Denise Harlow

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name = Denise Harlow

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| state_house = Maine

| district = 36th

| term_start = December 3, 2014

| term_end = December 5, 2018

| predecessor = Redistricted

| successor = Michael F. Brennan

| state_house1 = Maine

| district1 = 116th

| term_start1 = December 1, 2010

| term_end1 = December 3, 2014

| predecessor1 = Charles Harlow

| successor1 = Redistricted

| party = Democratic (before 2017)
Independent (2017–present)

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| alma_mater = Brandeis University

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| residence = Portland, Maine

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Denise Patricia Harlow is an American politician from Maine. Harlow, an independent from Portland, Maine, served in the Maine House of Representatives from December 2010 until December 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx|title=Legislators Biographical Search|publisher=Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=31 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201040243/http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx|archive-date=1 February 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/121070/denise-harlow#|title=Denise Harlow Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=31 January 2015}} She succeeded her father, Charles Harlow, for the District 116 seat in 2010.

On May 26, 2017, Harlow unenrolled from the Democratic Party, along with fellow representative Ralph Chapman.{{cite web|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/26/two-democratic-lawmakers-drop-from-party/|title=Two Democratic lawmakers drop out of party|author=Miller, Kevin|newspaper=Portland Press Herald|date=May 26, 2017|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}