Ben Chipman is a Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

 politician. He was elected to the Maine Legislature

Maine Legislature

The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate...

 in 2010 by defeating Democrat Jill Barkley in District 119. Chipman ran as an independent candidate but was a longtime activist with the Maine Green Independent Party

Maine Green Independent Party

The Maine Green Independent Party is the oldest state Green party in the United States. It was founded following an informal meeting of 18 environmental advocates, including Bowdoin College professor John Rensenbrink and others in Augusta, Maine...

, Maine's affiliate of the Green Party of the United States

Green Party (United States)

The Green Party of the United States is a nationally recognized political party which officially formed in 1991. It is a voluntary association of state green parties. Prior to national formation, many state affiliates had already formed and were recognized by other state parties...

. The seat had previously been held by Herb Adams

Herbert Adams (politician)

Herbert Adams is a Maine politician and historian. A Democrat, Adams was a member of the Portland School Committee from 1997-2004. He represented the Portland neighborhoods of East Bayside and Parkside]] in the Maine House of Representatives. He is also a noted historian of local history, having...

 but Adams was unable to run again due to term limits. Chipman was also a member of Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine

Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

's Charter Commission to rewrite the City's Charter. He worked in the Legislature from 2002-2006 as Legislative Aide to John Eder

John Eder

John Eder is an American activist and politician from the state of Maine. Eder lives in Portland and is a member of the Maine Green Independent Party, the Maine affiliate of the national Green Party. He served in the Maine House of Representatives as the legislature's first member of the Green...

, also of the Maine Green Independent Party.

External links

• Campaign Website
• Questionnaire The League of Young Voters