This book tells the remarkable story of the Maine Democratic Party – how it suddenly rose from irrelevance in 1954 with the election of Governor Ed Muskie, successfully challenged the ruling Republican Party over the next two decades, and initiated a creative period of wide-ranging reforms. .
This book tells the remarkable story of the Maine Democratic Party – how it suddenly rose from irrelevance in 1954 with the election of Governor Ed Muskie, successfully challenged the ruling Republican Party over the next two decades, and initiated a creative period of wide-ranging reforms. .
As a journalist, Douglas Rooks served as editorial page editor for the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, and editor and publisher of Maine Times; he has written about state government and politics for 33 years, earning numerous national and regional awards. His biography, Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible, was published in 2016 by Down East Books. A graduate magna cum laude of Colby College, he is former board president of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church, and lives with his wife in a 210-year-old farmhouse in West Gardiner.
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Preface Rise Chapter 1 Beginning: 1954 Chapter 2 Building: 1955-65 Chapter 3 Reform Governor: 1966-74 Decline Chapter 4 Prosperity: 1974-86 Chapter 5 Disaster: 1986-94 Chapter 6 The Long Decline: 1994-2010 Renewal Chapter 7 Recovery Chapter 8 A Different State Chapter 9 The Future Afterword Acknowledgements Sources Index
