Janet Mills

Janet Trafton Mills (born December 30, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 75th governor of Maine since January 2019. She previously served as the Maine Attorney General on two occasions.

This article is about the incumbent governor of Maine. For the Connecticut state representative, see Janet M. Mills.

Janet Mills
Mills in 2019
75th Governor of Maine
Assumed office
January 2, 2019
Preceded byPaul LePage
55th and 57th Attorney General of Maine
In office
January 7, 2013 – January 2, 2019
GovernorPaul LePage
Preceded byWilliam Schneider
Succeeded byAaron Frey
In office
January 6, 2009 – January 6, 2011
GovernorJohn Baldacci
Preceded bySteven Rowe
Succeeded byWilliam Schneider
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office
December 4, 2002 – January 6, 2009
Preceded byWalter Gooley
Succeeded byLance Harvell
Constituency78th district (2002–2004)
89th district (2004–2009)
District Attorney of Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties
In office
1980 – January 1995
Appointed byJoseph E. Brennan
Preceded byThomas E. Delahanty II
Succeeded byNorman Croteau
Personal details
Born
Janet Trafton Mills

(1947-12-30) December 30, 1947
Farmington, Maine, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Stanley Kuklinski
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(m. 1985; died 2014)​
RelativesPeter Mills (brother)
ResidenceThe Blaine House
EducationUniversity of Massachusetts Boston (BA)
University of Maine (JD)
WebsiteGovernment website
Campaign website

A member of the Democratic Party, Mills was first elected attorney general by the Maine Legislature on January 6, 2009, succeeding G. Steven Rowe. Her second term began on January 3, 2013, after the term of William Schneider. She was the first woman to hold the position. Before her election, she served in the Maine House of Representatives, representing the towns of Farmington and Industry. Her party nominated her for governor in the 2018 election, and she won, defeating Republican Shawn Moody and independent Terry Hayes. On January 2, 2019, she became Maine's first female governor. Mills was reelected in 2022.

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