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[Tom Sevigny]

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From: "Mike Feinstein" <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:35 AM
Subject: [GP-US CCC] U.S. Greens win at least 16 races in November elections 
according to early returns


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> U.S Greens in November 2005 Elections
> A Preliminary Report, November 9th, 2005
> By Mike Feinstein
> http://www.greens.org/elections
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> According to early U.S. Greens have won at least 16 races in November
> elections, bringing to at least 31, the number of Greens elected in 2005.
>
> Most prominent among the November 2005 victories were
>
> - Cam Gordon, City Council, Ward 2, Minneapolis, Minnesota
> After losing by 108 votes for the same seat in 2001, Gordon won this
> year by 141 (2481-2340).
>
> - Annie Young, at-large seat, Parks and Recreation Board, Minneapolis,
> Younn was re-elected to her fourth term, her third as a Green. Both
>
> - Chuch Turner, City Council, Boston, Massachusetts.
> Turner ran unopposed and won with 98.81% of the vote, retaining a Green
> City Council seat one of America's largest cities.
>
> - Susan Hopkins, School Committee, At-Large, Portand, Maine
> Hopkins finished 1st among three candidates for one seat and becomes the
> fourth Green on the nine member Committee, joining Ben Meiklejohn,
> Stehen Spring and Jason Toothaker.  Portland also boasts the only U.S.
> Green current state legislator, John Eder, who was elected there in 2002
> and 2004.
>
> - Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College,
> California
> Bradbury-Huang finished 1st with 51.1% in a two way race against a
> well-funded, long-term Republican incumbent.  She won by 232 votes
> (5299-5067) in a major upset victory.  Bradbury Huang's campaign manager
> Sharon Gilpin, previously managed the victories City Council campaigns
> of Santa Monica Greens Mike Feinstein and Kevin McKeown.
>
> Overall, six out of eight Green incumbents were re-elected.
>
> The two that were the the Minneapolis Green City Councilmembers elected
> in 2001 - Natalie Johnson Lee and Dean Zimmerman.  Both suffered from a
> redistricting plan design to take them out of office, as they were
> forced to run in new districts against incumbents.
>
> Zimmerman finished wand lost by 46 votes (1,539-1,492) and finished with
> 49.1%, while Johnson Lee finished with 44.1% in a district that designed
> to bring in more conservative voters to help unseat her.
>
>
> Greens Winning Races in November 2005 Elections
>
> California (4)
>
> Hilary Bradbury-Huang
> Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College (Los Angeles)
> Place: 1st, 2 running for 1 seat
> 5299 votes, 51.12%
>
> Jim Harvey
> Sanitary District Board, Montara Water and Sanitary District (San Mateo)
> Incumbent
> Place: 1, 4 running for 3 seats
> 1028 votes, 28.37%
>
> Paul Perkovic
> Water and Sanitary District Board, Montara Water and Sanitary District
> (San Mateo)
> Incumbent
> Place: 2nd, 4 running for 3 seats
> 973 votes, 26.86%
>
> Nicole Vigeant
> Community Service Area, Tomales Village (Marin)
> Incumbent
> 3 running for 4 seats
>
> Maine (1)
>
> Susan Hopkins
> School Committee, At-Large (Cumberland)
> Place: 1st, 3 running for 1 seat
> 6231 votes, 38.1%
>
> Massachusetts (1)
>
> Chuck Turner
> City Council, District 7 (Suffolk)
> Incumbent
> Place: 1st, 1 running for 1 seat
> 6625 votes, 98.81%
>
> Minnesota (2)
>
> Cam Gordon
> City Council, Ward 2 (Hennepin)
> Place: 1
> 2 running for 1 seat
> 2048 votes, 50.7%
>
> Annie Young
> Park & Recreation Board, At-Large (Hennepin)
> Incumbent
> Place: 3rd, 6 running for 3 seats
> 18633 votes, 16.5%
>
> New York (1)
>
> Mary Jo Long
> Town Council (Chenango)
> Place: 1st, 1 running for 1 seat
>
> Pennsylvania (6)
>
> Michael Morrill
> Borough Council, West Reading (Berks)
> Incumbent
> 6 running for 4 seats
>
> Marty Qually
> Borough Council, Ward 1 (Adams)
> 1st, 3 running for 1 seat
> 140 votes, 40.6%
>
> Steve Baker
> Inspector of Elections, Springettsbury Township (York)
> Place: 2
> 3 running for 2 seats
>
> Shawnya Calp
> Inspector of Elections, Penn Twp. (York)
> 2 running for 2 seats
>
> Mike Mangles
> Inspector of Elections, York City (York)
> 2 running for 2 seats
>
> Brenda Jo Samryk
> Pennsylvania
> Inspector of Elections, York Township (York)
> 1 running for 2 seats
>
> Derf Maitland
> Auditor, Union Township (Adams)
> 1 running for 1 seat
>
>
> November 1st Elections
>
> Colorado (1)
>
> Charlie Green
> School Board, District E, Fremont RE-3
> 1 running for 1 seat
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