[GPCA Updates] GP RELEASE Green Party regains ballot status in Mass., NY, & Texas on Election Day 2010

Mon Nov 8 19:12:06 PST 2010

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

For Immediate Release:
Monday, November 8, 2010

Green Party results on Election Day: ballot status in Massachusetts, New York,
and Texas

• Green Party's Election Recap and Results:
http://www.gp.org/elections/results-2010.php
Green Party ballot status page: http://www.gp.org/ballotstatus

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party regained ballot status in three states on
Election Day 2010 and Green Mayor Gayle McLaughlin was reelected in Richmond,
California, among several other victories in that state.

Green election results in Massachusetts, New York, and Texas won ballot access
for these states, thanks to the campaigns of Nat Fortune for State Auditor in
Massachusetts, Howie Hawkins and Gloria Mattera for governor and lieutenant
governor in New York, and Ed Lindsay for Comptroller in Texas.  Green Parties
in California, the District of Columbia, and Michigan maintained their ballot
status.

Having ballot status in three of the most populous states will make a Green
presidential campaign much easier in 2012.

A list of victories, including ballot status wins, follows below.  News from
other races: Jesse Johnson was endorsed by leading Democrats Mike Gravel and
Ken Hechler in his West Virginia race for the US Senate.  LeAlan Jones
(Illinois) and John Gray (Arkansas) were declared winners by reporters in
their state’s debates, with Mr. Jones declared the winner of a debate he was
barred from attending.  In a historic first, Arizona Green candidate Jerry
Joslyn confronted John McCain on his war spending in a US Senate debate.

GREEN VICTORIES, including ballot access, on November 2, 2010 (unofficial
Results):

ARKANSAS

• Joy Ballard won her race for Saline County Collector, finishing first of
seven candidates for one seat with 19,131 votes, 69.28%.

CALIFORNIA

• Gayle McLaughlin won her reelection to Mayor of Richmond, Contra Costa
County, finishing first of three candidates with 6,282 votes or 40.43%.
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Contra_Costa/21781/39347/en/summary.html

• Bruce Delgado won his reelection to Mayor of Marina City, Monterey County,
finishing first of two candidates with 1,734 votes or 56.78%.
http://www.montereycountyelections.us/Election%20Result_dtl.htm#cont17

• Dan Hamburg won his race for Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, District
5, finishing first of two candidates with 2,474 votes or 55.28%.
http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/acr/cgi-bin/current.pl

• Lisa Stephens, Jesse Townley, and Pam Webster won their reelection to the
Rent Stabilization Board of Berkeley, Alameda County.  There will have been at
least three Greens on the nine-member board from 2002 through 2014.
http://www.co.alameda.ca.us/rov/current_election/4354.htm

• Robert Deutsch won his reelection to Board of Directors, Alameda Healthcare
District, Alameda County, finishing first of four candidates for two seats
with 8,048 votes or 30.65%.
http://www.co.alameda.ca.us/rov/current_election/1269.htm

• Joe Navarro won his race for Hollister School Board, San Benito County,
finishing second of eight candidates for three seats with 2,424 votes or
15.56%. http://results.sbcvote.us/#cont97

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

• Ann Wilcox's 12,055 votes (10.20%) for DC Council Chair and David
Schwartzman's 11,799 votes (6.78%) for DC Council At-Large maintained the DC
Statehood Green Party's ballot line.
http://www.gp.org/ballotstatus/dc/

• JB Shoats ran unopposed for Advisory Neighborhood Commission SMD 8B04.
http://www.dcboee.org/election_info/election_results/general_election_results/2010

FLORIDA

• Anita Stewart won her race for Hillsborough County Soil and Water
Conservation District 5, finishing first of five candidates for one seat with
82,289 votes or 37.75%.
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/FL/Hillsborough/22912/39204/en/summary.html#

IOWA

• Raymond Meyer was re-elected to Lucas County Health Center Board of
Trustees, finishing second for two seats with 2,202 votes out of 3,617
possible.  By the end of his next term, Raymond Meyer will have served for 16
consecutive years in office, and is tied for third among all US Greens for the
longest in any elected office
(http://www.gp.org/elections/officeholders/most-total-yrs.shtml).  Meyer is
also a member of the City Council of Chariton, Iowa, to which he was elected
in 2009.

MAINE

• John Anton won his reelection to Portland City Council, At-large, Cumberland
County, finishing second of four candidates for two seats with 12,114 votes.

MASSACHUSETTS

• Nat Fortune received 105,812 votes or 5% in his run for State Auditor, which
surpassed the 3% of the vote in a statewide election necessary for the Green
Rainbow Party of Massachusetts (GRP) to regain ballot status.

MICHIGAN

• Preliminary returns suggest that every one of the Green Party statewide
candidates earned votes in excess of the ballot-access retention threshold,
any one of whom would secure the ballot-line for the next election.

NEW YORK

• Howie Hawkins for Governor, Gloria Mattera for Lt. Governor, received 58,123
votes (at last count), more than the 50,000 votes needed to maintain the Green
Party ballot line into the next election cycle.
http://www.gp.org/ballotstatus/ny

OREGON

• Michael Beilstein won his reelection to Corvallis City Council Ward 5,
Benton County, finishing  first of two candidates for one seat with 838 votes
or 64.81%. http://www.co.benton.or.us/admin/elections/results.php

• Richard Hervey won his reelection to Corvallis City Council Ward 3, Benton
County, finishing first of two candidates for one seat with 791 votes or
63.08%. http://www.co.benton.or.us/admin/elections/results.php

TEXAS

• Ed Lindsay’s 251,842 votes or 6% for Comptroller guarantees that the Green
Party of Texas will be on the ballot in 2012.
http://www.gp.org/ballotstatus/tx

Election totals were collected by Brent McMillan, Executive Director of the
Green Party of the United States.

MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
• Green candidate database and 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/ballotstatus
• Green Party Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus

Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the
United States (Fall 2010 issue now online)
http://gp.org/greenpages-blog

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