Its governor is Libby Mitchell, a member of the Progressive Social Democratic Party (PSDP). Its Lieutenant Governor is Stephen King, a prominent author of many books and an early advocate of New English independence, and a Senator in the New English congress. King is also a member of the PSDP. King has written many books and for a wide variety of topics and genres, from horror such as It and The Shining (among many others) to political manifestos, such as the PSDP's manifesto for 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. King, despite being just the Lieutenant Governor, is actually the more famous of the two members of the executive branch of Maine, as being a prominent political activist and writer has kept him in the spotlight since the 1980s.