Name Mark Lawrence | ||
Mark W. Lawrence (born June 27, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician from Maine. He was born in Kittery, Maine, the Democrat, Lawrence served in the Maine State Legislature from 1988-2000. He was elected as the President of the 118th Maine Senate in December 1996 and then elected as President of the 119th Maine Senate in December 1998, serving in that capacity until 2000. He challenged Republican incumbent Olympia Snowe in the 2000 U.S. Senate election and lost. He lost in the Democratic primary for the open seat in the 1st congressional district in 2008. He served from 2003-2010 as the York County District Attorney and did not seek re-election in 2010. He returned to private practice in South Berwick, Maine. In November 2016, he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives.