CALIFORNIA: Led by three present/former Green Mayors, 23 Green
Party members were elected on Nov. 4. In Marina (Monterey County),
two-term incumbent Mayor Bruce Delgado was elected to his third two-year term. In Richmond (Contra Costa County), Gayle Mclaughlin
was elected to the City Council, after having served two four-year
terms as mayor, for which she was unable to run again because of term
limits. Ms. McLaughlin and four colleagues faced an aggressive but
unsuccessful effort by Chevron to defeat them by pouring $3 million into
opponents' campaigns (http://richmondprogressivealliance.net/History.html). Three other Greens were elected to City Council Seats: Paul Pitino (Arcata, Humboldt County), Deborah Heathersone (Pt. Arena, Mendocino County) and John Keener (Pacifica, San Mateo County).
MAINE: Three Green candidates were elected. Jonathan Ault finished first among six candidates for Gardiner City Council. John Eder was elected to a school board position in Portland. Water rights activist Nickie Sekera was elevated to the Fryeburg Water District.
MASSACHUSETTS: The Green-Rainbow Party gained ballot
status after several statewide nominees drew more than 4%. The state
requires at least 3% from one statewide candidate. (http://www.green-rainbow.org/2014_election_results)
NEW YORK: Thanks to Howie Hawkins' campaign for Governor, with Brian Jones
running for Lt. Governor, the Green Party made history by establishing
itself as the third party in a state crowded with alternative parties
because of New York's election rules, which allow fusion. Mr. Hawkins
received more than 175,000 votes (about 5%), far above the 59,000 he
received in his 2010 gubernatorial run and more than triple the 50,000
necessary for party status. Matt Funiciello received about 11% in
his third race for Congress in District 21 in upstate New York. Was
endorsed by three local papers. See Mr. Hawkins' Nov. 6 guest column in
The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/06/election-green-promise-2016).
OREGON: Measure 90 was defeated; it would have enacted a top-two
election system making participation by alternative parties nearly
impossible in statewide general elections. (California now has top-two
elections.) Michael Beilstein was elected to Corvallis City Council and Matt Donohue
was elected to Benton County Circuit Court Judge. Oregon voters
legalized marijuana, but a ballot measure requiring labeling of
genetically engineered food was defeated by a tiny margin. Greens
supported both measures. (More: http://www.pacificgreens.org/pacific_green_party_celebrates_victories)
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