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Eder Re-Elected to Maine Statehouse, Greens Win in California.

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.greens.org/elections