Why Running Matters - make a difference early in elected office | Henry Beck | TEDxColbyCollege

Being a politician is never easy. Balancing social life and academics as an undergraduate is hard, but serving on the local city council at the same time is even harder. Henry Beck is a 2009 graduate of Colby College and has represented part of Waterville and Oakland in the Maine Legislature since 2008.


Henry Beck '09 has represented part of Waterville and Oakland in the Maine Legislature since 2008. A Waterville native, he graduated from Colby College in 2009. Prior to serving in the Legislature, Henry was a member of the Waterville City Council while at Colby, He is the House Chair of the Insurance and Financial Services Committee, and works as an attorney in Waterville.

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