Charlie Summers

Charlie Summers is the Republican nominee in the 2008 congressional elections for the 1st Congressional District (map) of Maine. He is the Republican nominee seeking to replace incumbent Rep. Tom Allen (D-Maine), who is running for Senate. He won primary elections which took place on June 10, 2008.

Bio
He is currently a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserve assigned to the Communications Division of the Strategic Effects Directorate, Multi National Forces – Baghdad, Iraq. For the past two years, Charlie has served as the New England Regional Administrator to the U.S. Small Business Administration. In that capacity, he managed SBA District Offices in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont and had oversight of the SBA’s Financing, Marketing and Outreach efforts in the six-state region.

2008 elections
Summers is the Republican nominee seeking to replace incumbent Rep. Tom Allen (D-Maine), who is running for Senate. He won primary elections which took place on June 10, 2008.

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Committees
Summers will be assigned committees if and when he is elected to Congress.

Contact
Charlie Summers for Congress Committee 107 Exchange Street Portland, ME 04101 207-883-5105

Email: [mailto:ruth@summersforcongress.org ruth@summersforcongress.org]

Related SourceWatch articles

 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections
 * 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
 * Portal:Maine and the U.S. Congress

External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on Maine's 1st Congressional District
 * Official Summers for Congress website

External articles

 * Jessica Benton Cooney, "Official Challenge to Maine Sen. Collins Sets Up Key 2008 Match," CQ Politics, May 8, 2007
 * "Summers to run for Congress, but first he's off to Iraq," Associated Press (via Portland Press Herald), July 4, 2007.
 * Jessica Benton Cooney, "Maine Republican Enters House Race — Then Reports for Iraq Duty," CQ Politics, July 6, 2007.