FARMINGTON – State Rep. Janet T. Mills has announced that she is running for a second term to the House of Representatives.

A native of Farmington, graduate of Farmington High School and former district attorney for Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties, Mills has served on three committees in her first term in the Maine Legislature. These are the Judiciary Committee, the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, and the Joint Select Committee on Regionalization and Community Cooperation.

In addition, she was appointed to serve on the special Commission to Study Sentencing and the Incarceration and Management of Prisoners.

Mills said she has worked hard to be a forceful advocate for western Maine in Augusta. Beyond her own committees, she has made herself a vocal presence at proceedings before the Education Committee, the Taxation Committee and the Appropriations Committee in an effort to make sure the needs of Farmington and rural Maine residents are recognized.

An advocate of property tax reform, Mills said that she will continue to work for laws that reduce taxes for Maine residents and encourage efficiency in government. Mills has been part of the tri-partisan “Rural Caucus,” which she said generated many of the most significant tax reform proposals this past session.

“It was a great experience,” Mills stated, “to work alongside independent legislators and members of both parties to tackle some of the most difficult issues of the session. Our work is not done, however, and I want to maintain the momentum to enact significant bipartisan reforms.”

Mills, a Democrat, is a member of the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation Board, the Mount Blue Public Access Board and the Farmington Historical Society; she is a past member of the Abused Women’s Advocacy Board, the Maine Humanities Commission and many legal associations.

House District 89, formerly District 78, covers the towns of Farmington and Industry; it was not changed during the recent reapportionment of the Legislature.

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