People with the group No Labels hold signs during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 13, 2013. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin / AP

No Labels has withdrawn as a political party in Maine, the secretary of state announced Thursday.

The centrist advocacy group, founded in 2010 with the slogan “Not Left. Not Right. Forward,” first notified the secretary of state’s office in June to say it no longer planned to remain a qualified party.

“However, at that time there was no mechanism in Maine law to allow a party to withdraw its party status once it had become qualified,” Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said in a news release.

No Labels gained official party status in Maine in January 2024. At the time it had more than 9,400 registered members in the state. The party planned to run a “unity” presidential ticket as an alternative to Joe Biden and Donald Trump but abandoned that plan in April 2024.

As of February 2025, the most recent data available from the state, the No Labels Party had 17,215 registered members.

Maine voters who were enrolled with No Labels have been changed to unenrolled and can enroll in a new party through the state’s voter registration portal at maine.gov/vote.

Ethan Andrews is the night editor. He was formerly the managing editor at The Free Press and worked as a reporter for The Republican Journal and Pen Bay Pilot.

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