Jim Dill

Jim Dill
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
from the 26th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 7, 2022
Preceded byMaureen Terry
Member of the Maine Senate
from the 5th district
In office
December 3, 2014 – December 7, 2022
Preceded byEmily Cain
Succeeded byRussell Black
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceOld Town, Maine
Alma materUniversity of Maine
Purdue University (Ph.D)
OccupationProfessor of entomology; pest management specialist

James F. Dill is an American entomologist, politician and professor from Maine. A Democrat, Dill serves Maine House of Representatives District 26, comprising Bradley, the Penobscot Nation Voting District, and Old Town. Dill was first elected to the Maine Legislature in 2010 when he represented Maine House District 14 for two terms before running for the Senate District 5 in 2014. He completed his fourth term in the Maine Senate in 2022. Dill works as the pest management specialist for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Maine.[1] He is considered one of the foremost experts on insect pests in Maine and one of the pioneers of integrated pest management (IPM) in the state.[2]

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