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Colorado Green Party
www.coloradogreens.org

Friday, November 5, 2004

Media Contact: Kirstin Marr, (303) 870-0293, kirstinmarr@comcast.net

COLORADO GREENS TOUT SUCCESS IN 2004 SAN MIGUEL CAMPAIGN

DENVER, CO – The Colorado Green Party announced exciting news from San Miguel County. Art Goodtimes has won a third term for County Commissioner, in a partisan, three-way race with 50.7% of the vote. "We won a third term in spite of being outspent 3-1," said Art Goodtimes, "proving that in local elections money isn't as important as experience and substance. And that gives me hope in these dark times nationally."

Additional Colorado results:

• Tom Castrigno ran for Summit County Commissioner, Dist. 2. Mr Castrigno received 3309 votes, or 28%.

• Eric Rechel ran for Mesa County Commissioner, Dist. 3. Mr. Rechel received 2,936 votes, or 4.8%.

• Tanya Ishikawa ran for Jefferson County Commissioner. Ms. Ishikawa received 8,989 votes, or 3.8%

• Bob Kinsey ran against Marilyn Musgrave and Stan Matsunaka for US House District 4. Mr. Kinsey received 11,579 votes, or 4% (Boulder County tallies still outstanding).

• Bruce Meyer ran for State House, District 2. Mr. Meyer received 907 votes, or 4.9%.

National election results highlights:

• John Eder was returned to the Maine Statehouse with 52% 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.

• 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 lead in an Instant Runoff Voting election to replace Green Supervisor Matt Gonzalez.

• 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 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. 

MORE INFORMATION

Colorado Green Party, <http://www.coloradogreens.org>
State-by-state totals, http://web.greens.org/stats