Neria Douglass
{{short description|American politician and attorney}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birthname = Neria R. Douglass
| office = 50th Treasurer of Maine
| state = Maine
| term_start = January 7, 2013
| term_end = January 6, 2015
| preceded = Bruce Poliquin
| succeeded = Terry Hayes
| office2 = Auditor of Maine
| state2 = Maine
| term_start2 = January 2005
| term_end2 = December 2012
| governor2 = John Baldacci
Paul LePage
| preceded2 = Gail M. Chase
| succeeded2 = Pola Buckley
| state_senate3 = Maine
| district3 = 22nd
| term_start3 = 1998
| term_end3 = 2004
| preceded3 = John J. Cleveland
| succeeded3 = Christine Savage
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|11|16}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| party = Democratic
| spouse = Paul Douglass
| alma_mater = Wellesley College (BA))
Vanderbilt University (JD)
}}
Neria R. Douglass (born 1952) is an American attorney and politician who served as State Treasurer of Maine.{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/19611/neria-douglass#.UP1qCSe1VLs|title=Auditor Neria Douglass Political Summary - Project Vote Smart|work=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=21 January 2013}} Priorly, she served as State Auditor and also represented Auburn in the Maine Senate.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx |title=Legislators Biographical Search |access-date=2013-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201040243/http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx |archive-date=2015-02-01 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2012/12/04/news/dems-choose-familiar-faces-for-secretary-of-state-attorney-general/|title=Dems choose familiar faces for secretary of state, attorney general|publisher=}} She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Career
Douglass was the chair of the Auburn School Committee from 1989 to 1994, and she served on the Auburn City Council from 1994 to 1998.
Douglass began her term as State Treasurer on January 7, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kjonline.com/news/Maine-constitutional-officials-to-take-oaths-.html|title=Maine constitutional officials to take oaths|date=7 January 2013|publisher=}} Douglass stated after being sworn in that she hopes to persuade Governor Paul LePage to authorize the sale of voter-approved bonds, something which LePage has said he won't do until the State's financial picture improves.{{cite news|url=http://www.kjonline.com/news/Democratic-officers-take-their-oaths.html|title=Democratic officers take their oaths|last=Mistler|first=Steve|date=January 7, 2013|work=Kennebec Journal|accessdate=January 7, 2013}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=Mr. Guye |fix-attempted=yes }}
Maine Democrats nominated Douglass to serve a second term, but the Legislature selected the nominee suggested by Republicans, Teresea Hayes, a former Democrat.{{cite news|title=Hayes wins election as state treasurer|url=http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/12/03/hayes-wins-election-as-state-treasurer/|newspaper=Kennebec Journal|date=December 4, 2014}}
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Category:Politicians from Boston
Category:Politicians from Auburn, Maine
Category:Democratic Party Maine state senators
Category:Women state legislators in Maine
Category:State treasurers of Maine
Category:School board members in Maine
Category:Maine city council members
Category:Women city councillors in Maine
Category:21st-century American women politicians