Mary E. Small (born September 12, 1954) is an American politician from Maine. A Republican, Small served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1979 to 1994 and the Maine Senate from 1994 to 2002.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=56237https://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/LegRec/ From 2000 to 2002, Senator Small served as the Republican Floor Leader. Small was unable to seek re-election in 2002 due to term limits. Small represented Bath, Maine and Sagadahoc County.https://history.mainelegislature.org/Presto/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=KFNlc3Npb25zLkZpcnN0X05hbWU6KE1hcnkpKSBBTkQgKFNlc3Npb25zLntMYXN0X05hbWV8Tm90ZXN9OihTbWFsbCkp&qcf=NjJkY2RjYTMtM2Q5Zi00NmUyLWJjOTctMDA0NWVkZWNmNTRk In July 2020, she was described as an ally of U.S. Senator Susan Collins when she filed a legal challenge against conservative independent Max Linn in an attempt to keep him off of the November Senate ballot. The challenge was ultimately unsuccessful, though Collins won re-election nonetheless.
Small graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a B.A. in political science in 1976.
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