{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Deborah Simpson | state_senate = Maine | state = Maine | district = 15th | term_start = December 3, 2008 | term_end = December 6, 2010 | preceded = Lois Snowe-Mello | succeeded = Lois Snowe-Mello | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Manuel Pilar | profession = | party = Democratic | website = }}
'''Deborah L. Simpson''' is an American politician from Maine. Simpson served as a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 15th District, representing part of Androscoggin County, including her residence in Auburn from 2008 to 2010.<ref name="PVS">{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/37018/deborah-simpson#.Ub3SvPmG3pU|title=Deborah Simpson Biography - Project Vote Smart|work=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=16 June 2013}}</ref> She was elected to the Maine House of Representatives, representing Auburn, in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006, each time as a publicly financed candidate.<ref name="publiccampaign">{{cite web|url=http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2006/08/14/profile-maine-rep-deborah-simpson|title=Profile: Maine Rep. Deborah Simpson|publisher=Public Campaign|accessdate=16 June 2013|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609064156/http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2006/08/14/profile-maine-rep-deborah-simpson|archivedate=9 June 2013}}</ref> She was unable to seek re-election to the House in 2008 due to term-limits. In one of the tightest 2008 state senate campaigns, Simpson challenged incumbent Republican Lois Snowe-Mello.<ref name="Tipping">{{cite web|url=http://www.downeast.com/the-tipping-point/2008/october/senate-district|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620013354/http://www.downeast.com/the-tipping-point/2008/october/senate-district|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 20, 2013|title=Senate District 15|last=Tipping|first=Mike|date=October 14, 2008|accessdate=16 June 2013}}</ref> She ran for the State Senate and unseated Snowe-Mello by 104 votes. In a Republican wave election, Simpson lost to Snowe-Mello in 2010.
In her only term in the Senate, Simpson chaired two committees, specifically the Government Oversight Committee and the Joint Committee on State and Local Government.<ref name="publiccampaign"/>
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