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Honorable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">Head of state</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">Head of government</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Blaine_House" class="mw-redirect" title="The Blaine House">The Blaine House</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta, Maine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Direct_election" title="Direct election">Popular vote</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4 years, renewable once consecutively</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Maine" title="Constitution of Maine">Constitution of Maine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Governor of Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/District_of_Maine" title="District of Maine">District of Maine</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_King_(governor)" title="William King (governor)">William King</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">March 15, 1820</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data">$70,000 (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maine.gov/governor/">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3506352#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, 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Before Maine was <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_Union" title="Admission to the Union">admitted to the Union</a> in 1820, Maine was part of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">governor of Massachusetts</a> was chief executive. </p><p>The current governor of Maine is <a href="/wiki/Janet_Mills" title="Janet Mills">Janet Mills</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>, who took office January 2, 2019. </p><p>The governor of Maine receives a salary of $70,000, which is the lowest salary out of all 50 state governors, as of 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eligibility">Eligibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Maine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under Article V, Section 4, a person must as of the commencement of the term in office, be 30 years old, for 15 years a citizen of the United States, and for five years a resident of Maine. A governor must retain residency in Maine throughout his or her term. Section 5 provides that a person shall not assume the office of Governor<sup id="cite_ref-Art5_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while holding any other office under the United States, Maine, or "any other power". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_and_terms_of_office">Elections and terms of office</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Maine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Elections and terms of office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Maine" title="Elections in Maine">Elections in Maine</a></div> <p>Governors are elected directly for four-year terms. They may be elected any number of times, but with a <a href="/wiki/Term_limit" title="Term limit">limit</a> of two consecutive elected terms.(Article V, Section 2).<sup id="cite_ref-Art5_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elections are by popular vote, but if two people tie for first place, the Legislature meets in <a href="/wiki/Joint_session" title="Joint session">joint session</a> to choose between them (Article V, Section 3).<sup id="cite_ref-Art5_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_powers">Executive powers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Maine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Executive powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The governor is <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of "the army and navy of the State, and of the militia" (the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Department_of_Defense,_Veterans,_and_Emergency_Management" title="Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management">Maine National Guard</a>), except when under <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Guard">federal control</a> (Article V, Section 7).<sup id="cite_ref-Art5_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governor generally has the power to appoint civil, military, and judicial officers (aside from probate judges and justices of the peace), subject to <a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">confirmation</a> by the Legislature, unless the Maine Constitution or a statute has provided another means of appointment (Article V, Section 8).<sup id="cite_ref-Art5_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governor also has the power to grant <a href="/wiki/Pardon" title="Pardon">pardons</a>, reprieves, and <a href="/wiki/Commutation_(law)" title="Commutation (law)">commutations</a>, except in cases of <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States" title="Impeachment in the United States">impeachment</a>. This clemency power also includes juvenile offenses (Article V, Section 11).<sup id="cite_ref-Art5_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet">Cabinet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Maine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Governor oversees the executive branch, which includes Maine's state agencies. Their cabinet is often considered to be the state's commissioners, which are generally nominated by the governor but legally chosen by the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Legislature" title="Maine Legislature">Maine Legislature</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_Cabinet">Current Cabinet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Maine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Current Cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of January 2019, the cabinet is as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="2" style="float:margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:1px solid #000; font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" colspan="3">The Mills Cabinet </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;">Office </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Name </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Since </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#000;" colspan="3"> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Governor</td> <td>Janet Mills</td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#000;" colspan="3"> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Administrative & Financial Services</td> <td>Kirsten Figueroa<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry</td> <td>Amanda Beal<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Corrections</td> <td>Randall Liberty<sup id="cite_ref-SausLib_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SausLib-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management</td> <td>Douglas Farnham<sup id="cite_ref-MillsRetentions_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillsRetentions-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development</td> <td>Heather Johnson<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Education</td> <td>Pender Makin<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection</td> <td>Melanie Loyzim<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Health & Human Services</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Lambrew" title="Jeanne Lambrew">Jeanne Lambrew</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife</td> <td>Judy Camuso<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources</td> <td>Patrick C. Keliher<sup id="cite_ref-MillsRetentions_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillsRetentions-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety</td> <td>Michael Sauschuck<sup id="cite_ref-SausLib_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SausLib-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Transportation</td> <td>Bruce Van Note<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Labor</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laura_Fortman" title="Laura Fortman">Laura Fortman</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commissioner of the Department of Professional & Financial Regulation</td> <td>Anne Head<sup id="cite_ref-MillsRetentions_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillsRetentions-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Executive Director of Workers' Compensation Board </td> <td>John Rohde<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2019 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Succession">Succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Maine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maine is one of five states that does not have an office of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_(United_States)#Maine" title="Lieutenant governor (United States)">lieutenant governor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under current law, if there is a vacancy in the office of governor, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Maine_Senate" title="List of presidents of the Maine Senate">president of the Maine Senate</a> becomes governor. As of December 5, 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Maine&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the Senate president is Democrat <a href="/wiki/Troy_Jackson_(politician)" title="Troy Jackson (politician)">Troy Jackson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Official_residence">Official residence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Maine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Official residence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Blaine_House" class="mw-redirect" title="The Blaine House">The Blaine House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta</a> is the official governor's mansion, and is located across the street from the <a href="/wiki/Maine_State_House" title="Maine State House">Maine State House</a>. It became the official residence in 1919, and is named for <a href="/wiki/James_G._Blaine" title="James G. Blaine">James G. Blaine</a>, who once owned the mansion. The house was built by Captain James Hall in 1833 and declared a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_governors">List of governors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Maine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the period before statehood, see <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Governor of Massachusetts</a>.</div> <link 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Maine">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldo_County,_Maine" title="Waldo County, Maine">Waldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Maine" title="Washington County, Maine">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Maine" title="York County, Maine">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/32px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/48px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/64px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Maine" title="Portal:Maine">Maine 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style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Alaska">AK</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy_(politician)" title="Mike Dunleavy (politician)">Dunleavy</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Arizona">AZ</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Katie_Hobbs" title="Katie Hobbs">Hobbs</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Arkansas">AR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders" title="Sarah Huckabee Sanders">Huckabee Sanders</a> (R)</div></div> 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B. Pritzker">Pritzker</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">IN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eric_Holcomb" title="Eric Holcomb">Holcomb</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Iowa">IA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kim_Reynolds" title="Kim Reynolds">Reynolds</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kansas">KS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Laura_Kelly" title="Laura Kelly">Kelly</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; 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