Gary E Sukeforth (born 1960) is an American politician and businessperson from

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

. Sukeforth is a former unenrolled (independent) 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 ...

from Appleton, Maine in Knox County. He is the owner of the Common Market grocery store in

Union, Maine Union is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,383 at the 2020 census. It is home to the Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage and annual Union Fair. History Union was part of a tract of land called the Muscongus Pat ...

. He served a two-year term in the House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004 while a resident of Union. Sukeforth characterizes himself as fiscally conservative and socially moderate. He said in a 2014 candidate questionnaire that he supports marijuana legalization and the expansion of

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in Maine. Sukeforth is a 1978 graduate of Camden-Rockport High School. He graduated from the

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in 1983 with a B.S. in Agricultural & Resource Economics. He also attended

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for graduate school from 1983 to 1985. He is divorced with no children.

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