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Nathan Libby is an American Democratic former politician from Maine. He represented Senate District 21, which serves Lewiston, Maine's second-largest city. Libby grew up in central Maine and attended Bates College where he majored in history and economics. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern Maine and works as an economic development consultant, currently as the president of Community Concepts Finance Corporation. Libby served one term in the Maine House of Representatives from 2012 to 2014 and was first elected to the Maine Senate in 2014. He served as the Senate majority leader from 2018-2020.
On Friday, February 14, 2014, Libby announced he would seek the District 21 Senate seat held by Margaret Craven, who had just announced she would not seek re-election. In November 2014, he beat Republican Patti Gagne by less than 100 votes.
Libby ran unopposed in the 2016 Democratic primary, the 2016 general election and the 2018 Democratic primary. In the 2018 general election, he beat Republican Nelson Peters Jr. 60%-40%, and his Democratic peers unanimously elected him Senate majority leader.
November 2020, Libby was again selected as Senate majority leader. In early 2021, citing increasing professional and family obligations, Libby resigned his leadership position but remained in the District 21 seat..
Libby has served on the Government Oversight Committee, the Taxation Committee and the State and Local Government Committee.
In July 2021, after Lewiston City Councilor Safiya Khalid alleged racism at a meeting of the Lewiston Democratic Party, Libby dismissed her complaints and suggested Khalid's opponents were not racist.
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> "Lies and intolerance the root of D.C. attack" Twin City Times guest column, 16 January 2021
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