Maine Democratic Party
The Maine Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Maine.
Maine Democratic Party | |
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| Chairperson | Drew Gattine |
| Governor | Janet Mills |
| Senate President | Troy Jackson |
| House Speaker | Rachel Talbot Ross |
| Headquarters | Augusta, Maine |
| Membership (2023) | 400,770 |
| Ideology | Modern liberalism Progressivism |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| US Senate (Maine seats) | 0 / 2
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| US House (Maine seats) | 2 / 2
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| Seats in the Maine Senate | 22 / 35
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| Seats in the Maine House | 82 / 151
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| Nonvoting Seats in the Maine House | 1 / 3
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| Executive Offices | 4 / 4
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| Website | |
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After the Civil War, Democrats were a minor player in a political scene dominated by the Republican Party. However, during the 1950s, Edmund Muskie led an expansive political insurgency culminating in his election as Governor of Maine and successive Democratic elections to both state and national offices.
From 2012 to 2019, despite having a Republican governor in Paul LePage, the party remained strong, holding key offices in the state government and the U.S. Congress and maintaining a majority in the Maine House of Representatives for six of LePage's eight years in office. It is currently the state's favored party, controlling both houses of the state legislature, governorship, and both of Maine's U.S. House seats. One of Maine's U.S. Senate seats is currently held by Angus King, an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats.