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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 Sebastopol,
California, after winning two of two seats (incumbent Craig Litwin,
incumbent; Sam Pierce) to retain three out of five seats.
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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.
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San Francisco Green Ross Mirkarimi is currently in
lead in an Instant Runoff Voting election to replace Green Supervisor
Matt Gonzalez.
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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.
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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.
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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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