Mike Michaud was born in Millinocket and raised in Medway, Maine.  He grew up valuing hard-work, community, and Maine's outdoor heritage.  He followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and worked in the Great Northern Paper Mill in East Millinocket.  Mike worked at the mill for over 29 years before being elected to Congress in 2002.

Mike Michaud has taken the experience of his hometown and his experience as a millworker to the floor of the United States Congress.  As a working class Mainer, Mike is in a unique position among members of Congress to understand the problems facing real Americans here and around the country.   

Mike has been working as Maine's Congressman for eight years.  Mike is fighting hard every day to protect and promote American jobs, to honor and serve our veterans, to set a path for energy independence and to ensure that Maine gets the investment we need to grow and prosper.