Shenna Bellows, 50, is Maine's Secretary of State since 2021, overseeing elections and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She previously served three terms as a state senator from Kennebec County (2016-2020) and was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014, losing to incumbent Susan Collins. Before public service, she was executive director of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. Bellows has built a reputation as a tribal sovereignty advocate and is positioning herself as an experienced leader with both legislative and executive experience.
Bellows graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1993, earned a B.A. in international politics and economics from Middlebury College in 1997. She is from Hancock, Maine. Her career includes executive leadership at civil rights organizations and work modernizing state government systems at the BMV.