Maine Green Party Leader to Run for Governor in 2010
Posted in State Party News on December 10th, 2008 by Ronald Hardy – 14 CommentsLynne Williams, Chair of the Maine Green Party, has announced that she intends to run for Governor of Maine in 2010. Based on the article below in the Bangor Daily News, Williams has a strong resume and could have a major impact in this race.
In 2006 Green Party gubernatorial candidate Pat LaMarche won 9.56% of the vote in Maine. In 2002, Green Party gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Carter won 9.28% of the vote in Maine.
Maine Green party chairwoman to run for governor
By Bill Trotter
BDN StaffBAR HARBOR, Maine — An attorney who has championed numerous environmental and human rights causes in Maine has announced that she intends to run for governor in 2010.
Lynne Williams, 58, is state chairman of the Maine Green Independent Party and serves on the planning board in Bar Harbor. She has lived in Maine for 10 years, first in Augusta and then in Rockland before moving to Bar Harbor four years ago. In 2004, she ran unsuccessfully for the Maine House of Representatives as a Green party candidate in Rockland.
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