Olympia Snowe was born in Augusta, Maine, in 1947 and earned a degree in political science from the University of Maine in 1969. Senator Snowe is only the fourth woman in American history to be elected to both houses of Congress and the first to also serve in both houses of a state legislature. When first elected to Congress in 1978 at the age of thirty-one, Snowe was the youngest Republican woman, and the first Greek American woman, ever elected to Congress. She has won more federal elections in Maine than any other person since World War II and is now the third-longest serving female in the history of Congress. Snowe is married to former Maine governor John R. McKernan, Jr., and lives in Falmouth, Maine.
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An outspoken centrist, Senator Snowe stunned Washington in February 2012 when she announced she would not seek a fourth term and offered a sharp rebuke to the Senate, citing the dispiriting gridlock and polarization. After serving in the legislative branc... SEE MORE