Heather B. Sanborn is an American politician and attorney currently representing District 28 (portions of the cities of Portland and Westbrook) in the Maine State Senate.
Sanborn grew up in Portland[1] and attended Middlebury College where she graduated summa cum laude as the salutatorian of her class in 1997.
[1] She worked as a law clerk to Kermit Lipez on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and as an associate in the litigation department at Ropes & Gray.
At the time, breweries in Maine were only permitted to give away small samples of their products,[9] a business model which Sanborn and other industry leaders argued was not conducive to customer interaction and beer tourism.
[10] Sanborn ran unopposed for the 2016 Maine House of Representatives District 43 Democratic primary, and defeated Republican opponent Jeffrey Langholtz 65%-35% in the general election.