and Vermont (1).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> By way of occupation, the Senate is composed as follows: 6 members are or have been attorneys; 3 members are or have been in education; 3 members are or have been in the health and social services professions; 10 are or have been business owners, consultants or workers;  1 member is a librarian; 1 member is a Holstein breeder; 4 members are retired; 5 members consider legislative service their full-time occupation.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> Members who will not be able to run for election to the Senate in 2008 due to term limits are: Sen. Lynn Bromley of Cumberland, Sen. Beth Edmonds of Cumberland, Sen. John Martin of Aroostook, Sen. Peggy Rotundo of Androscoggin, Sen. Christine Savage of Knox, and Sen. Karl Turner of Cumberland.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> </span></p> <script src='http://voap.weather.com/weather/oap/04333?template=ALERH&par=null&unit=0&key=357715dae78d5c6c21b5c24bd3afdb02'></script> <div align="center"> <table border="0" id="table1" cellpadding="5" width="350"> <tr> <td align="center"> <p align="center"><font size="2"> <a href="about/generalinfo/Students/questions_students_ask-1.htm"> Frequently Asked Questions</a></font></td> <td align="center"> <p align="center"> <a target="_blank" href="http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/glossary_of_terms.asp"> <font size="2">Glossary of Terms</font></a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <p align="center"> <font size="2"> <a href="http://janus.state.me.us/house/activity/Directions%20to%20State%20House.htm"> Directions to the State House</a></font></p></td> <td align="center"> <p align="center"> <a href="http://janus.state.me.us/house/activity/tourinfo.htm"> <font size="2">Tour Information</font></a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/about/honorary%20pages/page_program.htm"> <font size="2">Honorary Page Program</font></a></p></td> <td align="center"><font size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://janus.state.me.us/house/sch_2006.htm"> Session Schedule</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">  </td> <td align="center"><font size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://janus.state.me.us/house/activity/Hall%20of%20Flags.htm"> Hall of Flags Schedule</a></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <hr> <table border="1" width="100%" id="table2"> <tr> <td width="391" align="center" valign="top"> <p align="center"><i><font face="Arial" size="2">According to the Maine Constitution<br> the First Regular Session of the Legislature<br> must convene on the first<br> Wednesday of December following the<br> General Election of Maine Senators</font></i></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b> The First Regular Session</b><br>  of the 123rd Maine Legislature<br> will convene on Wednesday,<br> December 6, 2006</font><p align="center"><i><font face="Arial" size="2">Statutory Adjournment for the First Regular Session<br> is the 3rd Wednesday in June.<br> Two 5 legislative day extensions<br> can be passed by Joint Order</font></i><p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>The First Regular Session<br> </b>of the 123rd Maine Legislature<br> statutory Adjournment is Wednesday,<br> June 20, 2007</font></td> <td align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"> <i> <font face="Arial" size="2">According to the Maine Constitution<br> the Second Regular Session of the Legislature<br> must convene on the first<br> Wednesday after the first Tuesday of January<br> in even-numbered years</font></i></p> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>The Second Regular Session</b><br> of the 123rd Maine Legislature<br> will convene on Wednesday, <br> January 2, 2008</font></p> <p align="center"><i><font face="Arial" size="2">Statutory Adjournment for the Second Regular Session<br> is the 3rd Wednesday in April<br> Two 5 legislative day extensions<br> can be passed by Joint Order</font></i></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>The Second Regular Session<br> </b>of the 123rd Maine Legislature<br> statutory Adjournment is Wednesday,<br> April 16, 2008</font></p></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> <map name="FPMap8"> <area href="disclaimer/disclaimer.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 1, 118, 27" target="main1"> </map> <a href="welcome1231.htm" target="main1"> <img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_13.gif" alt="Home" width="118" height="28"></a>                                 <img border="0" src="_derived/homepage.htm_txt_tn_A62_B_14.gif" alt="Disclaimer" ismap width="118" height="28" usemap="#FPMap8"> <map name="FPMap9"><area 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