Joseph 'Joe' C. Perry is an American businessperson and politician from

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. Perry, a

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, served in the

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from District 32, which included his hometown of Bangor and

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 ...

. He was first elected to the Senate in 2004 after serving from 8 years (1996-2004) in the

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representing part of Bangor. He defeated incumbent

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Senator

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by 280 votes. In 2015, Perry won a seat on the Bangor City Council. In the 124th legislature (2008-2010), Perry served as Senate Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation. In 2010, Perry sought re-election to represent District 32. However, he was defeated with 42% of the vote in a two-way race to

Nichi Farnham Nichi S. Farnham is an American politician from Maine. Farnham served as a Republican State Senator from Maine's 32nd District, representing the city of Bangor and the neighboring town of Hermon from 2010 to 2012. She was first elected to the ...

. He attended the

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at Orono from 1984 to 1988. Perry own
Joe's Market
in Bangor. In March 2019, Perry won the special election for the Maine House's 124th District. The special election was called after incumbent

Aaron Frey Aaron M. Frey (born c. 1978) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 58th Attorney General of Maine since 2019. He formerly served as a Democratic representative in the Maine House of Representatives. He is currently being investiga ...

resigned to become

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. Perry defeated Republica
Thomas White
to win the seat.

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