Janet Mills
Janet Mills | |
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Mills in 2019 | |
| 75th Governor of Maine | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Paul LePage |
| 55th & 57th Attorney General of Maine | |
| In office January 7, 2013 – January 2, 2019 | |
| Governor | Paul LePage |
| Preceded by | William Schneider |
| Succeeded by | Aaron Frey |
| In office January 6, 2009 – January 6, 2011 | |
| Governor | John Baldacci |
| Preceded by | Steven Rowe |
| Succeeded by | William Schneider |
| Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
| In office December 4, 2002 – January 6, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Gooley |
| Succeeded by | Lance Harvell |
| Constituency | 78th district (2002–2004) 89th district (2004–2009) |
| District Attorney of Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties | |
| In office 1980 – January 1995 | |
| Appointed by | Joseph E. Brennan |
| Preceded by | Thomas E. Delahanty II |
| Succeeded by | Norman Croteau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janet Trafton Mills December 30, 1947 Farmington, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Stanley Kuklinski
(m. 1985; died 2014) |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Peter Mills (brother) |
| Education | Colby College University of Massachusetts, Boston (BA) University of Maine (JD) |
| Website | Government website Campaign website |
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, 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. 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 and Industry. Her party nominated her for governor in the 2018 election, and she won, defeating Republican Shawn Moody and independent Terry Hayes. On January 2, 2019, she became Maine's first female governor. Mills was reelected in 2022.