Penthea's Life in Maine

Penthea Burns for Maine State Representative
No One Will Work Harder for Maine

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Meet Candidate Penthea Burns

Penthea & her Mom, Mary, share a laugh at a family gathering.

"I grew up in a working class family in Central Maine. Our parents’ generosity and community involvement gave my siblings and me a great example to follow. My parents and my community instilled in me the values of social justice, hard work and our responsibility to look out for one another. The values my parents taught me led me to a career in public service."

Penthea is a...

Lifelong Mainer.
Public servant since 1981, working with youth in foster care.
Volunteer & Board member, Camp To Belong & Camp To Belong Maine which reunites siblings separated by foster care.
Employed at the Muskie School of Public Service, engaging Mainers in state government & systems change.
Graduate of the University of Maine System. She holds a B.A. from the University of Southern Maine and a Masters in Social Work the University of Maine at Orono.
Committed to her long-term partner and their adult son who is a recent college graduate.
Board Member of the Chinook Owners Association, currently serving as Immediate Past President and Registrar. The Chinook Owners Association is bringing the Chinook, a New England sled dog, back from the brink of extinction.
Enthusiastic nature photographer.

Penthea's recreational sled team

I am a lifelong Mainer, blessed to grow up surrounded by Maine’s natural beauty. I will work hard to protect all that Maine has to offer.

I am lucky to have wonderful young people in my life like Ash Morgan, a 2008 recipient of the Teens Who Care award. I believe we have so much to learn and gain from our young people.