Transformational: Ken Curtis, Maine’s Reform Governor

Ken Curtis was Maine’s Governor (1967-75) at a time of war and upheaval, disrupting longstanding social and partisan arrangements in state and national politics. Rather than create a stalemate, these conflicts ushered in a creative, large-scale revisioning of state government with strong bipartisan support, though Curtis never commanded a legislative majority. The breadth and durability of his achievements during a critical time of change in our country offer profound lessons from his time for our own.