# Deborah Simpson

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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| name         = Deborah Simpson
| state_senate = Maine
| state        = Maine
| district     = 15th
| term_start   = December 3, 2008
| term_end     = December 6, 2010
| preceded     = [Lois Snowe-Mello](/source/Lois_Snowe-Mello)
| succeeded    = [Lois Snowe-Mello](/source/Lois_Snowe-Mello)
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| spouse       = Manuel Pilar
| profession   = 
| party        = [Democratic](/source/Maine_Democratic_Party)
| website      = 
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'''Deborah L. Simpson''' is an American politician from [Maine](/source/Maine). Simpson served as a [Democratic](/source/Maine_Democratic_Party) [State Senator](/source/Maine_State_Senate) from [Maine](/source/Maine)'s 15th District, representing part of [Androscoggin County](/source/Androscoggin_County%2C_Maine), including her residence in [Auburn](/source/Auburn%2C_Maine) 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](/source/Project_Vote_Smart)|accessdate=16 June 2013}}</ref> She was elected to the [Maine House of Representatives](/source/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](/source/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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