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Maine Green Independent Party | |
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Co-Chairs | Lyn Maravell & Fred McCann |
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] |
Website | |
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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]