Olympia Snowe
Sign in to saveAlso known as Olympia J. Snowe, Olympia Bouchles, Olympia Jean Snowe
American politician; U.S. Senator for Maine
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Defending the Filibuster, Revised and Updated Edition
- Fighting for Common Ground
- Nine and counting
- Meeting the climate challenge
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Another look at the instrumental variable estimation of error-components models
· 1995 · cited 14,693x
- Storylines of research in diffusion of innovation: a meta-narrative approach to systematic review
· 2005 · cited 673x
- Review on Psychological Stress Detection Using Biosignals
· 2022 · cited 630x
- A bright and fast source of coherent single photons
· 2021 · cited 556x
- Genetic Correction of a LRRK2 Mutation in Human iPSCs Links Parkinsonian Neurodegeneration to ERK-Dependent Changes in Gene Expression
· 2013 · cited 466x
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Quotes
- “It's not healthy for the country to have parties with polar opposite views without that bridge that you need to build consensus.”
- “Ultimately, we're heading to having the smallest political tent in history, the way events have been unfolding. If the Republican Party fully intends to become a majority party in the future, it must move from the far right back toward the middle.”
- “We are not working out issues anymore. We are working on a parallel universe, with competing proposals, up or down votes.”
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- John Kerry
- Succeeded by
- John Kerry
- Governor
- John McKernan
- Born
- Olympia Jean Bouchles , ( 1947-02-21 ) February 21, 1947 (age 79) , Augusta, Maine , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouses
- Peter Snowe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; died 1973 ) John McKernan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 )
- Education
- University of Maine ( BA )
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Olympia Jean Snowe (née Bouchles; born February 21, 1947) is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States senator, representing Maine for three terms from 1995 to 2013. A lifelong member of the Republican Party, Snowe played an influential role in influencing the outcome of close votes in the U.S. Senate and in ending U.S. Senate filibusters. In 2006, Time magazine named her one of "America's Best Senators". Throughout her U.S. Senate career, she was considered one of the chamber's most moderate members.
On February 28, 2012, Snowe announced that she would not seek re-election in the 2012 U.S. Senate election, and she retired when her third term ended on January 3, 2013. She cited hyperpartisanship, leading to a dysfunctional Congress, as her primary reason for her retirement. In January 2013, she was replaced by former Maine governor Angus King, a former Democrat and current independent who won the 2012 U.S. Senate election in Maine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olympia Snowe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.