Janet Mills

'''Janet Trafton Mills''' (born December 30, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2019 as the 75th [[governor of Maine]]. She previously served as [[Maine Attorney General]].

'''Janet Trafton Mills''' (born December 30, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2019 as the 75th [[governor of Maine]]. She previously served as [[Maine Attorney General]].

A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Mills was first elected attorney general by the [[Maine Legislature]] on January 6, 2009, succeeding [[G. Steven Rowe]]. Her second term began on January 3, 2013, after the term of [[William Schneider (politician)|William Schneider]]. She was the first woman to hold the position. Before her election, she served in the [[Maine House of Representatives]], representing the towns of [[Farmington, Maine|Farmington]] and [[Industry, Maine|Industry]]. Her party nominated her for governor in the [[2018 Maine gubernatorial election|2018 election]], and she won, defeating [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Shawn Moody]] and independent [[Terry Hayes (politician)|Terry Hayes]]. On January 2, 2019, she became Maine's first female governor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2018/11/07/politics/shawn-moody-concedes-governors-race-to-janet-mills/|title=Janet Mills wins race to succeed LePage as Maine's next governor|work=Bangor Daily News|access-date=November 7, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107191137/https://bangordailynews.com/2018/11/07/politics/shawn-moody-concedes-governors-race-to-janet-mills/|archive-date=November 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Mills was reelected in [[2022 Maine gubernatorial election|2022]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.themainemonitor.org/as-red-wave-fails-to-materialize-nationally-janet-mills-wins-re-election-as-maines-governor/|title=As 'red wave' fails to materialize nationally, Janet Mills wins re-election as Maine's governor|work=The Maine Monitor|access-date=November 9, 2022|language=en-US}}</ref>

As a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Mills was first elected attorney general by the [[Maine Legislature]] on January 6, 2009, succeeding [[G. Steven Rowe]]. Her second term began on January 3, 2013, after the term of [[William Schneider (politician)|William Schneider]]. She was the first woman to hold the position. Before her election, she served in the [[Maine House of Representatives]], representing the towns of [[Farmington, Maine|Farmington]] and [[Industry, Maine|Industry]]. Her party nominated her for governor in the [[2018 Maine gubernatorial election|2018 election]], and she won, defeating [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Shawn Moody]] and independent [[Terry Hayes (politician)|Terry Hayes]]. On January 2, 2019, she became Maine's first female governor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2018/11/07/politics/shawn-moody-concedes-governors-race-to-janet-mills/|title=Janet Mills wins race to succeed LePage as Maine's next governor|work=Bangor Daily News|access-date=November 7, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107191137/https://bangordailynews.com/2018/11/07/politics/shawn-moody-concedes-governors-race-to-janet-mills/|archive-date=November 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Mills was reelected in [[2022 Maine gubernatorial election|2022]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.themainemonitor.org/as-red-wave-fails-to-materialize-nationally-janet-mills-wins-re-election-as-maines-governor/|title=As 'red wave' fails to materialize nationally, Janet Mills wins re-election as Maine's governor|work=The Maine Monitor|access-date=November 9, 2022|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

==Early life and education==