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

He 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.

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

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

During a recount, the City Council awarded 35 disputed ballots to Strimling after his campaign argued that voters who filled in a blank line below his name had intended to vote for him.

After the Council decided to preliminarily award Stimling the election longtime city councilor and former Mayor Cheryl A. Leeman commented "This is the worst example of politics that I've seen in my years in this chamber.

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

After his tenure in City Hall ended, Strimling became active in the Maine branch of the Democratic Socialists of America.

[1] In 2020, 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.

Four out of five initiatives passed (only the short-term rentals limit failed) despite being outspent by the Portland business community and the opposition of Mayor Kate Snyder.