Debra Plowman

Debra D. Plowman is an American politician and businesswoman from Maine. Plowman served as a Republican State Senator from Maine's 33rd District, representing western Penobscot County, including the population centers of Hampden, Dexter and Newburgh. She was first elected to the Maine State Senate in 2003 after serving from 1992 to 2000 in the Maine House of Representatives.

In 1993 as a state representative, Plowman helped design landmark child support reform.

In March 2012, Plowman announced her candidacy for the Republican Party's nomination for U.S. Senator to replace the retiring Olympia Snowe. Plowman finished in sixth and last place in the Republican primary with 9% of the vote. Secretary of State Charlie Summers won the Republican primary.