Joanne T. Twomey is a

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

politician. Twomey, a

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, represented part of

Biddeford Biddeford is a city in York County, Maine, United States. It is the principal commercial center of York County. Its population was 22,552 at the 2020 census. The twin cities of Saco and Biddeford include the resort communities of Biddeford Poo ...

(District 135) from 1998 to 2006. She served on the agriculture, conservation and forestry; natural resources; engrossed bills committees, including a stint as chair of the engrossed bills. Twomey was elected Mayor of Biddeford in 2006 and was re-elected in 2008 and 2010. In November 2011, Twomey was defeated for re-election by State Representative

Alan Casavant Alan M. Casavant (born July 26, 1952) is an American politician from Maine. Casavant, a Democrat, represented District 137 in the Maine House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014. District 137 comprised portions of Biddeford and Kennebunk. Cas ...

. On April 2, 2015, Twomey was ejected from a public meeting in Saco after she tossed a jar of Vaseline onstage after heated comments regarding Maine's budget. This was in response to LePage's previous comments in 2013 that "Democratic state Sen. Troy Jackson claims to be for the people, but he's the first one to give it to the people without providing Vaseline."

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