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Heather Sanborn
Heather B. Sanborn is an American politician and attorney currently representing District 28 (portions of the cities of Portland and Westbrook) in the Maine State Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and educationSanborn grew up in Portland[1] and attended Middlebury College where she graduated summa cum laude as the salutatorian of her class in 1997.[2] She received a Master of Science in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern Maine in 2004[2] and taught high school in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.[1] Sanborn graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 2007 where she was the editor-in-chief of the Maine Law Review. [1] She worked as a law clerk to Kermit Lipez on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and as an associate in the litigation department at Ropes & Gray.[1] She has served on the boards of the Portland Development Corporation [3] and University Credit Union.[4] Brewery & beer industry advocacyRising Tide BrewerySanborn and her husband, Nathan Sanborn, co-own Rising Tide Brewery in Portland, Maine, and Heather serves as the director of business operations.[5] The brewery opened in 2010 and quickly outgrew its initial space, relocating in 2012.[6] As of 2020, Rising Tide employs 29 people and produces 4,500 barrels of beer per year.[7] Sanborn has served as the President of the Maine Brewers' Guild and has drawn on her law background to advocate for breweries around Maine.[1][5] 2012 tasting room lawSanborn has drawn on her legal background to advocate for state-level policy changes that benefit Maine's craft beer industry.[8] In collaboration with the Maine Brewer's Guild, she submitted a bill to the 125th Maine Legislature that would permit breweries to sell their products on-site. At the time, breweries in Maine were only permitted to give away small samples of their products,[9] a business model which Sanborn and other industry leaders argued was not conducive to customer interaction and beer tourism.[10] The bill, LD #1889, was signed into law in April 2012.[10] Political careerSanborn ran unopposed for the 2016 Maine House of Representatives District 43 Democratic primary, and defeated Republican opponent Jeffrey Langholtz 65%-35% in the general election.[11] In June 2018, Sanborn won a contested primary against Portland City Councilor Jill Duson.[12] Sanborn ran unopposed in both the Democratic primary and in the general election in 2020 and was therefore elected to her second term representing District 28 in the Maine Senate.[11] Personal lifeSanborn co-owns and operates Rising Tide Brewery in Portland with her husband. Electoral recordMaine State House
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