Michael Herman Michaud is an American businessman and politician from Maine. Michaud served as the U.S. representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The primarily rural district comprises nearly 80% of the state by area and includes the cities of Lewiston,Auburn,Bangor,Presque Isle,and Ellsworth. It is the largest Congressional district by area east of the Mississippi River.
Angus Stanley King Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maine since 2013. A political independent,he served as the 72nd governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003.
The 1956 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 85th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 6,1956,while Maine held theirs on September 10. They coincided with the re-election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The 1908 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3,1908,with Oregon,Maine,and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the 1908 United States presidential election,which William Howard Taft won. Elections were held for all 391 seats of the United States House of Representatives,representing 46 states,to serve in the 61st United States Congress.
The 1916 United States Senate elections were elections that coincided with the re-election of President Woodrow Wilson. This was the first election since the enactment of the Seventeenth Amendment that all 32 Class 1 Senators were selected by direct or popular elections instead of state legislatures. Republicans gained a net of two seats from the Democrats,and then a furthered seat through mid-term vacancies thereby reducing Democrats to a 53-43 majority.
John Eder is an American activist and politician from Maine. Eder,a Democrat,lives in Biddeford. He is a former member of the Maine Green Independent Party,the Maine affiliate of the national Green Party. He served in the Maine House of Representatives as the legislature's first member of the Green Party for two terms and was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2004. Until his defeat in 2006 Eder was one of only a handful of independent or third party state legislators in the country and was the highest-ranking elected Green official in the United States. Eder ran for Mayor of Portland,Maine in 2011. In 2014,Eder won a race for an at-large seat on the Portland Board of Education.
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. 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. From 1994 to 2006,the party's gubernatorial nominees received between 6% and 10% of the vote.
Ethan King Strimling is an American non-profit executive,television personality,and politician from Maine. Strimling was elected to 3 terms in the Maine Senate (2003-2009),one term a Mayor of Portland,Maine (2015-2019),serving one term. Strimling previously served as a Democratic state senator from 2003 to 2009. He was the Executive Director of LearningWorks,a West End non-profit organization,and has served as a political columnist and commentator for the Portland Press Herald.
Justin Loring Alfond is an American politician and real estate developer. He served as a Democratic State Senator from the 8th District,which represents much of Portland. Alfond was first elected to the State Senate in 2008 to replace Democrat Ethan Strimling;he beat former State Senator Anne Rand and Cliff Ginn. He was re-elected in 2010 and 2012. In 2012,he faced Green Independent Party Chair Asher Platts. Alfond won with 71% of the vote in a two-way race.
Portland,Maine,held an election for mayor on November 8,2011.
Cynthia Dill is an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate,representing the 7th district which is composed of South Portland,her hometown of Cape Elizabeth,and a small portion of Scarborough.
Jon Hinck is an American environmentalist,lawyer and politician. From 2006 to 2012 he served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives,representing House District 118,part of Portland,Maine. From 2013 through 2016,Hinck held an at-large seat on the Portland,Maine City Council.
The 2014 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014 to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Republican governor Paul LePage won re-election to a second term,defeating Democratic nominee Mike Michaud,the U.S. representative from Maine's 2nd congressional district,and independent Eliot Cutler,an attorney and second-place finisher from the 2010 gubernatorial election. This is currently the most recent election that Maine elected a Republican governor. Primary elections were held on June 10,2014.
The 2018 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018 to elect the governor of Maine. It occurred along with elections for the U.S. Senate,U.S. House,and other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Paul LePage was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term;he later unsuccessfully sought a third term in 2022.
Portland,Maine,held an election for mayor on November 3,2015. It was the second election since Portland voters approved a citywide referendum changing the city charter to recreate an elected mayor position in 2010.
Jill Duson is an American lawyer,lobbyist,and politician from Portland,Maine.
Portland,Maine,held an election for mayor on November 5,2019. It was the third election to be held since Portland voters approved a citywide referendum changing the city charter to recreate an elected mayor position in 2010.
Katherine Merchant Snyder is an American politician who served as Mayor of Portland,Maine from 2019 until 2023. Prior to her election as mayor,she served as executive director of the Portland Education Foundation,a non-profit which raised funds for Portland Public Schools.
The 2023 Portland,Maine mayoral election was held on November 7,2023,to elect the mayor of Portland,Maine.
Charles Barton Ladd is an American former politician in the state of Georgia.
