“Rise, Decline and Renewal” tells the remarkable story of the Maine Democratic Party. As a journalist, Douglas Rooks served as editorial page editor for the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, editor and publisher of Maine Times; he has written about state government and politics for 33 years, earning numerous national and regional awards. His biography, Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible, was published in 2016 by Down East Books. He is currently a local columnist for the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, is at work on a biography of a pioneering Franco jurist and politician, Albert Beliveau, and is a staff member for a Maine gubernatorial campaign.