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D.C. Statehood Greens Celebrate Six Victories.

D.C. Statehood Green Party
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org

Monday, November 8, 2004

Contact:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-487-0693, scottmclarty@yahoo.com

THE D.C. STATEHOOD GREEN PARTY CONGRATULATES ITS 2004 CANDIDATES, CELEBRATES SIX ANC VICTORIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The D.C. Statehood Green Party thanked and congratulated the party's 2004 candidates for public office, and noted that six Statehood Greens were elected to nonpartisan Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.

"Our candidates ran aggressive, positive campaigns, meeting thousands of voters, raising issues important to D.C. voters," said T.E. Smith, a Statehood Green Party activist. "They hammered away on accountability over lead-tainted D.C. drinking water, on the need for a restored full-service public hospital, on the waste of taxpayers' money for a proposed ballpark, and on the goal of statehood and democracy for the people of D.C. They did so without accepting any of the corporate money that has compromised Democrat and Republican politicians. We are immensely proud of them, and grateful too."

The number of voters registered in the D.C. Statehood Green Party has climbed steadily during the past year, and now stands at 5,215. Maine is the only state where the Green Party has a higher percentage registrants than the District of Columbia.

The ANC seats exemplify the commitment of the Statehood Greens and the Green Party nationally to grassroots organizing and civic empowerment.

"Being an ANC commissioner is a great opportunity to promote community involvement and to help empower D.C. citizens which is key to making city leaders put their constituents first, not real-estate developers or stadium owners," said Alex Hogan, who won his race for ANC 1A03. "It also reiterates to me that the best way for Greens and other progressives to start taking their country back is to start local." 

2004 D.C. STATEHOOD GREEN CANDIDATES

Laurent Ross for City Council, At-Large
Jay Marx for City Council, Ward 2
Michele Tingling-Clemmons for City Council, Ward 7
Adam Eidinger for 'Shadow' U.S. Representative
Mai Abdul Rahman for Board of Education, District 2 (Wards 3 & 4)
David Cobb for President of the United States
Pat LaMarche for Vice President of the United States

Marc Borbely for ANC 6A06 ELECTED
Renie Bowser for ANC 4D02 (incumbent) ELECTED
Wesley G. Hickman for ANC 4B04 ELECTED
Alex Hogan for ANC 1A03 ELECTED
Nate Mathews for ANC 1B10 ELECTED
Joyce Robinson Paul for ANC 5C02 (incumbent)
Bryan Weaver for ANC 1C02 (incumbent) ELECTED


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The D.C. Statehood Green Party
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org