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Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a longtime organic farmer and member of the House Agriculture Committee, voted against House Republicans’ Farm Bill proposal during the Committee’s markup on Thursday night, citing the bill’s failure to ...
- Early Life, Education, and Early Career
- Common Cause
- Maine Senate
- S. Senate Campaign
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Political Positions
- Personal Life
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Pingree was born Rochelle Marie Johnson, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Harry and Dorothy Johnson. She moved to Maine as a teenager and had her first name legally changed to Chellie. She attended the University of Southern Maine and graduated from College of the Atlantic with a degree in human ecology. Since graduating from College of t...
As the leader of Common Cause, Pingree was active in the organization's programs in media reform, elections, ethics, and money in politics. She supported net neutrality, mandatory voter-verified paper ballots, public financing of congressional elections, national popular vote (a workaround for the Electoral College), and an independent ethics commi...
Elections
Pingree was first elected in 1992. She was outspoken against going to war against Iraq, although counseled by party insiders to avoid that subject. She was reelected in 1994and 1996. In 2000, she was unable to seek reelection due to term limits.
Tenure
Pingree represented Knox County in the Maine Senate. She was elected Maine's second female majority leader in 1996. During her tenure as a state legislator, Pingree made nationwide headlines when she authored the nation's first bill regulating prescription drug prices, Maine Rx.She also shepherded Maine's largest land-bill initiative, Land for Maine's Future.
In 2002, Pingree ran for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican junior U.S. Senator Susan Collins. Collins, a popular moderate incumbent, won by a margin of 17%.
Elections
2008 In April 2007, Pingree filed papers for her bid to run for Maine's 1st congressional district. On August 15, 2007, EMILY's List endorsed Pingree for Congress. In December 2007, she was endorsed by 21st Century Democrats. She was endorsed by a number of labor organizations and many individuals and state officials, including Congressman Rush D. Holt Jr.; Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky; Maine Senate Majority Leader Libby Mitchell; former Maine Senate Assistant Majority Leader Anne Rand; State...
Tenure
Soon after her election, Pingree joined the Congressional Progressive Caucus, of which she is now vice chair. In September 2010, a video surfaced on the internet showing Pingree at Portland International Jetport disembarking from a private jet owned by her then-fiancé, hedge fund manager S. Donald Sussman. This drew criticism due to past statements Pingree made critical of legislators using private aircraft. Pingree declined to respond.The House Ethics Committee, in a bipartisan letter, state...
Legislation sponsored
On May 23, 2013, Pingree introduced the York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2013 (H.R. 2197; 113th Congress). If passed, the bill would require the National Park Service (NPS) to study a segment of the York River in Maine for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The study would determine how the proposed designation would affect recreational and commercial activities.The study would cost approximately $500,000.
Pingree opposes granting the president fast track authorityin negotiating trade agreements, having voted against doing so on June 12, 2015. She said that such agreements need more transparency and debate, not less. Pingree helped draft the Fair Elections Now Act, a proposal to provide public Fair Elections funding for popular candidates who raised ...
Pingree has three children; the oldest, Hannah Pingree, is the former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. On June 18, 2011, Pingree married S. Donald Sussman, a hedge fund manager,in a private ceremony at the couple's home in North Haven, Maine. Until June 1, 2015, Sussman owned a 75% stake in MaineToday Media, the owners of the Portland...
Sources
1. Wright, Virginia. "Maine's Newest Political Dynasty". Down East: The Magazine of Maine(January 2009).
Farmer & Small-Business Owner Turned State Senator. Chellie has worked hard throughout her life - as a mother, as a farmer, as a small business owner, and in politics. She knows how difficult it can be to meet payroll and run a business in a small, rural community.
Meet Chellie. Chellie Pingree has lived on the offshore island of North Haven, Maine, since she was a teenager. On North Haven she has been an organic farmer, raised three children and started two successful small businesses.
25 de out. de 2022 · Congresswoman Chellie Pingree was reelected for a seventh term to represent Maine’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She released the following statement after speaking with her opponent Dr. Jay Allen earlier this evening: “I am humbled...
24 de mai. de 2024 · Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries has recommended $70.9 million in federal funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to improve fish migration in Maine rivers.
5 de out. de 2012 · Chellie Pingree (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Maine's 1st Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2009. Her current term ends on January 3, 2025.
