Mark W. Lawrence | |
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Member of the Maine Senate from the 35th district | |
Assumed office December 5, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Dawn Hill |
In office December 2, 1992 – December 6, 2000 | |
Preceded by | Stephen C. Estes |
Succeeded by | Kenneth F. Lemont |
Member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 2nd district | |
In office December 7, 2016 – December 5, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Roberta Beavers |
Succeeded by | Michelle Meyer |
Member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 1st district | |
In office December 7, 1988 – December 2, 1992 | |
Preceded by | Frederick F. Soucy |
Succeeded by | Kenneth F. Lemont |
Personal details | |
Born | 1958 Kittery, Maine, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Tina |
Children | 2 |
Residence | South Berwick, Maine |
Alma mater | Bowdoin College (BA) University of Maine (JD) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Website | lawrence |
Mark W. Lawrence (born 1958) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician currently serving in the Maine Senate. Lawrence represents Senate District 35, comprising the towns of Eliot, Kittery, Ogunquit, South Berwick, York and part of Berwick. Lawrence was born in Kittery and attended Bowdoin College and the University of Maine School of Law where he was elected to his first term in the Maine House of Representatives. He has served a total of three terms in the Maine House and is serving his sixth nonconsecutive term in the Maine Senate, where he served as president from 1996 to 2000. Lawrence was the 2000 Democratic United States Senate nominee, challenging incumbent Olympia Snowe, and in 2008 he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Maine's 1st congressional district. Lawrence pursued private law practice for 14 years before becoming the York County District Attorney from 2003 to 2010. In 2010, he returned to private practice and operates the Lawrence Law Firm out of Kittery.