Senator, United States Senate, 2013-present

Candidate, United States Senate, 2018

Governor, State of Maine, 1994-2002

Member, Committee on Armed Services

Member, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Member, Select Committee on Intelligence

Member, Subcommittee on Airland

Member, Subcommittee on Energy

Chair, Subcommittee on National Parks

Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

Member, Subcommittee on Seapower

Chair, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Member, Veterans' Affairs and The Military

Former Member, Budget Committee, United States Senate

Co-Founder, Former Governors Caucus

Former Member, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Airland, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Personnel, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, United States Senate

Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Water and Power, United States Senate

Former Chief Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

Co-Founder, Independence Wind, 2007-2012

Founder/President, Northeast Energy Management, Incorporated, 1989-1994

Television Host, MaineWatch, 1975-1993

General Counsel/Vice President, Swift River/Hafslund Company, 1983-1988

Attorney, Smith, Lloyd, and King, 1975-1983

Aide, Office of Senator William Hathaway, 1972-1975

Chief Counsel, United States Senate Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics, 1972-1975

Staff Attorney, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, 1969-1972

Member, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, present

Former Chair, Committee to Support Land for Maine's Future Bond Issue

Former Member, Eco-Eco

Former Member, Maine Development Foundation

Segal Lecturer in American Politics, Bates College, 2009

Visiting Lecturer, Bowdoin College, 2004

Favorite Book:

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Any Sherlock Holmes

Favorite Movie:

12 Angry Men, Apollo 13, Remember The Titans, Casablanca, Invictus, anything from the Marx Brothers

Favorite Musician:

Van Morrison, The Supremes, Eric Clapton, Peter Tosh, Travis Tritt, Norah Jones

Favorite Quote:

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present; the occasion is piled high with difficulty, and so we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew; we must disenthrall ourselves--and then we shall save our country."
-Abraham Lincoln

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm."
-Winston Churchill

Favorite TV Shows:

The Good Wife, Law & Order (especially the earlier ones), 30 Rock, River Monsters, SportsCenter, PTI

Number of Grandchildren:

6