Green Party - At least 55 Greens in 14 states have run in 2017 elections through July 2017, with at least 21 elected nationwide. Additionally, a sitting City Councilmember in California registered Green while in office, and two more Greens were appointed to elected Neighborhood Council seats in Los Angeles.
This brings the total number of Greens holding elected office in the U.S. as of August 1, 2017 to at least 136 in 18 states. Among them are five county supervisors, 19 city council members and 35 college and school board members.
Greens won 21 out of 53 races for municipal office in 2017 - 39.6%, and 21/55 races overall (38.2%). Of the ten incumbents who have run so far in 2017, six have been re-elected. Among offices Greens have been elected to in 2017 are City Council (2), Town Council (1), Village Trustee (1), Select Board (4), School Board (3), Fire District (2), Library Board (2), Park District (1), Water Board (1) and Community Services District (1).
Green candidates per state in through July 2017 have been California (6), Connecticut (1), Illinois (11), Maine (3), Maryland (1), Massachusetts (4), Missouri (7), New York (3), Ohio (4), Oregon (7), Pennsylvania (1), South Carolina (1), Texas (3) and Wisconsin (3).
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Good going, Greens.
Now let's pull out all the stops and have a member of the House of Representatives elected.
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