Anne Rand

Background

Rand was born in Portland, Maine and raised in the city"s Munjoy Hill neighborhood.

Education

She graduated from the Maine School of Practical Nursing in Waterville, Maine in 1970.

Career

She served in the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine State Senate for 10 terms between 1986 and 2008. She worked as a nurse at Mercy Hospital for 15 years prior to entering politics. She was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1986, where she served until giving up her seat to run for Maine State Senate in 1994.

She was replaced in the House of Representatives by J. Elizabeth Mitchell (not to be confused with Libby Mitchell).

In 1988, Rand was a delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention, where she supported Jesse Jackson. In 1995, Rand made headlines for sponsoring a bill to make marijuana legal for patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. She was elected to the State Senate in 1994 and served until 2002, when she was unable to run for re-election due to term-limits.

She sought her old seat on the Maine Senate in 2008, but lost in the Democratic primary to Justin Alfond.

Achievements

• She ran and won her old seat on Munjoy Hill in 2006.

Politics

Maine Democratic Party, Democratic Party.