Neria Douglass

Neria Douglass
Neria Douglass
50th Maine State Treasurer
	In office; January 7, 2013 – January 6, 2015
Preceded by	Bruce Poliquin
Succeeded by	Terry Hayes
State Auditor of Maine
	In office; January 2005 – December 2012
Governor	John Baldacci; Paul LePage
Preceded by	Gail M. Chase
Succeeded by	Pola Buckley
Member of the Maine Senate; from the 22nd district
	In office; 1998–2004
Personal details
Born	Neria R. Douglass; November 16, 1952; Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Paul Douglass
Alma mater	Wellesley College (BA)); Vanderbilt University (JD)

Neria R. Douglass (born 1952) is an American attorney and politician who served as State Treasurer of Maine.[1] Prior to that, she served as State Auditor and also represented Auburn in the Maine Senate.[2][3] She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Career

Douglass was the chair of the Auburn School Committee from 1989 to 1994, and she served on the Auburn City Council from 1994 to 1998.

Douglass began her term as State Treasurer on January 7, 2013.[4] Douglass stated after being sworn in that she hopes to persuade Governor Paul LePage to authorize the sale of voter-approved bonds, something which LePage has said he won't do until the State's financial picture improves.[5]

Maine Democrats nominated Douglass to serve a second term, but the Legislature selected the nominee suggested by Republicans, Teresea Hayes, a former Democrat.[6]

gollark: > How is it wastefulMacBooks are very expensive and not particularly worth it.

gollark: How wasteful.

gollark: Or, well, the obvious alternative.

gollark: Maybe. On the one hand I at least like to think I'm vaguely better than average at actually paying attention to explanations for things and won't just immediately consign them to "outgroup → bad" or "not convention → bad". On the other hand probably most people think that since people are bad at comparing things. On the third hand, which I totally have, the alternative is to just assume people doing things are probably right, which seems wrong.

gollark: No, which is why I said I didn't care that much.

References

"Auditor Neria Douglass Political Summary - Project Vote Smart". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2013-01-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Dems choose familiar faces for secretary of state, attorney general".
"Maine constitutional officials to take oaths". 7 January 2013.
Mistler, Steve (January 7, 2013). "Democratic officers take their oaths". Kennebec Journal. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
"Hayes wins election as state treasurer". Kennebec Journal. December 4, 2014.

Political offices
Preceded by Gail M. Chase	Maine State Auditor 2005–2012	Succeeded by Pola Buckley
Preceded by Bruce Poliquin	Treasurer of Maine 2013–2015	Succeeded by Terry Hayes

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[PVS-1] "Auditor Neria Douglass Political Summary - Project Vote Smart". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2013-01-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Dems choose familiar faces for secretary of state, attorney general".

[4] "Maine constitutional officials to take oaths". 7 January 2013.

[5] Mistler, Steve (January 7, 2013). "Democratic officers take their oaths". Kennebec Journal. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

[6] "Hayes wins election as state treasurer". Kennebec Journal. December 4, 2014.