Charlie Webster (politician)

For the British television presenter, see Charlie Webster. For the English football player, see Charlie Webster (footballer).

Charles M. Webster is an American politician from Maine. Webster, a Republican from Farmington, served 14 years in the Maine Legislature, including four in the Maine House of Representatives (1980–1984) and ten in the Maine Senate (1984–1994).[1] In the Senate, Webster served one term (1986–1988) as Assistant Minority Leader and two terms (1988–1992) as Minority Leader.[2]

In 1994, Webster sought the Republican nomination for Governor.[3] Webster finished 7th of 8 candidates.[4][5]

Webster was named Chair of the Maine Republican Party in 2008.[6] He stepped down in December 2012 after the party lost control of both the House of Representatives and Senate in the November 2012 general election.[7][8] He was replaced as chair by Richard Cebra, a former State Representative from Naples, Maine.[9]

On August 10, 2015, Maine Governor Paul LePage appointed Webster to serve as a county commissioner for Franklin County's District 2, as an interim replacement for Commissioner Fred Hardy, who died on July 4 in the third year of his four-year term.[10]

  1. ^ https://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/LegRec/
  2. ^ https://history.mainelegislature.org/Presto/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=KFNlc3Npb25zLlBvc2l0aW9uX3NlYXJjaD0oIlNlbmF0ZSBNaW5vcml0eSBMZWFkZXIiKSkgQU5EIChTZXNzaW9ucy5Cb2R5PSgiU2VuYXRlIikp&qcf=NjJkY2RjYTMtM2Q5Zi00NmUyLWJjOTctMDA0NWVkZWNmNTRk
  3. ^ Young, Susan (April 1, 1994). "Sen. Charles Webster Joins Race for Governor". Bangor Daily News. p. 5. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Maine Governor Primary Results". Maine SOS. June 14, 1994. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  5. ^ https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=29049
  6. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/kennebec-journal-maine-gop-has-new-chair/123530762/
  7. ^ Long, Robert (November 8, 2012). "GOP chairman Charlie Webster to step away from Maine party leadership". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  8. ^ Sharon, Susan (November 9, 2012). "Charlie Webster Stepping Down as Chair of Maine GOP". Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  9. ^ Long, Robert (December 1, 2012). "Maine Republican committee names successor to Charlie Webster". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  10. ^ "LePage appoints Charlie Webster as Franklin County commissioner". Bangor Daily News. August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.