Jonathan Carter (politician)
Jonathan Carter | |
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Born | Connecticut, U.S. |
Education | Williams College (BA) University of New Hampshire (MS) |
Political party | Green |
Spouse | Dorothy |
Children | 2 |
Jonathan Carter is an American
Early life and education
Carter was born in Connecticut and attended Deerfield Academy, a prep school in Deerfield, Massachusetts.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College and a Master of Science in Botany and Forest Pathology from the University of New Hampshire. He also began work on a doctorate at the University of Maine and Antioch College.[3]
Career
Environmental advocacy
Carter is best known in Maine for his work on forestry issues. He directed the 1996 ban clear-cutting campaign, "No on the Compact" (1997) and the "Forest for the Future Campaign" (2000). Both referendum campaigns were unsuccessful.[4] He serves as director of the Forest Ecology Network.[5] the largest grassroots forest activist network in Maine.
Gubernatorial campaigns
In 1994, Carter made his first run for governor of Maine. His campaign received 32,695 votes for 6.4% of the vote, which was enough for the Maine Green Party to be recognized as a political party by the state.[6][7]
In 2002, Carter again ran for governor. In that campaign, he promoted himself as the first and only candidate to that time to run for governor as a publicly-financed candidate due to the Maine Clean Elections Act.[8] Carter received 46,903 votes for 9.3% of the vote.[9] At the time his campaign, there were only 9,000 registered Green Independent voters in Maine. The Library of Congress recorded and stored a web archive of his campaigns website.[10] His campaign also retained and extended the ballot status of the Maine Green Independent Party through 2006.[7]
Personal life
Carter moved to Maine in 1978 and lives in a nineteenth-century farmhouse in Lexington, Maine, which is located in the unorganized territory of Central Somerset, Maine. He grows organic food on his farm, as well as maintaining a woodlot. He and his wife, Dorothy, have two children.[3]
Further reading
G. Gerritt, A Campaign for the Forest : The Campaign to Ban Clearcutting in Maine in 1996, Leopold Press, Inc., 1997.
References
- ^ "General Election Tabulations". Government of Maine. November 3, 1992. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
- ^ Higgins, A.J. (October 30, 2002). "Jonathan Carter Populist candidate reaches out for votes". Bangor Daily News. p. A7. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ a b "Vote 2002". PBS.org. Archived from the original on October 2, 2002. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
- ^ Bruce, Noah (December 6–13, 2001). "CAMPAIGN 2002: Green Party rising". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ "Forest Ecology Network Home Page". Forestecologynetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ^ "General Election Tabulations - November 8, 1994 - Governor - by County, A-H (Secretary of State, State of Maine, U.S.A.)". Archived from the original on 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- ^ a b "Green Party ballot qualification history". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
- Sun Journal. September 30, 2002. p. A6. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ "General Election, November 5, 2002 - Tabulations - Governor (Secretary of State, State of Maine, U.S.A.)". Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ "About this Collection - United States Elections Web Archive | Digital Collections | Library of Congress". Lcweb4.loc.gov. 2000-08-01. Retrieved 2017-06-16.