THE
ASSOCIATION OF STATE GREEN PARTIESMEDIA ADVISORY:
Greens begin declaring candidacy for office in 2001 races.
Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Contacts:
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator
207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator
202-518-5624, scottmclarty@yahoo.com
Final results of Green involvement in
2000 elections and subsequent run-offs are posted at
http://www.gp.org/patience.html
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Twelve Green Party members have so far declared their
candidacy for elections in 2001, including a gubernatorial candidate in
New Jersey.
In the wake of the 2000 elections, eighty Greens in twenty-two states now hold elected office. California now has five Green mayors:
* Kerry Arnett, Nevada City (Nevada
County)
* Larry Barnett, Sonoma (Sonoma County)
* Mike Feinstein, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County)
* Tim Fitzmaurice, Santa Cruz, (Santa Cruz County)
* Larry Robinson, Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
The city of Sebastopol now has a Green majority on its council, the second in U.S. history. Arcata, California was the first.
The most dramatic victory occurred in San Francisco, where Matt Gonzalez won the District 5 seat on the Board of Supervisors (analogous to city councils in other cities) with a 65.4% majority in a December 12 run-off election.
In 2000, Greens ran a record 275 races nationally, winning a record 33 seats. In 1999, the last odd-numbered year like 2001, Greens ran 95 races and won 11 seats.
One of the twelve 2001 Green candidates, John Schmidt of Texas, who ran a write-in campaign for Upper San Marcos Watershed District Board of Directors, already won his January 20 election -- and then lost it in a recount. Mr. Schmidt's incumbent opponents succeeded in getting some of his votes disqualified because ten of the write-ins were misspelled. The Green Party of Texas intends to file a lawsuit.
The other Green candidates in 2001 are:
* Glenn Bailey for City Council in Los
Angeles, District 3, California
* Jerry L. Coleman for Governor in New Jersey
* Wesley Duffee-Braun for Alderman At-Large in Oxford, Mississippi
* Cam Gordon for City Council in Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Alana Hartzok for U.S. House of Representatives in District 9,
Pennsylvania
* Nancy Pearlman for Community College District in Los Angeles, Seat 6,
California
* Christian Ramirez for City Council in San Diego, District 8,
California
* David Sanchez for City Council in Los Angeles, District 2,
California
* Karl Warkomski for City Council in Aliso Viejo, California
* Donna Warren for U.S. House of Representatives in 32nd, California
* Dean Zimmerman for City Council in Minneapolis, Ward 6, Minnesota
MORE INFORMATION
The Association of State Green Parties: http://www.greenparties.org
The Association of State Green Parties
PO Box 18452, Washington, DC 20036
(202) 232-0335
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