Tom Allen
U.S. Congressperson
1945 –
Who is Tom Allen?
Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allen is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st congressional district, and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins.
Allen was first elected in 1996, defeating Republican incumbent James Longley, Jr. with 55 percent of votes cast to Longley's 45 percent. Allen was re-elected five times, receiving over 55 percent of the vote each time in his district, until his defeat in his 2008 run for the U.S. Senate. After, Allen was appointed president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers and began his term on May 1, 2009. His book Dangerous Convictions: What's Really Wrong with the U.S. Congress came out in 2013.
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- Born
- Apr 16, 1945
Portland - Spouses
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard Law School
- Wadham College, Oxford
- Bowdoin College
- Harvard University
- University of Oxford
- Employment
- Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Publishers
(2009/05/01 - )
- Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Publishers
- Lived in
- Maine
- Portland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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