# Lisa Marrache
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{{Short description|American physician and politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
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| name = Lisa Tessier Marrache
| state_senate = Maine
| state = Maine
| district = 25th
| term_start = December 2006
| term_end = December 2010
| preceded = [Kenneth Gagnon](/source/Kenneth_Gagnon)
| succeeded = [Thomas Martin](/source/Thomas_Martin_(Maine_politician))
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| profession = Physician
| party = [Democratic](/source/Maine_Democratic_Party)
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'''Lisa Tessier Marrache''' is an American physician and politician from [Maine](/source/Maine). Marrache served as a [Democratic](/source/Maine_Democratic_Party) [State Senator](/source/Maine_State_Senate) from [Maine](/source/Maine)'s 25th District, representing much of [Kennebec County](/source/Kennebec_County%2C_Maine), including population centers of [Waterville](/source/Waterville%2C_Maine) and [Winslow](/source/Winslow%2C_Maine) as well as two communities in [Somerset County](/source/Somerset_County%2C_Maine), including [Pittsfield](/source/Pittsfield%2C_Maine). She was first elected to the [Maine State Senate](/source/Maine_State_Senate) in 2006 and withdrew from re-election in 2010 after winning the uncontested Democratic nomination. From 2008 to 2010, Marrache served as Assistant Senate Majority Leader.[{{cite news|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2010/06/23/politics/2-maine-senate-candidates-quit-race/?ref=search|title=2 Maine Senate candidates quit race|date=June 23, 2010|work=[Bangor Daily News](/source/Bangor_Daily_News)|publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)|accessdate=1 September 2013}}]
In 1999, Marrache was first elected to public office as a city councilor in Waterville. A year later, she was elected to the [Maine House of Representatives](/source/Maine_House_of_Representatives). She was re-elected in 2002 and 2004 before replacing Kenneth Gagnon in the Maine Senate in 2006.[{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/36932/lisa-marrache#.UiKhRjaURes|title=Lisa Tessier Marraché's Biography|publisher=[Project Vote Smart](/source/Project_Vote_Smart)|accessdate=1 September 2013}}]
==Personal==
Marrache earned a B.S. in chemistry from [Columbus State University](/source/Columbus_State_University) in Georgia and her M.D. from [Medical College of Georgia](/source/Medical_College_of_Georgia).