Maine Green Independent Party
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Maine Green Independent Party
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| Chairman | Gil Harris & Patricia Jackson |
| Headquarters | PO BOX 10345, Portland, Maine, 04104 |
| Ideology |
Green politics Progressivism Social-Democracy Eco-Socialism |
| National affiliation | Green Party of the United States |
| Colors | Green |
| Seats in the US Senate |
0 / 2
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| Seats in the US House |
0 / 2
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| Seats in the Maine Senate |
0 / 35
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| Seats in the Maine House |
0 / 151
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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. It was founded following an informal meeting of 18 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 party is based on the 10 Key Values of:
The party achieved its current ballot status in 1998. Previously the Maine Green Party achieved ballot status in 1994 with the Jonathan Carter gubernatorial campaign, but lost it in 1997 after Ralph Nader failed to get 5% of the vote for President in 1996, a requirement of state law that has since been changed.
In 1998, Pat LaMarche requalified the political party with her campaign for governor, but under the a new name, the Maine Green Independent Party. LaMarche ran again in 2006 capturing almost 10% of the vote in a five-way race. The campaign's website was indexed by the Library of Congress and won a Golden Dot Award, because of the site's use of new ways to interact with voters.
The party (in terms of registered votes) is currently in a period of continuous growth stretching back to 1998 according to state records,. As of December 4, 2008 there were 31,676 greens in the state comprising 3.19% of the electorate.
As of November 6, 2012, 37,764 Maine voters were registered in the Maine Green Independent Party, representing 3.83% of the statewide electorate.
As of November 2014, registration in the MGIP had increased to 40,771 (4.12%) of Maine voters.
In August 2015, the party decided to open its 2016 primary to unenrolled voters.
The party realizes its greatest successes in the state's largest city, Portland. From 2002 to 2006, the highest-ranking elected Green in the United States was John Eder, who served in the Maine House of Representatives for Portland's West End neighborhood. Four of the state's elected Greens are Portland officeholders, including three School Committee members, and one City Councilor.
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