[Sosfbay-discuss] Another Green Party candidate pulls upset over incumbent claims thin win in college board race; Follows Green victory in Richmond mayor election

[JamBoi]

http://cagreens.org/press/pr061129.shtml

Another Green Party candidate pulls upset over incumbent, claims thin
win in college board race; Follows Green victory in Richmond mayor
election

GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA NEWS RELEASE

SAN FRANCISCO (November 29, 2006) - A Green Party candidate has pulled
off yet another upset of an incumbent here with the announcement today
from the San Francisco Elections Department that John Rizzo has now
built an insurmountable, 300-vote lead and has officially registered a
victory over Community College Board incumbent Johnnie Carter.

The win follows the election of Green Gayle McLaughlin as mayor of
Richmond over the incumbent in that city, a working class suburb of San
Francisco with a population of about 104,000. Richmond becomes the
biggest city in the U.S. where at Green is at the helm, and the first
in California where a Green was directly elected as mayor. McLaughlin,
who first won office in 2004 on the Richmond City Council, was outspent
10-1 by the incumbent.

Rizzo is more than 300 votes ahead of Carter after counting of
provisional and other ballots. Counting continues, but the elections
office says the lead is insurmountable. Rizzo has 68,324 votes (16.95
percent) good for the third and final available spot. Carter has 68,000
votes (16.87 percent). Another Green, Bruce Wolfe, finished just behind
Carter with 51,255 votes.

"This is great news for the thousands of students in San Francisco's
Community College System. John's win will mean greater accountability,"
said Erika McDonald, spokesperson for the San Francisco Green Party.

Rizzo chairs the 40,000 member Sierra Club Bay Area Chapter and is a
member of the City College Bond Oversight Committee, and a City
commissioner. His work with the Sierra Club includes fighting global
warming by promoting clean-energy alternatives to imported fossil
fuels, conserving water resources, and fighting for a better public
transportation system. He has helped to pass ballot measures to fund
solar energy and that require Muni to buy less-polluting city buses.

"John Rizzo's campaign and our amazing volunteers proved that
individuals with passion, conviction, and time to devote to doing the
right thing, can reach an entire city and change the future for the
better. San Francisco voters, regardless of party, district, or
background, truly want to support candidates who will fight for
education, the environment, social justice, and financial
accountability. That is why our grassroots campaign reached out to
people and neighborhoods throughout the entire city. Voters clearly
recognized that City College needed a new progressive voice for our
citizens, students, faculty and staff. That new voice is newly elected
College Board Trustee John Rizzo," said Aimee Harcos, Campaign Manager
for John Rizzo

Greens now hold 52 elected offices in California. Of 62 Greens on the
state ballot Nov. 7, including state, federal and local races, 18
Greens, or 29 percent, won. Four captured city council spots while six
Greens won seats on boards of education. Greens have the majority of
seats (3/5) on the Sebastopol City Council and four of nine on the
Berkeley rent stabilization board.

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More Information
California Green Party Election Results:
www.cagreens.org/media/Election2006
U.S. Green Party Election Results: www.gp.org/elections
John Rizzo campaign contact: Aimee at 916-812-4027

Contacts:
Crescenzo Vellucci, State Press Office, 916-996-1970,
civillib at cwnet.com
Sara Amir (Los Angeles), 310-270-7106, saraamir at earthlink.net
Susan King (San Francisco), 415-823-5524, funking at mindspring.com

The Green Party of California
http://www.cagreens.org
P.O. Box 2828, Sacramento, CA 95812
Phone: (916) 448-3437
EMail: gpca at greens.org

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