Patricia LaMarche in 2004

 Patricia Helen LaMarche (born 26 November 1960) is an American political figure and activist with the Green Party; she was the party's vice-presidential candidate in the 2004 U.S. presidential election, with David Cobb as its presidential candidate, and is one of seven co-chairs of the party's national committee, the Green Party of the United States, elected to that position on July 24, 2005 [1]. 

"Pat LaMarche – Common Sense Leadership for Maine.": With these words, Pat announced her 2006 campaign for governor of Maine [2] as the Green Party candidate. Her positions garnered the endorsement, among others, of Chris Miller, progressive former Democratic candidate for governor who lost in the primaries. Image File history File links Pat_lamarche. ... Image File history File links Pat_lamarche. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... In United States politics, the Green Party has been active as a third party since the 1980s. ... Presidential election results map. ... David Cobb appealing for votes at the annual Fighting Bob Fest in Baraboo, Wisconsin, September 2004 David Keith Cobb (born December 24, 1962 in San Leon, Texas) is an American ex-lawyer and activist, and was the 2004 presidential candidate of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). ... In the United States, political party committees are organizations, officially affiliated with a political party and registered with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), which raise and spend money for political campaigning. ... This article specifically discusses the national committee of the Green Party in the United States. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

LaMarche was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the fourth of five children. Her father, Paul LaMarche, is a doctor, and her mother was at that time a housewife but later became an auditor employed by the state. When the family moved to Bangor, Maine, in the 1970s, LaMarche enrolled at John Bapst High School where she graduated near the top of her class. She pursued her education with four years at Boston College. Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area    - City 20. ... Official language(s) None Capital Providence Largest city Providence Area  Ranked 50th  - Total 1,214* sq mi (3,144* km²)  - Width 37 miles (60 km)  - Length 48 miles (77 km)  - % water 32. ... This article is about the Maine, USA city of Bangor. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about Boston College; for the unaffiliated urban university see Boston University. ...

She then returned to Maine in 1982 and married the following year to Michael Russell. After working as a high school math teacher for a few years, she had two children, Rebecca in 1985 and John in 1987. Patricia and Michael divorced in 1990. In the late eighties, she moved into the broadcasting field and was variously employed at television and radio stations in the Bangor area. LaMarche has taught Public Relations at Husson College's school of Communications and headed the Bangor chapter of the Children's Miracle Network, which she saw go from one of the worst in the nation to the most successful. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

In 1996 LaMarche moved south to Portland, Maine, to take a job as the first and only female host at the venerated heritage talk radio station, WGAN. She soon became known for her liberal views and was approached to run for governor of the state of Maine in 1998 on the Green Independent Party ticket. Despite a grassroots campaign, the death of her mother midway through, and raising her two children as a single mother, LaMarche led a respectable campaign that generated seven percent of the vote from a budget of just $20,000. She became the first woman in the history of the state of Maine to gain ballot access for a political party due to her campaign. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a 2004 population of 63,882. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Until the beginning of her vice-presidential campaign, LaMarche was employed by a country music radio station in Maine under the pseudonym of "Genny Judge;" however, this ended with her candidacy. country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ...

On September 5, 2004, LaMarche announced that she would be visiting and staying overnight in homeless and domestic violence shelters throughout the United States in a campaign tour designed "to draw attention to those living on the edge of society". September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Homeless shelters are residences for people, the homeless, in urban neighborhoods to stay temporarily when they otherwise would have to sleep on the street, similar to emergency shelters. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

On December 8, 2005, Ms. LaMarche announced her candidacy on the Maine Green Independent Party ticket for the 2006 gubernatorial race in Maine against incumbent Democrat John Baldacci. December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Maine Green Independent Party is the oldest state Green party in the United States. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A governor is an official who heads the government of a colony, state or other sub-national state unit. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... John Elias Baldacci (born January 30, 1955) is the current Governor of the U.S. State of Maine. ...

Left Out in America, LaMarche's book which chronicles her tour through American homeless shelters, was released on October 5, 2006, by upalaPress. October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

LaMarche is currently a resident of Yarmouth, Maine. Yarmouth is a town located in Cumberland County, Maine. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• Official Pat LaMarche for Governor Website

• Biography from 2006 candidacy webpage

• Official biography (former Cobb '04 webpage)

• Interview with La Marche about her tour of homeless shelters

• Political experts offer insights into LaMarche’s chances of becoming governor