Richard "Dick" Farnsworth is an American politician from

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 ...

. Farnsworth, a

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, served in the

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from 1996 to 1998 for District 32, then part of Portland. He chose not to seek re-election in 1998. In 2012, Farnsworth again sought election to the Maine House of Representatives, this time from the renamed District 117, also part of Portland. He won and was sworn in for a second time in December 2012. Farnsworth earned a B.S. in education from

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, a Master's in Divinity from

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and an Ed.D. from

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Politicians from Portland, Maine Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology alumni Boston University School of Theology alumni Temple University College of Education alumni Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators {{Maine-politician-stub