Party: | Democratic |
District1: | 14th |
State House1: | Maine |
Term Start1: | December 7, 2022 |
Term End1: | April 1, 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Lynn Copeland |
Successor1: | Vacant |
District2: | 135th |
State House2: | Maine |
Term Start2: | December 2020 |
Term End2: | December 7, 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Brian Hubbell |
Successor2: | Daniel Sayre |
Caption: | Williams in 2020 |
Lynne Williams is an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A Democrat from Bar Harbor, Williams represented District 14 in the Maine House of Representatives.[1] [2]
In 2010, Williams sought the Maine Green Independent Party nomination for Governor. However, she was unable to gather enough signatures to make the ballot nor to qualify for public financing.[3] Instead, Williams was the Green Independent nominee for State Senate, which she lost to Brian Langley.[4]
Williams resigned from the Maine House in April 2024 in order to take a government job outside of the legislature.[5]
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Merrimack College in 1972, an M.A. in experimental psychology from Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1975, a Doctor of Philosophy in social psychology from the University of Southern California in 1981, and a Juris Doctor from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1998.[6]
Williams ran in the 2010 Maine Senate election but lost to Brian Langley. She ran in the 2020 Maine House of Representatives election to the 135th district. She was redistricted into the 14th district and was elected to it in the 2022 Maine House of Representatives election.[7]