CUMBERLAND — In his bid for a second term representing House District 45, Rep. Dale Denno, D-Cumberland, defeated Republican Tamsin Thomas, 3,355 to 1,709.
House District 45 covers Cumberland and part of Gray. Cumberland had a 76 percent voter turnout.
Denno has lived in town 34 years. He retired in 2013 from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, where he was director of the Office for Family Independence and worked with the Legislature for more than two years.
Denno has been chairman of Cumberland’s Aging in Place Committee and an adjunct professor of business law at Saint Joseph’s College. He has volunteered at Preble Street in Portland and the Cumberland Food Pantry.
Thomas, a political newcomer, has taught French, and while in California was a secretary at Warner Bros. and a manager at Walt Disney Productions. She moved to Cumberland two years ago.
“I feel overwhelmingly grateful to the voters for giving me the opportunity to continue serving them,” Denno said Tuesday. “Maine’s challenges are serious, and we’ve essentially lost ground for eight years during the LePage administration. We need to go back to Augusta with our sleeves rolled up and get Maine back on track.”
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