Amy Arata

American politician
Amy Arata
Preceded byEleanor Espling
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
from the 104th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 7, 2022
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
from the 65th district
In office
December 5, 2018 – December 7, 2022
Preceded byEleanor Espling
Personal details
Born
Amy Bradstreet

Winslow, Maine, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMichael Arata
RelationsRichard Bradstreet (father)
Children3
Residence(s)New Gloucester, Maine, U.S.
EducationGordon College (BA)
University of California,
Davis (MS)

Amy B. Arata is an American politician serving as a member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 104th district. She assumed office on December 5, 2018.

Early life and education

Arata was born in Winslow, Maine and attended Lawrence High School. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Gordon College and a Master of Science in genetics from the University of California, Davis.[1]

Career

After graduating from Gordon College, Arata worked at the Naval Blood Research Laboratory at Boston University. Arata later worked in the Dept. of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. While there, Arata designed and published a method to distinguish between Taylorella asinigenitalis and Taylorella equigenitalis based on variations of their 16S rRNA sequences.[2] Arata was elected to the MSAD 15 school board and was also appointed by the Maine Governor and confirmed by the Maine Senate as a member of the Maine State Board of Education. Arata was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in November 2018 and assumed office in December 2018.[3]

In January 2019, Arata sponsored a bill that would revise a state law governing the dissemination of obscene materials to minors. Arata later stated that she was inspired to sponsor the bill after her teenage son was assigned to read Kafka on the Shore, which perpetuated the myth that rape is mutually pleasurable.[4]

Personal life

Arata and her husband, Michael, have three children and live in New Gloucester, Maine. Arata's father, Richard Bradstreet, is also a member of the Maine House of Representatives.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Amy Arata's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  2. ^ Jang, S. S.; Donahue, J. M.; Arata, A. B.; Goris, J.; Hansen, L. M.; Earley, D. L.; Vandamme, P. A.; Timoney, P. J.; Hirsh, D. C. (2001). "Taylorella asinigenitalis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the genital tract of male donkeys (Equus asinus)" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (3): 971–976. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-3-971. PMID 11411723.
  3. ^ "Amy Arata". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  4. ^ "Maine lawmaker seeking to ban "obscene" books from schools". AP NEWS. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  5. ^ "Dad, daughter serving together in Maine House, 1st on record". AP NEWS. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
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