{news} Fwd: [usgp-nc] Most Greens holding elected office in a single county

[Charlie Pillsbury]

fyi, charlie

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From: Mike Feinstein <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
Date: Jun 10, 2007 5:19 AM
Subject: [usgp-nc] Most Greens holding elected office in a single county
To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org

Dear all

As many of you know, I have helped compile our annual national election
and officeholder statistics since 1994.

In addition over the last couple of years, Brent McMillan has taken on a
*major* role in doing this as well.  We also benefit from input from a
variety of state party-based associates coordinated through the GPUS
Coordinated Campaign Committee, the latter of which was a process
accelerated by Juscha Robinson, when she was CCC Coordinator.

That election history is summarized on http://www.greens.org/elections.

With this as background, I bring you this interesting fact - since we
just recently learned about two more Maine Greens holding elected school
board office there, it appears now that Cumberland County, Maine has the
most Greens holding elected office in a single county.

Currently Cumberland County has ten Greens holding elected office, and
earlier in the year before Green Portland School Committee Jason
Toothaker resigned, there were 11.  That would have been the most in any
  county in the US, at any time in our history.

Of course, there are many differences among counties in terms of the
number, types and sizes of elected office, so comparisons are not all
between apples and apples.

Still, that being said, what the Greens in Cumberland County have done
is quite an accomplishment (and here are two links to Green Pages
articles about them):

http://www.gp.org/greenpages/content/volume10/issue1/elections5.php
http://www.gp.org/greenpages/content/volume11/issue1/elections5.php

Following this success story is a list below of the top counties in the
United States in terms of Greens holding elected office

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Top eight counties across the US
with the most Greens currently holding elected office
As of June 2007

1) Cumberland County, Maine (ten)
2) Jackson County, Oregon (eight)
2) Los Angeles County, California (eight)
3) Dane County, Wisconsin (seven)
3) Jackson County, Oregon (seven)
3) Marin County, California (seven)
3) Alameda County, California (seven)
3) York County, Pennsylvania (seven)


Top eight counties across the US
with the most Greens currently holding elected office
As of June 2007
List of Green officeholders in each county


1) Cumberland County, Maine (ten)

- Kevin Donoghue, City Council, Portland District 1
- David Marshall, City Council, Portland District 2
- Susan Hopkins, School Committee At-Large, Portland
- Ben Meiklejohn, School Committee At-Large, Portland
- Rebecca Minnick, School Committee At-Large, Portland
- Jane Meisenbach, Board of Directors, School Administrative District #75
- Andrea Narajian, Board of Directors, School Administrative District #75
- John Fillmore-Patrick, School Board, School Administrative District,
Bridgton
- Erek Gaines, Water District, Portland
- David Margolis-Pineo, Water District, Portland


2) Jackson County, Oregon (eight)

George Grosch, Ward 3, City Council, Corvallis
Emily Hagen, Ward 7, City Council, Corvallis
Alice Hardesty, City Council, Ashland
Eric Navickas, City Council, Ashland Position 2
Wendy Siporen, City Council, Talent
Ruth Alexander, School Board, Ashland District 5
Matthew Donahue, School Board, Position 4, Corvalis
Matt Marr, School Board, Position 3, Ashland


2) Los Angeles County, California (eight)

- Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College
- Vahe Peroomian, Board of Trustees Community College District, Glendale
- Jeff Sklar, Chair, Rent Control Board, Santa Monica
- Deacon Alexander, Vernon/Main Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles
- Ginny Case, Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council - Historic Core
Resident, Los Angeles
- Eugene Hernandez, Sylmar Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles
- Jeff Horne, Mid City West Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles
- Michael McCue, Studio City Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles


3) Dane County, Wisconsin (seven)

- Ashok Kumar, Board of Supervisors, District 5
- Barbara Vedder, Board of Supervisors, District 2
- Brenda Konkel, Common Council, Madison, District 2
- Satya Rhodes-Conway, Common Council, Madison, District 12
- Marsha Rummel, Common Council, Madison, District 6
- Brian Solomon, Common Council, Madison, District 10
- Robbie Webber, Common Council, Madison, District 5

3) Jackson County, Oregon (seven)

- George Grosch, Ward 3, City Council, Corvallis
- Emily Hagen, Ward 7, City Council, Corvallis
- Alice Hardesty, City Council, Ashland
- Eric Navickas, City Council, Ashland Position 2
- Wendy Siporen, City Council, Talent
- Ruth Alexander, School Board, Ashland District 5
- Matthew Donahue, School Board, Position 4, Corvalis
- Matt Marr, School Board, Position 3, Ashland
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