Tom Allen (Maine politician)

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Thomas Hodge Allen (born April 16, 1945) is an American author and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Template:Ushr and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins 61.5% to 38.5%.

Allen was first elected in 1996, defeating Republican incumbent James Longley, Jr., with 55 percent of votes cast to Longley's 45 percent. Allen was re-elected five times, receiving over 55 percent of the vote each time in his district, until his defeat in his 2008 run for the U.S. Senate. After, Allen was appointed president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers and began his term on May 1, 2009.[1] His book Dangerous Convictions: What's Really Wrong with the U.S. Congress came out in 2013.

Early life

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Tom Allen and his wife, Diana Allen.

Allen was born in Portland, Maine, to Genevieve ("Sukey") Lahee and Charles W. Allen.[2] His grandfather, Neal W. Allen, was a civic leader who served as chairman (mayor) of Portland from 1925 to 1926. He graduated from Deering High School. He went on to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Wadham College, Oxford. During this time he became friends with fellow Rhodes scholar Bill Clinton. After Oxford, he went on to Harvard Law School and practiced as a lawyer.

Early political career

He entered the field of politics when he became a staff member for Governor Kenneth M. Curtis and later for Senator Edmund S. Muskie. Allen was elected to the city council of Portland, Maine, in 1989 and served as the city's mayor between 1991 and 1992 before winning election to the House. Allen ran for governor in 1994, losing to Joe Brennan in the Democratic primary.

U.S. House

Tenure

Allen fought Republican efforts to weaken environmental rollbacks between 1996 and 2007.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Allen called for a pay-as-you-go system that would require offsets to pay for new tax cuts and new spending while on the Budget Committee, much like the system Democrats enacted in their first 100 hours of Congressional control in the 110th Congress.

Allen has made health care, campaign finance reform, and small business his legislative priorities.

Committees

Election history

Year Office Winner Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes %
1996 Template:Ushr rowspan=6 nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Tom Allen rowspan=6 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 173,745 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 55.32 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jim Longley Jr. (Inc.) rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 140,354 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 44.68
1998 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 134,336 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 60.33 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ross Connelly style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 79,160 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 35.55 Template:Party shading/Independent | Eric Greiner Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. Template:Party shading/Independent | 9,182 Template:Party shading/Independent | 4.12
2000 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 202,823 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 59.81 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jane Amero style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 123,915 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 36.54 style="background:Template:Party color" | J. Frederic Staples style="background:Template:Party color" | Lib. style="background:Template:Party color" | 12,356 style="background:Template:Party color" | 3.64
2002 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 172,646 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 63.81 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Steven Joyce style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 97,931 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 36.19
2004 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 219,077 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 59.74 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charlie Summers style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 147,663 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 40.26
2006 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 168,709 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 60.67 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Darlene Curley style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 87,589 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 31.50 Template:Party shading/Independent | Dexter Kamilewicz Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. Template:Party shading/Independent | 21,792 Template:Party shading/Independent | 7.84
Maine U.S. Senate Election 2008
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Susan Collins (incumbent) 444,587 61.5
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tom Allen 278,651 38.5

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Footnotes

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