Beverly Daggett

At the end of a special session Wednesday, Senate President Beth Edmonds (D-Freeport) slammed down the gavel, likely for the last time.

Following the proceeding, PolitickerME caught up with Edmonds and asked her to reflect on her time in office. The whole conversation is below.

“It’s been amazing being the second woman, and standing on the shoulders of Bev Daggett,” Edmonds said. “I learned a ton about myself and other people. I think the greatest accomplishment is that I really helped heal the wounds between the House and Senate, and got us working together more often than not, which wasn’t the case previously.”

Former Senate President Beverly Daggett, D-Augusta, has endorsed York County District Attorney Mark Lawrence for the first Congressional District seat.

Six Democrats are eyeing Tom Allen’s seat, which he is vacating to run for Senate. They are Lawrence, Chellie Pingree, Stephen Meister, Adam Cote, Michael Brennan and Ethan Strimling.

Daggett said she served with all except Cote in her nine legislative terms, ending in 2003-2004 when she was Senate president. She said she knew Lawrence the longest. He chaired the first committee she served on, and was president during her first term in the Senate.