THE RULES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MAINE PREAMBLE These rules and procedures are adopted to guarantee access to 11 who wish to join the Democratic Party of Maine, and equality to all who choose to participate in its affairs. To urge public policies which consider the needs of all, and which recognize the rights…
CHAPTER 7 STATE COMMITTEE BY-LAWS § 700 Name 1. There shall be the Maine State Democratic Committee, to be so known. § 710 Purpose 1. The Committee’s purpose shall be to promote the ideals and platform of the Democratic Party of Maine. § 720 Powers and Duties 1. The State Committee is the supreme governing…
The overall political party balance in the Legislature is important since a joint convention of both bodies elects the Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and State Auditor. The Republican party controlled that joint convention from 1917 through 1974 except for 1965-1966 and 2011-2012. Since 1974 the Democratic party has had an overall…
in Maine followed national trends and identities from the very beginning of statehood. Party alignments of national consequence began to form before the end of Washington’s first term. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton was the master politician of the Federalists. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, in cooperation with his fellow Virginian, James Madison, led…
For the nearly 100 years from 1857 through 1954, the Republican Party dominated the state’s politics. Thirty-one Republican governors served during the period, compared with four Democrats. During the 1950s and 1960s Republican enrollment began to slide as Democrats and unenrolled voters became a larger portion of the electorate. Registration is the process for “signing…