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Maine Green Independent Party | |
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| Co-Chairs | Lyn Maravell & Kelly Merrill |
| Senate leadership | None |
| House leadership | None |
| Headquarters | PO BOX 10345, Portland, Maine, 04104 |
| Membership (2021) | 45,577[1] |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Green Party of the United States |
| Colors | Green |
| Seats in the US Senate | 0 / 2 |
| Seats in the US House | 0 / 2 |
| Seats in the Maine Senate | 0 / 35 |
| Seats in the Maine House | 0 / 151 |
| Nonvoting Seats in the Maine House | 0 / 3 |
| Local offices | 59 (February 2024)[update][2] |
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The Maine Green Independent Party is a state-level political party affiliated with the Green Party of the United States. It is the oldest state green party in the United States.[3] It was founded following an informal meeting of 17 environmental advocates, including Bowdoin College professor John Rensenbrink and others in Augusta, Maine in January 1984.[4] From 1994 to 2006, the party's gubernatorial nominees received between 6% and 10% of the vote.
On September 21, 2017, state representative Ralph Chapman switched party affiliation from independent to the Green Independent Party.[5][6] He did not stand for re-election in 2018 because he was term-limited. A month later, non voting member Henry John Bear also switched his party affiliation to the Green Independent Party from the Democratic Party.[7]
- ^ "Voter Registration Data, Election Data and Online Forms". Maine Secretary of State. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ "Greens in Office". Green Party of the United States. Retrieved June 2, 2024..
- ^ Rensenbrink, John. The Greens and the Politics of Transformation, 1992, R & E Miles
- ^ "The Ellsworth American - Offline". Ellsworthmaine.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ^ Cousins, Christopher. "Lawmaker's party switch gives Greens a seat in the Maine House". Bangor, Maine: Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ^ Pfeifle, Sam. "Rep. Chapman joins Maine Green Independents". Washington, DC: Green Party of the US. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ Administrator. "Second state representative enrolls Green Independent". mainegreens.org. Retrieved November 28, 2017.