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.
Chellie MariePingree is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maine's 1st congressional district since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,her district includes most of the southern part of the state,including Portland and Augusta.
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.
The 2008 Maine Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 1,February 2,and February 3 at various locations throughout the state of Maine. The results were used to apportion 21 delegates for the state. The Maine Republican caucuses were the first caucuses in the 2008 election season in which Rudy Giuliani was out of the race.
Lawrence Steven Bliss is an American educator and former politician from the state of Maine. A Democrat,he served in the Maine House of Representatives (2000–2008) and the Maine Senate (2008–2011). He resigned as a senator on April 15,2011 after accepting a position as an administrator at California State University,East Bay,and leaving the state of Maine.
The 2010 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Baldacci was term-limited and unable to seek re-election. Primary elections took place on June 8,2010. The candidates who appeared on the November ballot were:Eliot Cutler (Independent),Paul LePage (Republican),Libby Mitchell (Democrat),Shawn Moody (Independent),and Kevin Scott (Independent).
Jeffery Allen Gifford was an American politician in the state of Maine. Gifford served as a Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives,representing the House District 12 from 2006 until 2014. He served on the House Agriculture,Conservation and Forestry Committee (third-term),and then House District 142 from 2020 until his death on June 12,2022. He was first elected in 2006,was re-elected in 2008,2010 and 2012. He was elected again in 2020 in what was by this time House District 142. He was running for reelection in the redrawn and renumbered House District 28 at the time of his death.
Elizabeth H. Mitchell is an American politician from Maine. Mitchell,a Democrat,represented part of Kennebec County in the Maine Senate from 2004 to 2010. Mitchell was also the Democrats' 2010 candidate for the office of Governor of Maine. She finished in third place behind Republican Paul LePage and unenrolled attorney Eliot Cutler. She is the only woman in United States history to have been elected as both speaker of her state house of representatives and president of her state senate.
Elections were held on November 2,2010 to determine Maine's two members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th Congress from January 3,2011 until January 3,2013. Primary elections were held on June 8,2010.
Portland,Maine,held an election for mayor on November 8,2011.
The 2014 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Republican governor Paul LePage ran for re-election to a second term in office,against Democrat Mike Michaud,the U.S. representative from the second district,and independent Eliot Cutler,an attorney and second-place finisher from the 2010 gubernatorial election. The primary elections were held on June 10,2014.
Amy Fern Volk is an American politician from Maine. A Republican from Scarborough,Maine,Volk was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2010 when she defeated incumbent Democrat Sean Flaherty.
The 2018 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next 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 reelection to a third consecutive term in office although he later announced his campaign for a third term in the 2022 election.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 6,2018,alongside a gubernatorial election,U.S. House elections,and other state and local elections. Incumbent Independent Senator Angus King won reelection to a second term.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine were held on November 6,2018,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Maine,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including a gubernatorial election,other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
Eliot Cutler is a former American lawyer who was an Independent candidate in Maine's 2010 and 2014 gubernatorial races. In 2010,he placed second in a multi-way race,receiving 208,270 votes,equaling 35.9%,narrowly losing to Republican Paul LePage. In 2014 he garnered only 8.4%,placing third behind both the Democratic candidate as well as LePage,who was re-elected with 48.2% of the vote. Both times,he was claimed to be a spoiler for the Democratic candidate. In March 2022,Cutler was arrested and charged with four counts of possessing child pornography.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine were held on November 3,2020,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Maine,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The election was conducted with ranked choice voting,as per the result of a referendum passed in 2016.
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.
Rachel Talbot Ross is an American politician and activist. A Democrat from Portland,Talbot has been the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives since December 2022. When she was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2016,Talbot Ross became the first Black woman to serve in the Maine Legislature. Talbot Ross represents District 40,consisting of the Parkside,Bayside,East Bayside,and Oakdale neighborhoods of Portland as well as the University of Southern Maine campus. She became Maine's first African-American House Speaker,and the highest-ranking African-American politician in Maine history,when she was elected speaker on December 7,2022.
