More women want to serve in the Maine Legislature than ever before August 29, 2018Daily Brief, Elections, Governor LePage, Legislature, U.S. CongressAlan Caron, April Turner, Cathy Breen, Cathy Nichols, donald trump, Ellie Espling, Hillary Clinton, Janet Mills, Lisa Scott, Margaret Chase Smith, MaryAnne Kinney, Ned Claxton, Olympia Snowe, Paul LePage, Sarah Skillin Woodard, Shawn Moody, Shawn Scott, Susan Collins, Terry Hayes By Michael Shepherd Maine and the nation are seeing a record number of women running for office and there are as many reasons as there are candidates.