Personal Life and Family
Baldacci is a Roman Catholic. He lived with his wife Karen and son Jack in the Blaine House in Augusta, while governor.
In Washington as U.S. representative, Baldacci resided for four years in the C Street house of The Fellowship church with other lawmakers. Though considerable controversy came to surround the institution, Baldacci dismissed questions about it in 2003, calling it "a cheap rent."
Baldacci is a first cousin once removed of former Maine senator and majority leader George J. Mitchell and a second cousin of author David Baldacci. In addition, he is also related to State Representative Chris Greeley, who like Baldacci and Mitchell, is half-Lebanese. His wife Karen was the head of Maine Reads, a nonprofit umbrella organization for Read With ME, privately funded by Verizon. Karen now works as a registered dietitian (RD) at the Supplemental Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) in Bangor.
He holds a technician class amateur radio license with call sign KB1NXP.
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