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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:
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Tom Castrigno ran for Summit County Commissioner,
Dist. 2. Mr Castrigno received 3309 votes, or 28%.
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Eric Rechel ran for Mesa County Commissioner, Dist.
3. Mr. Rechel received 2,936 votes, or 4.8%.
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Tanya Ishikawa ran for Jefferson County
Commissioner. Ms. Ishikawa received 8,989 votes, or 3.8%
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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).
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Bruce Meyer ran for State House, District 2. Mr.
Meyer received 907 votes, or 4.9%.
National election results highlights:
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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.
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Greens retain city council majority in ebastopol,
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
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