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Talbot Ross is the fourth woman to serve as speaker. And all three of her predecessors — Libby Mitchell, Hannah Pingree and Sara Gideon — were present for Wednesday's ceremony.
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On Thursday, Democrats in Maine's House of Representatives nominated State Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross to be the state's first Black speaker.
Talbot Ross’s ascension to House Speaker comes 50 years after her father, Gerald Talbot, made history to become the first Black person ever elected to the Maine Legislature.
Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross was nominated Thursday over another Portlander, Ed Crockett, to lead the chamber. Read more at Boston.com.