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News Advisory

THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA www.cagreens.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Contact:

Susan King, spokesperson, 415.823-5524 sking at ...

Dr. Bob Vizzard, spokesperson, 916.206-8953, rvizzard at ...

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State Green Party wins mayor spot, may put 2 on

SF Board of Supervisors, and amass at least

5 wins statewide after Tuesday's election

SACRAMENTO – The Green Party will assume the No. 1

elected office in another California city, and may yet

have two members on the powerful San Francisco Board of

Supervisors after preliminary results were announced

for Tuesday's election.

Greens, who already hold about 50 elected posts

throughout the state, claimed at least five victories,

including one for mayor, one for the SF Board of

Supervisors. .

Bruce Delgado, a former city councilperson in Marina

in Monterey County, garnered 2,401 votes, or 51.92

percent of the vote to become mayor of Marina in

Monterey County. He joins other Green Party mayors –

elected Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Craig

Litwin, appointed mayor in Sebastopol.

In San Francisco, incumbent Ross Mirkarimi retained

his spot on the Board of Supervisors with a whopping 77

percent of the vote. Mark Sanchez, current president of

the SF Board of Education, was second in his district

race for the board, but tens of thousands of votes are

yet to be counted, and ranked choice voting may push

him into a seat.

In other statewide Green Party wins Tuesday, Jesse Townley

won a spot on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board in

Berkeley; John Selawsky retained his seat on the

Berkeley School Board; and Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap was

re-elected to the Humboldt Municipal Water District

Board.

Elsewhere, Ivan Olsen amassed 27 percent, but finished

second for Gonzalez (Monterey County) mayor. Linda

Piera-Avila and Jon Mann collected six percent of the

vote in the Santa Monica City Council race, but failed

to win a seat. And, Bob Nanninga (Encinitas) just

missed earning a spot on the City Council in Encinitas

with nearly 11 percent of the vote.

Six Greens were on the ballot for a the House of

Representatives. Carol Wolman amassed 10.13 percent in

CD 1 along the coast, Peter Myers (CD 15) had 4.9

percent, Carol Brouillet (CD 14) 3.5 percent, tom Lash

(CD 46) 2.8 percent, Barry Hermanson (CD12) 2.1

percent.

Jack Lindblad won 8.1 percent in the California Assembly

(39th AD) race, Bruce Wolfe had 10.1 percent, but

failed to win a spot on the San Francisco City College

Board. Richard Boyle finished out of the running with

8.7 percent for the San Bernardino Community College

Board.

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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Thursday, November 6, 2008

Greens thank national candidates Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente,
congratulate Barack Obama on his historic White House victory

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States thanked Cynthia
McKinney and Rosa Clemente, Green candidates for President and Vice
President, for their strong national campaign in the 2008 election.

The party also congratulated Barack Obama on his election to the White
House today, and celebrated the election of America's first African
American President.

"Even though we competed with Sen. Obama for votes in the presidential
race, we're thrilled that voters have elected an African American
President, something unimaginable a generation ago.  We're just as
thrilled that our own presidential ticket -- Cynthia McKinney and Rosa
Clemente are two women of African descent, and Ms. Clemente is Black
Puerto Rican -- represented the voices of so many Americans who've
been shut out of the system," said Clyde Shabazz, Green candidate for
Congress in Michigan's 14th District.

Greens noted that voters expressed a mandate for change in the hope
that President-elect Obama would follow through on his pledge of
"Change We Can Believe In" and reverse the dangerous direction that
the country has taken.

"Voters who were motivated by Barack Obama's message of change will
now have to fight if they really want change to take place during the
next four years," said Jill Bussiere, co-chair of the Green Party of
the United States.  "Rosa Clemente, our candidate for Vice President,
talked about the Green Party's 'imperative' throughout the campaign.
The Green Imperative will move forward during the Obama
Administration, as people demand that change be more than a campaign
slogan."

MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
. Green candidate database for 2008 and other campaign information:
http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml
. Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
. Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
. Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-elections
. 2008 Green candidates to watch
http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/candidate-news.php

Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente 'Power to the People' Campaign for the
White House
http://www.runcynthiarun.org
http://votetruth08.com
http://www.rosaclemente.com

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