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On December 3, 2008, Lisa Marraché,
M.D., was sworn in for her second term in the Maine
Senate. She was also elected by her peers to serve
as the Assistant Majority Leader. Senator Marraché represents
the people of District 25, consisting of the communities
of Albion, Benton, Clinton, Detroit, Pittsfield,
Unity Township, Waterville and Winslow.
Having previously served three terms in the Maine House
of Representatives, Marraché brings a great
deal of legislative experience with her to the Maine
Senate. In the 123rd Legislature, Senator Marraché serves
as the Senate Chair of the Legislature’s Legal
and Veterans Affairs Committee and as a member of the
Health and Human Services Committee.
In the 122nd Maine Legislature as a member of the House,
Marraché served on the Insurance and Financial
Services committee where she applied her knowledge
and enthusiasm for issues related to health care. Marraché also
sponsored a resolution establishing a task force of
experts to determine the nature and extent of human
trafficking in Maine and to make recommendations for
legislative policy and served on the Legislative task
force to develop a statewide cervical cancer prevention
plan in Maine.
At the outset of her first term in the 120th Legislature,
Marraché became the first resident physician
to have served in the Maine house and was part of
the first father/daughter legislative team in Maine's
history.
In addition to her Legislative commitments, Senator
Marraché has participated in both national
and global civic initiatives as a member of the National
Foundation for Women Legislators, the Foreign Policy
Institute, the Democratic Leadership Council and
as a German Marshall Fund/ Marshall Memorial Fellow.
In this capacity, she has had meaningful dialogue
with leaders in Government and examined ways in which
transatlantic cooperation can address a variety of
global policy challenges.
Since 2002, Marraché has worked as a family
physician at her practice in Waterville. Marraché is
the mother of two children and is an active member
of, the Maine Historical Society, and is the founder
of the Franco-American Heritage Society of Greater
Waterville. She was also Waterville City Councilor
in 1999.
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