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Senator Dennis S. Damon, D-Hancock,
was elected to public office in November of 1992,
as a Hancock County Commissioner. He was elected
to the Maine Senate in 2002 and is currently serving
his fourth and final term in the Senate.
While in the Senate, he has served as the Senate
Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources
for three terms and the Joint Standing Committee
on Transportation for two terms. He has also chaired
numerous Joint Select Committees including; Regionalization
and Community Cooperation and Maine’s Future
Prosperity. Prior to the start of major legislative
business in the 122nd Maine Legislature, Damon was
asked to serve as the Senate Chair of the Joint Select
Committee on Property Tax Reform. He was recognized
by Governor John Baldacci and Republican and Democratic
lawmakers as being a key figure to the success in
the passage of Maine’s most historic tax reform
in 30 years.
Economic development and Maine’s economic
future are his central focus. He is committed to
advancing the dialog and policies that will define
and develop Maine’s economy. Other areas of
interest include promoting and strengthening Maine’s
foundation for growth, education, transportation,
energy, information, technology, the environment
and tax reform.
Prior to being elected to the Senate, Damon served
on the board of County Commissioners of Hancock County,
the Governor's Intergovernmental Restructuring Task
Force, the Brewer to Calais Railroad Study Commission,
and the Maine Ferry Service Advisory Committee. He
also chaired the Maine Rural Development Council.
His work on these committees played a major role
in preparing, and prompting him to run for the State
Senate.
Senator Damon was born in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1948.
He attended Stetson Grammar School and graduated
from Mount Desert High School, both in Northeast
Harbor. He received a Bachelor of Science degree
in education from the University of Maine at Orono.
He has worked as a schoolteacher, coach, entrepreneur,
and small business owner. He was named Maine high
school “Baseball Coach of the Year” and
as American Legion baseball coach, Zone 1 “Coach
of the Year”. He presently serves as Field
Director for the Department of Maine – American
Legion Baseball program. Damon is a fourth-generation
commercial fisherman with extensive experience in
many fisheries including ground fish, shrimp, scallops,
lobsters, and herring. He is Maine’s legislative
appointee to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission.
Senator Damon is a resident of Trenton, Maine, where
he lives with his wife Bonnie. The couple has three
grown children; Erin, Sadie and Doyle.
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