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University of Maine School of Law. University of Maine; United States Military Academy.
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William Schneider
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Schneider was elected the attorney general of Maine by the State Legislature following its takeover by the Republican Party in the election of 2010, and served until 2013. He is a retired United States Army officer In March 2012, he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States. Senate, seeking to replace retiring Republican Olympia Snowe, but was unsuccessful.
He was born in Syracuse, New York and entered into the United States. Army in 1977.
He served in South of Korea and joined the Green Berets. He was permanently disabled in an automobile accident in 1985 in Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
In 1990, Schneider enrolled at the University of Maine School of Law and eventually worked in the Cumberland County District Attorney"s office. He was re-elected in 2000 and chosen the Assistant Republican Leader until 2002.
As Attorney General of Maine, Schneider joined other Attorneys General in challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Acting.
Maine Republicans nominated Schneider to serve a second term after the 2012 elections, but the newly elected Democratic legislature selected the previous holder of the position, Janet T. Mills, to serve again. After his term ended, Governor Paul LePage hired Schneider as the deputy director of the Office of Policy and Management. On February 7, 2014, Government.
LePage nominated Schneider for a District Court judgeship.
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Maine Republican Party, Republican Party.
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Special Forces.
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