Maine Green Independent Party
Maine Green Independent Party | |
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| Co-Chairs | Lyn Maravell & Kelly Merrill |
| Senate leadership | None |
| House leadership | None |
| Headquarters | PO BOX 10345, Portland, Maine, 04104 |
| Membership (2021) | 45,577 |
| 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) |
| 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. 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.
On September 21, 2017, state representative Ralph Chapman switched party affiliation from independent to the Green Independent Party. 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.