Sean Faircloth
Sean Faircloth | |
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Faircloth in 2011 | |
| Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office February 25, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Perry |
| Constituency | 24th district |
| In office December 1, 2004 – December 3, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Nancy Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Sara Stevens |
| Constituency | 17th district |
| In office December 4, 2002 – December 1, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Christina Baker |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Brannigan |
| Constituency | 117th district |
| In office December 2, 1992 – December 7, 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph A. Garland |
| Succeeded by | Lisa Lumbra |
| Constituency | 118th district |
| Member of the Maine Senate from the 9th district | |
| In office December 7, 1994 – December 4, 1996 | |
| Preceded by | John Baldacci |
| Succeeded by | Robert E. Murray Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 23, 1960 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame University of California, Hastings College of the Law |
| Profession | Attorney Politician |
Sean Faircloth (born May 23, 1960) is an American writer, attorney and politician from Maine. A Democrat, Faircloth is currently a member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 24th district following a 2025 special election. Previously, he served as the State Senator from the ninth district, State Representative from the 17th, 117th, and 118th districts, and as Mayor of Bangor, Maine. While in the legislature, Faircloth was appointed to the Judiciary and Appropriations Committees. From 2006 to 2008, Faircloth was Majority Whip in the Maine House.
Faircloth's first book published by Pitchstone Press, Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All - and What We Can Do About It was released in February 2012. His second book, The Enchanted Globe, a fantasy adventure story that teaches geography, was published in 2016.
Faircloth had the idea for the Maine Discovery Museum in 1996 and led the project from concept to completion in 2001. It was credited with sparking downtown revitalization. Maine Discovery Museum was then the second largest children's museum outside Boston in New England. In 2016, Environment Maine recognized Faircloth with a gold medal in the "Mayor's Climate Olympics" for his residential rebate program, "EnergySmartBangor".