Eleanor "Ellie" Espling is an American politician from

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. A Republican, she served as a member of the

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representing

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, Durham and part of

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in Androscoggin and Cumberland counties from 2010 to 2018. She was a member of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee. Espling resides in New Gloucester with her husband Steve and their four children. She attended

Cape Elizabeth High School Cape Elizabeth High School (CEHS) is a public high school in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States. It is one of six schools in Maine to have been named a National Blue Ribbon School multiple times by the U.S. Department of Education. Academics T ...

and the

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, from which she earned an

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in Business Administration.Eleanor Espling
Maine.gov She sought election to the Maine Senate in 2018 but was narrowly defeated by Ned Claxton.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Cape Elizabeth, Maine People from New Gloucester, Maine Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives University of Southern Maine alumni Women state legislators in Maine 21st-century American legislators 21st-century American women politicians {{Maine-politician-stub