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Greens Show 1/4 Win Rate in 2005 GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES Thursday, January 5, 2006 Contacts: After GOP scandals and weak Democratic leadership, Greens expect 2006 to be a good year for alternative party growth. "The 2005 off-year elections showed steady growth for the Green Party," said Jody Grage Haug, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. The only Green incumbent candidates who lost in 2005 were two Minneapolis City Council members, Natalie Johnson Lee and Dean Zimmerman, who were defeated after Democrats deliberately redistricted the city in order to weaken Green support. But these defeats were offset by the election of nonincumbent Green candidate Cam Gordon to the Minneapolis City Council. Greens enjoyed some 'surprise' victories in various states:
"We expect some dramatic Green victories in 2006," said Jennifer Walling, co-chair of the Green Party's Coordinated Campaign Committee. The public has grown disgusted with the nightly news about Republican abuses of power, deceptions behind the Iraq war, Katrina incompetence, election irregularities in 2000 and 2004, and corruption, including the Abramoff charges and DeLay allegations." "But Americans also know that Democrats have facilitated such abuses and are just as addicted to corporate money. A NPR poll released this week found that the public has slightly less confidence in Democrats than in President Bush on the question of ethics, and that the two established parties are equal when it comes to corruption. The time is ripe for a third party insurgence." (See http://www.greenbergresearch.com/articles/1656/1786_npr_poll.pdf) As of January 1, 2006 there are at least 227 elected Green officeholders. MORE INFORMATION
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