Janet Mills

Janet Trafton Mills (born December 30, 1947) is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2019 as the 75th governor of Maine. She previously served as the 55th and 57th attorney general of Maine and as a member of the Maine House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Mills was first elected attorney general by the Maine Legislature in 2009 and served until 2011. When Democrats regained control of the legislature, she was elected again in 2013, serving three more two-year terms. In 2018, Mills was elected governor, defeating Republican Shawn Moody and independent Terry Hayes after winning a crowded primary. She was reelected in 2022. Mills ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2026 United States Senate election in Maine. She later suspended her campaign and was defeated in the Democratic primary by Graham Platner.