Alex Cornell du Houx - Candidate for Maine State Legislature
State: MaineCandidacy: State Legislature (HD-66)
Website: http://www.alexcornell.org
Alex Cornell du Houx is currently running for the Maine State Legislature in district 66. He has worked as a tutor in area schools for the past six years and served on the board of the local Habitat for Humanity chapter. Alex also led a service trip to Guatemala with the program Safe Passage to help kids move from the city dump into the classroom. Similarly he worked in Peru to help build a playground for kids in Lima and completed a year of service in Brunswick with the AmeriCorps program.
He was deployed to Iraq with the Marines in 2006 and serves as a 0351 assaultman, working with demolitions and rockets. After a yearlong deployment patrolling the streets in and around Fallujah he returned safely to continue his work serving the community through military, political and community service
Alex grew up in the small town of Solon Maine where he attended Carrabec High School. He was accepted to Bowdoin College as a Mitchell Scholar and joined the Marine Reserves in 2002. Originally an Astronomy and Government major, he spent most of his time founding and building the Community Service Council, working for Habitat for Humanity and running track.
Alex became politically engaged after returning from eight months of training with the Marines in 2004. He worked for the Office of Health Policy and Finance where he assisted the Dirigo Health program, which aims to provide health insurance to every citizen of Maine. He is currently working with the Legislative Youth Advisory Commission, which has submitted legislation to encourage civic participation and improve school athletic policy.
Alex also serves as the National Council Chair for the College Democrats of America and was formally the co-president of the Maine College Democrats, which grew from 3 to 23 chapters within a year, published the only statewide college Dems paper in the nation and have become one of the strongest political organizations in Maine. In addition, he worked to block a bill that would have prevented college students from registering to vote on campus.
Alex is also an experienced photographer (www.acornell.com) and his parents, Paul and Ramona, have a small publishing company in central Maine. He also has two sisters. Emily recently graduated from Amherst College and Becky serves in the Maine National Guard and attends the University of Maine at Farmington.
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