Russell J. Black is an American politician from

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

. Black, a Republican from Wilton, has represented
District 17
in the

Maine Senate The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the st ...

since 2018 when he replaced fellow Republican Tom Saviello. From 2010 to 2018, Black served in the

Maine House of Representatives The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via ...

for District 114.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=260121

Background

Black attended

Central Maine Community College Central Maine Community College (abbreviated CMCC) is a public community college in Auburn, Maine. It is part of the Maine Community College System. Former names Founded in 1963 as Androscoggin State Vocational Institute, later changed to Centra ...

and

Wentworth Institute of Technology Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. Wentworth was founded in 1904 and offers career-focused education through 22 bachelor's degree programs as well as 11 master's degrees. History In 1903, B ...

. He is married with four children.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Wilton, Maine Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Republican Party Maine state senators Central Maine Community College alumni Wentworth Institute of Technology alumni 21st-century Maine politicians 21st-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MESenate-stub