Ben Chipman is a member of the Maine Senate representing District 27, comprising part of Portland, Maine.
12 Facts About Ben Chipman
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Ben Chipman earned a degree in liberal arts from the University of Maine in 1997.
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Ben Chipman worked as an aide in the Office of the Clerk at the Maine State House beginning in 2002.
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Ben Chipman was a founding member of the Portland Green Independent Committee.
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Ben Chipman first ran for Maine House District 119, representing Portland's Parkside, Bayside, and East Bayside neighborhoods, in 2010.
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In 2012, Ben Chipman faced Herb Adams, who had held the District 119 seat until 2010.
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Ben Chipman was joined by fellow unenrolled lawmakers Jeffrey Evangelos, Joseph E Brooks and James J Campbell in the Maine House.
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On September 4,2015, Ben Chipman announced that he was joining the Democratic Party.
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Ben Chipman stated that one of his priorities was to hold LePage accountable for his behavior, and by joining the majority party in the Maine House of Representatives, Chipman would be in a better position to accomplish that goal.
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Ben Chipman was one of three members of the Maine House who requested an investigation of LePage for using $530,000 of taxpayer funds to pressure a private school into firing their new president, a political rival of the Governor.
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The state's Government Oversight Committee unanimously voted to launch the investigation, and Ben Chipman led an effort to impeach LePage.
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Ben Chipman was a 2021 board member of Amistad Peer Support and Recovery, a Portland nonprofit.