Maine Democratic Party

Maine Democratic Party
ChairpersonBev Uhlenhake
GovernorJanet Mills
Senate PresidentTroy Jackson
House SpeakerRachel Talbot Ross
HeadquartersAugusta, Maine
Membership (2024)Decrease 341,925[1]
IdeologyModern liberalism
National affiliationDemocratic Party
ColorsBlue
US Senate
(Maine seats)
0 / 2
US House
(Maine seats)
2 / 2
Seats in the Maine Senate
22 / 35
Seats in the Maine House
82 / 151
Nonvoting Seats in the Maine House
1 / 3
Executive Offices[a]
4 / 4
Election symbol
Website
www.mainedems.org

The Maine Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Maine.

After the Civil War, Democrats were a minor player in a political scene dominated by the Republican Party. However, during the 1950s, Edmund Muskie led an expansive political insurgency culminating in his election as Governor of Maine and successive Democratic elections to both state and national offices.[2]

It is currently the state's favored party, controlling both houses of the state legislature, governorship, and both of Maine's U.S. House seats. One of Maine's U.S. Senate seats is currently held by Angus King, an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats.

  1. ^ Winger, Richard (5 July 2024). "June 2024 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "1946-1970 A Different Place". Maine History Online. Retrieved 2018-02-20.


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