About William R. Stokes
William R. Stokes was an American lawyer, politician and judge.
William R. Stokes is an American politician and former mayor of Augusta, Maine. Stokes became mayor of Augusta on June 16, 2011, when his predecessor, former Mayor Roger Katz, resigned from office to take a seat in the Maine Senate. Stokes is a member of the Democratic Party.
Stokes was also the chief of the criminal division of the Maine Attorney General's Office.
On May 7, 2014, Stokes was nominated to serve as a justice of the Maine Superior Court by Governor Paul LePage. Stokes was nominated to the seat held by Jeffrey Hjelm; Hjelm was nominated to serve on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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Mayor of Augusta, Maine
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