23 Facts About Ethan Strimling

Ethan King Strimling was born on October 19,1967 and is an American non-profit executive, television personality, and politician from Maine.

Ethan Strimling previously served as a Democratic state senator from 2003 to 2009.

Ethan Strimling was the Executive Director of LearningWorks, a West End non-profit organization, and has served as a political columnist and commentator for the Portland Press Herald.

Ethan Strimling was born and raised in New York City.

Ethan Strimling's father, Arthur Strimling, was a Jewish theater director and midrashic story-maker based in Brooklyn.

Ethan Strimling's mother was not Jewish but he was raised in Jewish culture.

Ethan Strimling attended the Juilliard School for Theater from 1985 to 1987.

Ethan Strimling earned a master's degree in Education from Harvard University in 1994.

Ethan Strimling then came back to Maine to serve as State Senator Dale McCormick's Campaign Manager for her 1996 Congressional race.

Ethan Strimling began serving as the Executive Director of Portland West, a non-profit social-service agency that works with at-risk kids and low-income families in Portland's West End, in 1997.

Ethan Strimling's first run for public office was for the Portland City Council in 1999.

Ethan Strimling was defeated by incumbent Jack Dawson by just 24 votes.

In 2002, Strimling ran his first campaign for the Maine State Senate to succeed Anne M Rand.

Ethan Strimling was elected for a third term in 2006.

Ethan Strimling has served as Chair of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, and in 2006, was Co-Chair of Maine's Homeland Security Task Force.

In 2008, when Democratic Congressman Tom Allen announced that he would challenge US Senator Susan Collins, Ethan Strimling declared that he would run for Maine's 1st congressional district.

Ethan Strimling was succeeded in the Maine Senate by fellow Democrat Justin Alfond.

In February 2010, when Ethan Strimling was appointed to the New England board of the Anti-Defamation League, he became the first Maine resident to be appointed to the position.

On July 26,2011, Ethan Strimling formally announced he was running for Mayor of Portland.

Ethan Strimling announced his intention to seek a second term as Mayor in the 2019 Portland, Maine mayoral election on June 23,2019.

In 2020, Ethan Strimling played a leading role in People First Portland, a campaign to pass five municipal ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, enact rent control, ban facial recognition surveillance, limit short term rentals, and a Green New Deal.

In 2021 Ethan Strimling funded a push poll showing Maine Senate President Troy Jackson leading former governor Paul LePage in a hypothetical matchup in the 2022 Maine gubernatorial election with current Governor of Maine Janet Mills polled against LePage.

Ethan Strimling has no children and resides in Portland, Maine.