Cary Weston (born 1972) is an American politician from

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. A

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from Bangor, Weston served on the

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from 2009 to 2012. In 2011–12, Weston served as the Council Chairman (Mayor). Prior to his election to City Council, Weston was the founding chair of a networking group of young professionals in their 20s and 30s called 'Fusion Bangor'. In September 2013, Weston announced that he would challenge Democratic incumbent

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Geoffrey Gratwick Geoffrey Gratwick (born July 16, 1943) is an American politician and physician from Maine. Gratwick is a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 9th District, representing part of Penobscot County, including the City of Bangor and the neighbori ...

for District 32, which encompasses all of Bangor and neighboring

Hermon Mount Hermon ( ar, جبل الشيخ or جبل حرمون / ALA-LC: ''Jabal al-Shaykh'' ("Mountain of the Sheikh") or ''Jabal Haramun''; he, הַר חֶרְמוֹן, ''Har Hermon'') is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the ...

. In November 2014, Gratwick was re-elected to the Maine Senate, defeating Weston. Gratwick won a majority of the votes in Bangor, while Weston won the smaller town of Hermon. Weston is currently
candidate for Commissioner of Penobscot County
in Maine

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Weston is a graduate of

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and the

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. In 2004, he graduated from the Bangor Region Leadership Institute.

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1972 births Living people University of Maine alumni Mayors of Bangor, Maine Maine Republicans Bangor City Council members Bangor High School (Maine) alumni {{Maine-politician-stub