Green people can't get elected to office

[UrbScotty]

I mean, I can't take people who are green!

[4_Legs_Good]

1. It's not easy being Green

sad really.

david

Kucinich 2004

No Recall
Yes Arianna!

[ikojo]

2. So, Greens can't get elected huh?

This newsflash may be news to the following Californians (info from http://www.feinstein.org/greenparty/electeds.html):
Green Party members holding elected office in the United States:

California (63)
Matt Gonzalez, President, Board of Supervisors, District 5, City/County of San Francisco
Larry Barnett, City Council, Sonoma (Sonoma County)
Bruce Delgado, City Council, Marina (Monterey County)
Alan Drusys, Mayor Pro-Tempore, Yucaipa (San Bernadino County)
Mike Feinstein, City Council, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County)
Bruce Frohman, Vice-Mayor, District 1, Modesto (Stanislaus County)
Tim Fitzmaurice, City Council, Santa Cruz, (Santa Cruz County)
Mike Harrington, City Council, Davis (Yolo County)
Beth Ingalls, City Council, Truckee (Nevada County)
Craig Litwin, Mayor, Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
Kevin McKeown, Mayor Pro-Tempore, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County)
Dave Meserve, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt)
Christene Mulholland, Vice-Mayor, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo County)
Landon Neustadt, City Council, Buelton (Santa Barbara)
Bob Ornelas, Mayor, Arcata (Humboldt County)
Larry Robinson, City Council, Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
Phil Rockey, City Council, Oakdale (Stanislaus County)
Mark Shoup, City Council, Apple Valley (San Bernadino County)
Lauren Sinott, City Council, Point Arena, (Mendocino County)
Sam Spooner, City Councnil , Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
Dona Spring, City Council, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Lew Tremaine, City Council, Fairfax (Marin County)
Karl Warkomski, City Council, Aliso Viejo (Orange County)
Nancy Pearlman, Community College District, Los Angeles, Seat 6 (Los Angeles County)
Sarah Lipson, Board of Education, City/County of San Francisco
Marc Sanchez, Board of Education,City/County of San Francisco
John Selawsky, School Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Tim Willis, School Board, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz)
Jim Smith, President, Canyon School Board, Canyon Township (Contra Costa County)
Cynthia Strecker, Monte Rio Union School District, Board of Trustees (Sonoma County)
Bill (William) Meyers, School Board, Point Arena (Mendocino County)
Jose Octavio Rivas, School Board, Lennox (Los Angeles County)
Gene Meyers, School Board, Chicago Park (Nevada County)
Cindy Foxfoot, School Board, Twin Ridges Elementary (Nevada County)
DeOnne Noel, School Board, Twin Ridges Elementary (Nevada County)
Sandra Ventura Scott, School Board, Twin Ridges Elementary (Nevada)
Paul Franklin, School Board, Live Oak Elementary (Santa Cruz)
Wendy Corlis, School Board, Live Oak Elementary (Santa Cruz)
Herb Gura, School Board, Konocti Unified School District (Lake County)
Heidi Silva, School Board, Whitmore Union School District (Shasta County)
Jeff Sklar, Rent Control Board, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County)
Selma Spector, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Chris Kavanagh, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Howard Chong, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Rebecca Kaplan, Transit Board (Alameda County)
Cameron Miller, Water Conservation District Board, Santa Maria Valley (Santa Barbara)
P. Shawn McGraw, Granada Sanitary District (San Mateo County)
Paul Perkovic, Montara Sanitary District (San Mateo County)
Roberto G. Garcia, Fire District, Penn Valley (Nevada County)
William Bretz, Crest/Dehesa/Harrison Canyon/Granite Hill Planning Group (San Diego County)
Kathy Wronski, Park & Recreation District, Bear River (Nevada County)
Tom Bolema, Town Council, Juniper Hills (Los Angeles County)
Robert Kerekes, Town Council, Antelope Hills (Los Angeles County)
Rocky Neptun, City Heights Planning Group (San Diego County)
Jay Evarts, Julian Planning Group (San Diego County)
Kip Krueger, Ocean Beach Planning Group (San Diego County)
Doug Zilm, Ocean Beach Planning Group (San Diego County)
Sandy Emerson, Midcoast Community Council (San Mateo County)
Chuck Kozak, Midcoast Community Council (San Mateo County)
Paul Perkovic, Midcoast Community Council (San Mateo County)
George C. Nelson, Director, Community Service Area, Edgemont (Riverside County)
Nicole Vigeant, Community Services District, Tomales Village (Marin County)
James Lamport, Southern Humboldt Hospital District Board (Humboldt County)

I will grant that perhaps many of the above races may not have been partisan but I am not certain of that.

I am certain that one of the following was a partisan race:
Maine (7)
John Eder, State House, District 31
Nancy E. Randolph, Town Council, Brunswick
Jane Scease, Select Board, Topsham
Alice Knapp, Select Board, Richmond
Sue Mack, Chair, Select Board, Pownal
Antonio Blasi, Planning Board, Hancock
Ben Meikeljohn, School Committee At-Large, Portland

There are more states referenced on the Green Party of the US website.

Remember what Truman said, When given a choice between a real Republican and a fake Republican (i.e. DLC Republican-lite) the American people will choose the real one all the time. Just ask the voters in Missouri who, unfortunately, chose Talent(less) over Jean Carnahan. Ms Carnahan ran a Republican-lite campaign (including ads touting her support of Bush's then proposed war on Iraq) and lost to the real one.

[UrbScotty]

4. I don't mean Green Party members; I mean GREEN-COLORED PEOPLE!

;-)

[qb]

7. I beg to differ

If they lived in California, I think the Jolly Green Giant, Sprout and Herman Munster would all have a good shot at winning the governorship.

[sujan]

8. lol

[sujan]

3. of course not

You dont believe in these values?

http://www.gp.org/tenkey.html

I, on the other hand, being an independent would pick green over GOP-lite Democrats any day.

[UrbScotty]

6. See my above post (#4).

[qb]

5. Minneapolis has a couple of Greens on the City Council

I support Greens at the local level but not in races where the future of our state or country is at stake.