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THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA www.cagreens.org<br>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
Wednesday, November 5, 2008<br>
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State Green Party wins mayor spot, may put 2 on<br>
SF Board of Supervisors, and amass at least<br>
5 wins statewide after Tuesday's election<br>
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SACRAMENTO – The Green Party will assume the No. 1<br>
elected office in another California city, and may yet<br>
have two members on the powerful San Francisco Board of<br>
Supervisors after preliminary results were announced<br>
for Tuesday's election.<br>
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Greens, who already hold about 50 elected posts<br>
throughout the state, claimed at least five victories,<br>
including one for mayor, one for the SF Board of<br>
Supervisors. .<br>
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Bruce Delgado, a former city councilperson in Marina<br>
in Monterey County, garnered 2,401 votes, or 51.92<br>
percent of the vote to become mayor of Marina in<br>
Monterey County. He joins other Green Party mayors –<br>
elected Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Craig<br>
Litwin, appointed mayor in Sebastopol.<br>
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In San Francisco, incumbent Ross Mirkarimi retained<br>
his spot on the Board of Supervisors with a whopping 77<br>
percent of the vote. Mark Sanchez, current president of<br>
the SF Board of Education, was second in his district<br>
race for the board, but tens of thousands of votes are<br>
yet to be counted, and ranked choice voting may push<br>
him into a seat.<br>
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In other statewide Green Party wins Tuesday, Jesse Townley<br>
won a spot on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board in<br>
Berkeley; John Selawsky retained his seat on the<br>
Berkeley School Board; and Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap was<br>
re-elected to the Humboldt Municipal Water District<br>
Board.<br>
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Elsewhere, Ivan Olsen amassed 27 percent, but finished<br>
second for Gonzalez (Monterey County) mayor. Linda<br>
Piera-Avila and Jon Mann collected six percent of the<br>
vote in the Santa Monica City Council race, but failed<br>
to win a seat. And, Bob Nanninga (Encinitas) just<br>
missed earning a spot on the City Council in Encinitas<br>
with nearly 11 percent of the vote.<br>
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Six Greens were on the ballot for a the House of<br>
Representatives. Carol Wolman amassed 10.13 percent in<br>
CD 1 along the coast, Peter Myers (CD 15) had 4.9<br>
percent, Carol Brouillet (CD 14) 3.5 percent, tom Lash<br>
(CD 46) 2.8 percent, Barry Hermanson (CD12) 2.1<br>
percent.<br>
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Jack Lindblad won 8.1 percent in the California Assembly<br>
(39th AD) race, Bruce Wolfe had 10.1 percent, but<br>
failed to win a spot on the San Francisco City College<br>
Board. Richard Boyle finished out of the running with<br>
8.7 percent for the San Bernardino Community College<br>
Board.<br>
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O4Jtj2ZcecFkkj1b73/</a><br><br><font color="#007f40"><b>GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES<br><a href="http://www.gp.org/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_5">http://www.gp.org</span></a><br><br>For Immediate Release:<br>Thursday, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_6">November 6</span>, 2008<br><br><br>Greens thank national candidates <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_7">Cynthia McKinney</span> and Rosa Clemente,<br>congratulate <span style="border-bottom: medium none; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_8">Barack Obama</span> on his historic <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_9">White House</span> victory<br><br><br>WASHINGTON, DC -- The <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_10">Green Party</span> of the United States thanked <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_11">Cynthia<br>McKinney</span> and <span
style="border-bottom: medium none; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_12">Rosa Clemente</span>, Green candidates for President and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_13">Vice<br>President</span>, for their strong national campaign in the 2008 election.<br><br>The party also congratulated Barack Obama on his election to the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_14">White<br>House</span> today, and celebrated the election of <span style="border-bottom: medium none; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_15">America's first African<br>American President</span>.<br><br>"Even though we competed with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_16">Sen. Obama</span> for votes in the presidential<br>race, we're thrilled that voters have elected an <span style="border-bottom: medium none; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_17">African American<br>President</span>, something unimaginable a
generation ago. We're just as<br>thrilled that our own presidential ticket -- Cynthia McKinney and Rosa<br>Clemente are two women of African descent, and Ms. Clemente is <span style="border-bottom: medium none; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_18">Black<br>Puerto Rican</span> -- represented the voices of so many Americans who've<br>been shut out of the system," said Clyde Shabazz, Green candidate for<br>Congress in Michigan's 14th District.<br><br>Greens noted that voters expressed a mandate for change in the hope<br>that <span style="border-bottom: medium none; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_19">President-elect</span> Obama would follow through on his pledge of<br>"Change We Can Believe In" and reverse the dangerous direction that<br>the country has taken.<br><br>"Voters who were motivated by Barack Obama's message of change will<br>now have to fight if they really want change to take place during
the<br>next four years," said Jill Bussiere, co-chair of the Green Party of<br>the United States. "Rosa Clemente, our candidate for <span style="border-bottom: medium none; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_20">Vice President</span>,<br>talked about the Green Party's 'imperative' throughout the campaign.<br>The Green Imperative will move forward during the Obama<br>Administration, as people demand that change be more than a <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_21">campaign<br>slogan</span>."<br><br><br>MORE INFORMATION<br><br>Green Party of the United States <a href="http://www.gp.org/" target="_blank">http://www.gp.org</a><br><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_22">202-319-7191</span>, 866-41GREEN<br>Fax <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;"
class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_23">202-319-7193</span><br>. Green candidate database for 2008 and other campaign information:<br><a href="http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_24">http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml</span></a><br>. <span style="border-bottom: medium none; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_25">Green Party News Center</span> <a href="http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_26">http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml</span></a><br>. Green Party Speakers Bureau <a href="http://www.gp.org/speakers" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_27">http://www.gp.org/speakers</span></a><br>. Green Party ballot access page <a href="http://www.gp.org/2008-elections" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_28">http://www.gp.org/2008-elections</span></a><br>. 2008 Green candidates to
watch<br><a href="http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/candidate-news.php" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_29">http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/candidate-news.php</span></a><br><br>Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente 'Power to the People' Campaign for the<br>White House<br><a href="http://www.runcynthiarun.org/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_30">http://www.runcynthiarun.org</span></a><br><a href="http://votetruth08.com/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_31">http://votetruth08.com</span></a><br><a href="http://www.rosaclemente.com/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226130540_32">http://www.rosaclemente.com</span></a><br><br><br>~ END ~</b></font><br><br><img alt="http://www.organicconsumers.org/images/bytes/footer7.jpg" border="0" width="580" height="38"><br>
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