district state_senate religion birth_place party term_end birth_date term_start article_title state name
30th maine christian rumford , maine republican 2000 06 august 1941 1992 jane amero
 maine jane amero
jane amero

jane a. amero -lrb- born august 6 , 1941 -rrb- is an american teacher and politician from maine .
amero , a republican , served in the maine state senate from 1992-2000 , representing her residence in cape elizabeth , maine and nearby areas of cumberland county .
prior to serving in the state senate , amero served in local government for 15 years , including 6 years on the cape elizabeth school board and 9 years on the cape elizabeth town council .
amero also chaired the state board of education for three years .
amero served as the highest ranking elected republican in maine government from 1996 to 2000 , when she was twice elected by her colleagues as minority leader of the maine senate .
unable to run again due to term-limits , amero challenged democrat tom allen for congress in 2000 .
in a three way race which also featured libertarian party candidate frederic staples , amero garnered 36.5 % of the vote , losing to the incumbent allen .
amero was born and raised in rumford , maine and graduated from cornell university on a full scholarship .
amero taught in local schools from 1963-1967 .
following the end of her time in the state senate , amero worked as the director of governmental relations with the law firm pierce atwood .
