John Baldacci is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 30, 1955 in Bangor, Maine, United States. John Elias Baldacci (born January 30 1955) is an American politician who was the Governor of the state of Maine from 2003 until the year 2011. A Democrat Baldacci was also an elected representative in the United States House of Representatives between 1995 and 2003.
As a Democrat, Baldacci was first elected in 2002’s Maine governorship election, winning 47 percent of the votes, beating Republican candidate Peter Cianchette, who garnered 41 percent of the votes, Green Independent nominee Jonathan Carter who was a 9% winner and a non-enrolled ex- Democrat John Michael, who got 2%. Baldacci was inaugurated to the office of Maine’s Governor on January 8th in 2003. in 2006 Baldacci got reelected from the field of four main candidates. In his time as governor in 2006, he was a part of both the National Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association.
In 2005, Baldacci introduced legislation to expand Maine’s civil rights law to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This legislation in Maine had been defeated via referendum by voters two times before. The law passed, but opponents of the law initiated a referendum to overturn the law. Voters upheld the new law.
Baldacci ran for reelection in 2006, facing opposition from Republican Chandler Woodcock, Independents Barbara Merrill and Phillip Napier, and Green Independent Party candidate Pat LaMarche.
The year 1994 saw Baldacci win the departure of his uncle, United States Senator George J. Mitchell, Baldacci was elected for his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine’s Second District, replacing Olympia Snowe who had resigned to Mitchell’s vacant Senate seat. Baldacci beat the State senator Richard A. Bennett in one of the few Democratic victories in the 1994 election cycle, taking 47 percent of Bennett’s 41 percent.
