Lisa Tessier Marrache is an American physician and politician from

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. Marrache served as a Democratic

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from

's 25th District, representing much of

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, including population centers of Waterville and

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as well as two communities in Somerset County, including

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. She was first elected to the

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in 2006 and withdrew from re-election in 2010 after winning the uncontested Democratic nomination. From 2008 to 2010, Marrache served as Assistant Senate Majority Leader. In 1999, Marrache was first elected to public office as a city councilor in Waterville. A year later, she was elected to the

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. She was re-elected in 2002 and 2004 before replacing Kenneth Gagnon in the Maine Senate in 2006.

Personal

Marrache earned a B.S. in chemistry from

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in Georgia and her M.D. from Medical College of Georgia.

References

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