Education
University of Vermont.
University of Vermont.
Dill was the 2012 Democratic nominee to replace outgoing Senator Olympia Snowe and represent Maine in the United States Senate, but came in third in the general election behind former Independent governor Angus King and Republican Secretary of State Charlie Summers. Dill is married and has two children. She received her bachelor"s degree from the University of Vermont and her Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law.
Dill is an adjunct instructor at Southern Maine Community College, a civil rights lawyer, and the director of the Common Cause Digital Democracy Project.
She served on the Cape Elizabeth Town Council. She voted to support gay marriage and said she would "happily and without reservation" support it if the issue would come up again.
She strongly supported education, saying, "I am committed to improving the education funding formula and more importantly making needed reforms to education as a whole."
Elections
Tenure
Dill is a strong supporter of same-sex marriage. The town council of Millinocket and the Maine State Legislature passed resolutions opposing the creation of the proposed national park.
Committee assignments
She served on the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary.
In January 2012, Dill announced that she would seek the Democratic Party"s nomination for the United States. Senate then held by incumbent Republican United States. Senator Olympia Snowe. She faced Republican Charlie Summers, independent candidates Angus King and Danny Dalton as well as Libertarian Party-affiliated independent Andrew Ian Dodge in the November election.
Maine Democratic Party, Democratic Party.
A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the and, representing the 7th district which is composed of South Portland, her hometown of Cape Elizabeth, and a small portion of Scarborough.