GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
November 3, 2004
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell
202-487-0693, mclarty@greens.org
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net
GREEN ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS: EDER REELECTED TO THE
MAINE STATEHOUSE; SIGNIFICANT WINS IN CALIFORNIA
Greens congratulate and thank national candidates
David Cobb and Pat LaMarche.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party announced
several victories in the 2004 election, especially incumbents for state,
county, and municipal office. The party also congratulated
national nominees David Cobb and Pat LaMarche for running in a difficult
election year.
"We are immensely proud and grateful to Dave
and Pat for carrying the Green Party's banner, for running on our
platform, and especially for using their campaign to promote our state
and local Green candidates," said Greg Gerritt, secretary of the
Green Party of the United States. "David Cobb and Pat
LaMarche urged voters to vote Green, register Green, and support the
growth of America's noncorporate, independent party. President Bush will
likely use his reelection as a mandate to push his agenda further -- and
Greens will lead the opposition and offer solutions for a better world
for all of us."
Some election results:
-- John Eder was returned to the Maine Statehouse
with about 55% of the vote in a three-way race. Democrats in Maine had
tried to weaken Mr. Eder by redrawing district lines.
-- Greens retain city council majority in
Sebastopol, California, after winning two of two seats (incumbent Craig
Litwin, incumbent; Sam Pierce) to retain three out of five seats.
-- Colorado County Commissioner Art Goodtimes was
reelected to a third term in a partisan, three-way race with 50.7%
-- Mark Sanchez is now the first Green in San
Francisco to be re-elected, finishing third out of twelve for four seats
on the Board of Education.
-- San Francisco Green Ross Mirkarimi is currently
in the lead in an Instant Runoff Voting election to replace Green
Supervisor Matt Gonzalez. "Greens in California are
enormously proud that IRV was implemented in San Francisco,"
said Peggy Lewis, California Green and co-chair of the national
party.
-- California Greens celebrated the defeat of
Proposition 62, which would have effectively blocked all third party
candidates from the ballot. A competing proposition guaranteeing
all parties participating in the primary a place on the general election
ballot won with a 2 to 1 margin.
-- In Washington, D.C., Statehood Green candidates
won six out of seven seats for which they competed in local-level,
nonpartisan Advisory Neighborhood Commission races.
-- Green candidates ran in 356 races in the 2004
election, with record numbers of candidates in California, Delaware,
D.C., Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
National Green Party voter registration now stands at an all time high
of 311,350 in 22 States. This number omits Greens in states where
the Green Party has not yet achieved ballot status and in states that
don't permit party registration. State-by-state totals: <http://web.greens.org/stats>
MORE INFORMATION
The Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1711 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
Cobb/LaMarche 2004 http://www.votecobb.org
2004 Green candidates and elections
http://www.gp.org/patience.html
