Andrew M. "Drew" Gattine (born November 30, 1962) is an American politician serving as chair of the
Maine Democratic Party. He was previously a member of the
Maine House of Representatives
The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via p ...
for the 34th district from 2012 to 2020.
Career
Gattine is from
Westbrook, Maine
Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States and a suburb of Portland. The population was 20,400 at the 2020 census, making it the fastest-growing city in Maine between 2010 and 2020. It is part of the Portland– South Portla ...
. In the 128th Maine Legislature he served as the chair of the House Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee. He previously served as the chair of the House Health and Human Services Committee. In August 2016,
Paul LePage, the
governor of Maine, left an "obscene, threatening"
voicemail for Gattine in which he accused Gattine of calling him racist. LePage later stated that he wished he could challenge Gattine to a duel.
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1962 births
21st-century American politicians
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
Politicians from Westbrook, Maine
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