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U.S Greens in November 2005 Elections
Posted by Roger Snyder | November 9, 2005
U.S Greens in November 2005 Elections
A Preliminary Report, November 9th, 2005 By Mike Feinstein
http://www.greens.org/elections
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According to early U.S. Greens have won at least 16 races in November elections, bringing to at least 31, the number of Greens elected in 2005.
Most prominent among the November 2005 victories were
- Cam Gordon, City Council, Ward 2, Minneapolis, Minnesota After losing by 108 votes for the same seat in 2001, Gordon won this year by 141 (2481-2340).
- Annie Young, at-large seat, Parks and Recreation Board, Minneapolis, Younn was re-elected to her fourth term, her third as a Green. Both
- Chuch Turner, City Council, Boston, Massachusetts. Turner ran unopposed and won with 98.81% of the vote, retaining a Green City Council seat one of America’s largest cities.
- Susan Hopkins, School Committee, At-Large, Portand, Maine Hopkins finished 1st among three candidates for one seat and becomes the fourth Green on the nine member Committee, joining Ben Meiklejohn, Stehen Spring and Jason Toothaker. Portland also boasts the only U.S. Green current state legislator, John Eder, who was elected there in 2002 and 2004.
- Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College, California
Bradbury-Huang finished 1st with 51.1% in a two way race against a well-funded, long-term Republican incumbent. She won by 232 votes (5299-5067) in a major upset victory. Bradbury Huang’s campaign manager Sharon Gilpin, previously managed the victories City Council campaigns of Santa Monica Greens Mike Feinstein and Kevin McKeown.
Overall, six out of eight Green incumbents were re-elected.
The two that were the the Minneapolis Green City Councilmembers elected in 2001 - Natalie Johnson Lee and Dean Zimmerman. Both suffered from a redistricting plan design to take them out of office, as they were forced to run in new districts against incumbents.
Zimmerman finished wand lost by 46 votes (1,539-1,492) and finished with 49.1%, while Johnson Lee finished with 44.1% in a district that designed to bring in more conservative voters to help unseat her.
Greens Winning Races in November 2005 Elections
California (4)
Hilary Bradbury-Huang
Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College (Los Angeles) Place: 1st, 2 running for 1 seat
5299 votes, 51.12%
Jim Harvey
Sanitary District Board, Montara Water and Sanitary District (San Mateo)
Incumbent
Place: 1, 4 running for 3 seats
1028 votes, 28.37%
Paul Perkovic
Water and Sanitary District Board, Montara Water and Sanitary District (San Mateo)
Incumbent
Place: 2nd, 4 running for 3 seats
973 votes, 26.86%
Nicole Vigeant
Community Service Area, Tomales Village (Marin) Incumbent
3 running for 4 seats
Maine (1)
Susan Hopkins
School Committee, At-Large (Cumberland)
Place: 1st, 3 running for 1 seat
6231 votes, 38.1%
Massachusetts (1)
Chuck Turner
City Council, District 7 (Suffolk)
Incumbent
Place: 1st, 1 running for 1 seat
6625 votes, 98.81%
Minnesota (2)
Cam Gordon
City Council, Ward 2 (Hennepin)
Place: 1
2 running for 1 seat
2048 votes, 50.7%
Annie Young
Park & Recreation Board, At-Large (Hennepin) Incumbent
Place: 3rd, 6 running for 3 seats
18633 votes, 16.5%
New York (1)
Mary Jo Long
Town Council (Chenango)
Place: 1st, 1 running for 1 seat
Pennsylvania (6)
Michael Morrill
Borough Council, West Reading (Berks)
Incumbent
6 running for 4 seats
Marty Qually
Borough Council, Ward 1 (Adams)
1st, 3 running for 1 seat
140 votes, 40.6%
Steve Baker
Inspector of Elections, Springettsbury Township (York) Place: 2
3 running for 2 seats
Shawnya Calp
Inspector of Elections, Penn Twp. (York) 2 running for 2 seats
Mike Mangles
Inspector of Elections, York City (York) 2 running for 2 seats
Brenda Jo Samryk
Pennsylvania
Inspector of Elections, York Township (York) 1 running for 2 seats
Derf Maitland
Auditor, Union Township (Adams)
1 running for 1 seat
November 1st Elections
Colorado (1)
Charlie Green
School Board, District E, Fremont RE-3
1 running for 1 seat
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