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Senator Justin Alfond is
currently serving in the Maine Senate representing
Senate District 8, which comprises part of Portland.
He was first elected in 2008, having never served in
the Maine Legislature before.
A Maine Native, Senator Alfond attended public schools
in Waterville and Dexter, before his family moved
to Boston, where he completed his high school education.
Later, he attended Tulane University in New Orleans,
Louisiana, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s
degree in business management.
After college, Justin spent 2 years on the professional
golf circuit, followed by jobs in Boston, Orlando,
and New York City before returning to Maine in 2003.
On his return to Maine, Senator Alfond launched
the Maine chapter of The League of Young Voters,
an organization devoted to developing new ways to
educate, engage and mobilize young people around
community issues, elections, and dynamic cultural
events.
Under Justin's leadership, the League was a founding
partner of Opportunity Maine which resulted in a
2007 state law that expanded higher educational opportunity
to all Mainers. In 2006, The League passed a City
of Portland ordinance that provides housing developers
incentives to build affordable housing. Also in 2006,
The League was a major stakeholder that guided and
passed the Maine Energy Efficiency Disclosure Form
for rental units in Maine. In 2008, Senator Alfond
stepped down from his post at The League.
Justin currently is a real estate developer, living
in Portland's Munjoy Hill neighborhood with his partner,
Rachael.
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