Charlie Summers

Charlie Summers
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Acting
In office
January 1, 2019 – May 19, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byDana White
Succeeded byJonathan Rath Hoffman
48th Secretary of State of Maine
In office
January 5, 2011 – January 7, 2013
GovernorPaul LePage
Preceded byMatthew Dunlap
Succeeded byMatthew Dunlap
Member of the Maine Senate
from the 31st district
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995
Preceded byBarry Hobbins
Succeeded byJoan Pendexter
Personal details
Born (1959-12-26) December 26, 1959 (age 64)
Danville, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationBlack Hawk College
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BS)

Charles E. Summers Jr. (born December 26, 1959) is an American politician, businessman, and Iraq War veteran. A Republican from the state of Maine, he served as Acting Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs in the first Trump Administration.[1]

A member of the Maine Senate from 1991 to 1995, Summers ran for the Republican nomination for Maine's 1st congressional district in 1994, finishing second in the primary. He was the nominee for the same seat in 2004 and 2008, losing on each occasion to the Democratic candidate. From 2011 to 2013, he served as the Secretary of State of Maine. He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate to succeed retiring Republican Olympia Snowe in the 2012 election, but lost to former independent Governor Angus King.

  1. ^ "Navy Reserve captain assumes role of DOD spokesman". Stars and Stripes. January 1, 2019.