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13 October
5:43 pm

I spent nine years on a school board, several years as chair.

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Hannah Pingree, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (WGME)

5:43 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific claim about duration of service on a school board and as chair — verifiable against public records of her biography.
What we foundThe school board chairmanship is confirmed, but the duration of total board service appears to be approximately eight years, not nine, based on multiple independent sources.
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