{{Short description|American politician (born 1943)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Anne Haskell | image = | state_house2 = Maine | district2 = Gorham | term_start2 = 1988 | term_end2 = 1994 | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | state_house3 = Maine | district3 = 117th | term_start3 = 2006 | term_end3 = 2012 | preceded3 = Joseph Brannigan | succeeded3 = Richard Farnsworth | state_senate4 = Maine | district4 = 9th | term_start4 = 2012 | term_end4 = 2014 | preceded4 = Joseph Brannigan | succeeded4 = redistricted | state_senate5 = Maine | district5 = 28th | term_start5 = 2014 | term_end5 = 2016 | predecessor5 = redistricted | successor5 = Mark Dion | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|8|12}} | birth_place = Portland, Maine | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Southern Maine | profession = | spouse = Lou Haskell }}
'''Anne M. Haskell''' (born August 12, 1943) is an American politician from Maine. A Democrat, Haskell represented part of Portland and Westbrook in the Maine Senate.<ref name="Maine.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/legis/house/hsebios/larram.htm |title=Maine House of Representatives: Anne M. Haskell |accessdate=10 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620085327/http://www.maine.gov/legis/house/hsebios/larram.htm |archivedate=20 June 2012 }}</ref>
Haskell was first elected to the Gorham Town Council in 1986. She served on both the Gorham Town Council until 1989. In 1988, Haskell was elected to the Maine House of Representatives to represent a portion of Gorham. She served in the House from Gorham until 1994. In 2006, she was re-elected as a representative, this time from Portland's 117th district.<ref name="PVS">{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/57588|title=Representative Anne Haskell|work=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref> Haskell was re-elected in 2008 and 2010.<ref name="Murphy"/> During the 2010–2012 term in the legislature, Haskell served as the ranking House Democrat on the legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.<ref name="Murphy">{{cite news|url=http://www.keepmecurrent.com/american_journal/news/haskell-to-run-for-state-senate/article_a11b1c32-476b-11e1-ad4a-001871e3ce6c.html |title=Haskell to run for state Senate |last=Murphy |first=Sean |date=January 25, 2012 |work=KeepMeCurrent |accessdate=10 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408072333/http://www.keepmecurrent.com/american_journal/news/haskell-to-run-for-state-senate/article_a11b1c32-476b-11e1-ad4a-001871e3ce6c.html |archivedate=8 April 2016 }}</ref>
During the 2012 United States Senate election, Haskell served as unenrolled Angus King's Cumberland County campaign chair.<ref name="Stone">{{cite news|url=http://capitolincite.bangordailynews.com/2012/09/05/senate-democrat-to-head-kings-bangor-office/ |title=Maine Senate Democrat to head King's Bangor office |last=Stone |first=Matthew |date=September 5, 2012 |work=Capitol Incite |publisher=Bangor Daily News |accessdate=10 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009010101/http://capitolincite.bangordailynews.com/2012/09/05/senate-democrat-to-head-kings-bangor-office/ |archivedate=9 October 2012 }}</ref>
She was elected to replace fellow Democrat Joseph Brannigan on November 6, 2012, defeating her Republican challenger with 72% of the vote.<ref name="maine.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2012/tabs-can-statesen-2012.html#d9|title=Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, Elections Division|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref> In July of the following year, following the resignation of Majority Leader Seth Goodall, Haskell was appointed Assistant Majority Leader of the Maine Senate.<ref name="MajorityLeader">{{cite news|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2013/07/10/politics/senate-democrats-pick-jackson-haskell-as-leaders-after-goodalls-resignation/|title=Senate Democrats pick Jackson, Haskell as leaders after Goodall's resignation|last=Cousins|first=Christopher|date=July 10, 2013|work=Bangor Daily News|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref>
Haskell retired from politics in 2016, and did not stand for re-election to the Maine Senate.<ref name="Billings 2016">{{cite news |last1=Billings |first1=Randy |title=Portland's departing state senators set off a chain reaction |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2016/01/05/portlands-departing-state-senators-set-off-a-chain-reaction/ |accessdate=30 December 2019 |work=Portland Press Herald |date=6 January 2016}}</ref>
==Personal== Haskell was born and raised in Portland, Maine. She attended the University of Southern Maine.<ref name="PVS"/>
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