{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Jeffrey Timberlake |image = |office = Minority Leader of the Maine Senate |term_start = December 2, 2020 |term_end = December 7, 2022 |predecessor = Dana Dow |successor = Trey Stewart |office2 = Member of the Maine Senate |term_start2 = December 5, 2018 |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = Garrett Mason |successor2 = |constituency2 = {{ubl|22nd district (2018–2022)|17th district (since 2022)}} |order3 = Member of the Maine House of Representatives |term_start3 = December 1, 2010 |term_end3 = December 5, 2018 |predecessor3 = Lawrence Sirois |successor3 = Joshua Morris |constituency3 = {{ubl|96th district (2010–2014)|75th district (2014–2018)}} |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = Central Maine Community College }} '''Jeffrey Timberlake''' is an American politician from Maine. A Republican, Timberlake represents District 17 in the Maine Senate, having previously represented District 22. Previously, he served in the Maine House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018.<ref>https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=260105</ref> In the House, Timberlake represented District 96, which Hebron, Minot and his residence in Turner. He earned an associate degree in business management from Central Maine Community College. He is also a former member of the Turner Planning Board.<ref name="PVS">{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/121048/jeff-timberlake#.U1L_dfldWFk|title=Jeff Timberlake's Biography|work=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 19, 2014}}</ref>
During his first term in the Senate, Timberlake served as Assistant Minority Leader. After Sen. Dana Dow lost re-election in November 2020, Timberlake was elected Minority Leader of the Republican caucus.<ref>{{cite news |title=GOP picks longtime lawmakers to lead Maine Senate minority |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2020/11/11/politics/gop-picks-longtime-lawmakers-to-lead-maine-senate-minority/ |work=Bangor Daily News |date=November 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="BDNDec2020">{{cite news |title=Lawmakers kick off a pandemic-altered session |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2020/12/02/politics/lawmakers-kick-off-a-pandemic-altered-session/ |work=Bangor Daily News |date=December 2, 2020}}</ref>
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