Ben Chipman

He 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.

He 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.

The state's Government Oversight Committee unanimously voted to launch the investigation, and Chipman led an effort to impeach LePage.

[10] After a contentious Democratic primary in 2016,[11][12], Chipman won 53% of the vote in the Maine Senate District 27 three-way general election, and he was re-elected in 2018, 2020 and finally 2022.

[13] In June 2024, a day prior to the primary election, Chipman withdrew from a bid to return to the Maine House of Representatives in District 118.