Rise, Decline and Renewal - The Democratic Party in Maine

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. .

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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. .

Product details

• Authors: Doug Rooks
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780761870180
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7018-0
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Central / national / federal government policies, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Central government policies, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, Elections and referenda / suffrage