Beverly Bustin
Beverly Miner Bustin-Hatheway (born February 14, 1936) is an American politician from Maine. Bustin, a Democrat, served from 1980 to 1996 in the Maine Senate, representing Kennebec County, Maine, which includes her residence in Augusta, Maine. During her final four years in office, Bustin was twice elected Assistant Majority Leader by her colleagues. In 2007, Bustin was elected Register of Deeds for Kennebec County. In the early 1970s, Bustin worked as field representative for U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie, covering much of central Maine. Personal Beverly Bustin was born on February 14, 1936, in Morrisville, Vermont. One of 16 children, Bustin and her family moved to Kittery, Maine during World War II so that her father could work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Her family eventually settled in the Sebago Lake region. She graduated from Standish High School 3rd out a class of 23. She took the civil service exam during high school and immediately after graduating moved to Washingt ...
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Maine Democratic Party
The Maine Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Maine. After the Civil War, Democrats were a minor player in a political scene dominated by the Republican Party. However, during the 1950s, Edmund Muskie led an expansive political insurgency culminating in his election as Governor of Maine and successive Democratic elections to both state and national offices. From 2012 to 2019, despite having a Republican governor in Paul LePage, the party remained strong, holding key offices in the state government and the U.S. Congress and maintaining a majority in the Maine House of Representatives for six of LePage's eight years in office. It is currently the state's favored party, controlling both houses of the state legislature, governorship, and both of Maine's U.S. House seats. One of Maine's U.S. Senate seats is currently held by Angus King, an Independent whom caucuses with the Democrats. Current Democratic officeholders Members of Congress U. ...
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