Richard Rosen is an American politician. Schneider is a Democratic

Maine Democratic Party

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 State Senator from Maine

Maine

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's 32nd District, representing part of Penobscot County

Penobscot County, Maine

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, including the population centers of Orono

Orono, Maine

Orono is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It was first settled in 1774 and named in honor of Chief Joseph Orono of the Penobscot Nation. It is home to The University of Maine. The population was 10,362 at the 2010 census.- Geography :...

 and Lincoln. She was first elected to the Maine State Senate in 2004 after serving from 1996-2004 in the town government of Orono.

Personal

Schneider and her family moved from Lexington, Virginia

Lexington, Virginia

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 to Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 a year after her birth in 1963. Schneider's parents were active in the peace and equal rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s. She graduated from an all girl's high school in Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan

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 and met her husband while studying at the University of Colorado

University of Colorado

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. The couple moved to Orono in 1987.