Tom Allen

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Tom Allen

United States Representative from Maine's 1st district
In office 1997-present
Preceded by	Jim Longley
Succeeded by	Incumbent

Born	April 16, 1945 Portland, Maine
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Diana Allen
Religion	Non-denominational Protestant

Thomas H. (Tom) Allen (April 16, 1945- ) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing the 1st District of Maine(map).

Allen was first elected in 1996, defeating Republican incumbent James Longley Jr. 55%-45%. Since then Allen has been reelected with 60% in 1998 over Ross Connolly, 60% in 2000 over Jane Amero, 64% in 2002 over Steven Joyce, 60% in 2004 over Charlie Summers and 60% over Darlene J. Curley in 2006.

He was born in Portland, Maine, and educated at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Wadham College in the University of Oxford. After Oxford, he went on to Harvard University, and was a lawyer, a staff member for Governor Kenneth M. Curtis and for Senator Edmund S. Muskie, and Mayor of Portland, Maine before entering the House.

Allen has served on a variety of committees, focusing on campaign finance reform and health care reform. As a member of the Subcommittee on Health, he has proposed legislation to fix prices on drugs for seniors. While on the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, he fought Republican effors to weaking environmental rulings. Allen, while on the Budget Committee, has called for a pay-as-you-go system that would require offsets to pay for new taxcuts and new spending.

A December 7, 2006 article in Roll Call reports that Allen is considering running for United States Senate in 2008, against sitting Republican Senator Susan Collins.[1]

[edit] Election History

Year	Office	Election	Subject	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%
1996	Congress, District 1	General	Tom Allen	Democratic	173,745	55.32	James B. Longley, Jr.	Republican	140,354	44.68
1998	Congress, District 1	General	Tom Allen	Democratic	134,336	60.33	Ross Connelly	Republican	79,160	35.55	Eric Greiner	Independent	9,182	4.12
2000	Congress, District 1	General	Tom Allen	Democratic	202,823	59.81	Jane Amero	Republican	123,915	36.54	J. Frederic Staples	Libertarian	12,356	3.64
2002	Congress, District 1	General	Tom Allen	Democratic	172,646	63.81	Steven Joyce	Republican	97,931	36.19
2004	Congress, District 1	General	Tom Allen	Democratic	219,077	59.74	Charles Summers	Republican	147,663	40.26
2006	Congress, District 1	General	Tom Allen	Democratic	168,709	60.67	Darlene Curley	Republican	87,589	31.50	Dexter Kamilewicz	Independent	21,792	7.84