Richard Evans

Richard Evans is an American physician and politician from Maine. Evans, a Democrat, has served in the Maine House of Representatives since 2020. He is a surgeon at Northern Light Mayo Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. He is African-American and became the first Democrat to represent the overwhelmingly white district in 30 years. He serves as a member on the Joint Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services. Growing up in a poor part of Houston, Texas, Evans earned a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Chemistry from Howard University and a Doctorate of Medicine from Thomas Jefferson University's Jefferson Medical College. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Politicians from Houston People from Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Howard University alumni Jefferson Medical College alumni 21st-century African-American politicians African-American state legislators in Maine 21st-century American politicians 20th-century African-American physicians 20th-century American physicians 21st-century African-American physicians 21st-century American physicians 20th-century surgeons 21st-century surgeons