Anne Haskell | |
State House2: | Maine |
District2: | Gorham |
Term Start2: | 1988 |
Term End2: | 1994 |
State House3: | Maine |
District3: | 117th |
Term Start3: | 2006 |
Term End3: | 2012 |
Preceded3: | Joseph Brannigan |
Succeeded3: | Richard Farnsworth |
State Senate4: | Maine |
District4: | 9th |
Term Start4: | 2012 |
Term End4: | 2014 |
Preceded4: | Joseph Brannigan |
Succeeded4: | redistricted |
State Senate5: | Maine |
District5: | 28th |
Term Start5: | 2014 |
Term End5: | 2016 |
Predecessor5: | redistricted |
Successor5: | Mark Dion |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1943 |
Birth Place: | Portland, Maine |
Alma Mater: | University of Southern Maine |
Spouse: | Lou Haskell |
Residence: | Portland, Maine |
Anne M. Haskell (born August 12, 1943) is an American politician from Maine. A Democrat, Haskell represented part of Portland and Westbrook in the Maine Senate.[1]
Haskell was first elected to the Gorham Town Council in 1986. She served on both the Gorham Town Council until 1989. In 1988, Haskell was elected to the Maine House of Representatives to represent a portion of Gorham. She served in the House from Gorham until 1994. In 2006, she was re-elected as a representative, this time from Portland's 117th district.[2] Haskell was re-elected in 2008 and 2010. During the 2010–2012 term in the legislature, Haskell served as the ranking House Democrat on the legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.[3]
During the 2012 United States Senate election, Haskell served as unenrolled Angus King's Cumberland County campaign chair.[4]
She was elected to replace fellow Democrat Joseph Brannigan on November 6, 2012, defeating her Republican challenger with 72% of the vote.[5] In July of the following year, following the resignation of Majority Leader Seth Goodall, Haskell was appointed Assistant Majority Leader of the Maine Senate.[6]
Haskell retired from politics in 2016, and did not stand for re-election to the Maine Senate.[7]
Haskell was born and raised in Portland, Maine. She attended the University of Southern Maine.[2]