{"id":2214588,"date":"2024-04-06T18:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T22:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-maine-gov-joe-brennan-dies-at-89\/"},"modified":"2024-04-06T18:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T22:59:06","slug":"former-maine-gov-joe-brennan-dies-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-maine-gov-joe-brennan-dies-at-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Brennan, ex-Maine Governor, passes away at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-maine-gov-joe-brennan-dies-at-89%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2214588&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Maine Governor Joe \u200dBrennan passed away at the age of 89 at\u2064 his home\u2063 in \u200bPortland. His extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">public service<\/a> career began in 1965 and included roles in the state legislature\u2062 and\u2063 as a district attorney before becoming the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-ag-charging-16-trump-supporters-with-eight-felonies-each-this-is-a-monstrous-injustice\/\" title=\"Michigan AG files eight felony charges against 16 Trump supporters, sparking outrage.\">state attorney \u2062general<\/a> and serving two terms as governor. \u2062Former Maine Governor Joe Brennan, \u2062who passed \u2063away at 89 in his Portland home, had a distinguished public service career that started in 1965. Over the course of his career, he served in various roles such as in the state \u200blegislature, as a\u200d district \u200cattorney, and eventually as the state attorney general and governor for two \u200cterms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Maine<\/a> Gov. Joe Brennan died Friday evening at his home in Portland, Maine, at the age of 89.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan\u2019s career in public service spanned parts of six decades, beginning in 1965. After stints in both houses of the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-legislatures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>state legislature<\/a> and a brief period as a district attorney, the Maine <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrat<\/a> served as the state attorney general before winning gubernatorial elections in 1978 and 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Following his tenure in the governor\u2019s mansion, Brennan won the election to represent Maine\u2019s 1st Congressional District in 1986 and served two terms in the House of Representatives. After an unsuccessful run to return to the governorship in 1990, he spent more than 13 years as a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission, earning nominations from Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Gov. Joseph Brennan (D-ME), left, enjoys a laugh with Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) during the opening ceremonies at Maine\u2019s Democratic presidential straw poll on Friday, Sept. 30, 1983, in Augusta, Maine. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as governor and two terms in the House, died Friday evening, April 5, 2024, at his home in Portland, Maine. He was 89. (AP Photo\/Pat Wellenbach)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME), whom Brennan appointed as the state\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-media-rave-about-strong-black-woman-fani-willis-standing-up-to-donald-trump\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Media Praises Fani Willis as a 'Strong Black' Woman Defying Donald Trump\">female district attorney<\/a> in 1980, released a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovJanetMills\/status\/1776673009178186224\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> Saturday expressing her sorrow for the loss and condolences to his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaine and the nation have lost a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-gen-colin-powell-dies-at-84-of-covid-19-complications\/\" title=\"DEVELOPING: Gen. Colin Powell dies at 84 of COVID-19 complications\">great public servant<\/a>, and I have lost a friend,\u201d Mills said. \u201c\u2026 Joe Brennan never stopped working to improve the lives of Maine people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mills, who is also Maine\u2019s first female governor, credited Brennan with setting her on a path to achieve that feat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGov. Brennan demonstrated for me and others that politics is about building relationships, that public service is not about enriching yourself but about enriching the lives of others, and that the most important relationship is the one we have with the people we serve,\u201d Mills said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Brennan, the former Governor of Maine, passed away at 89 on Friday evening at his Portland home. With a public service career that started in 1965, spanning six decades, he served in the state legislature, as a district attorney, and as a Democrat representing Maine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2214589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24097688359813-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24097688359813-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2214589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}