Socialist wins historic 27% against WA House Speaker *Kshama Sawant, the Occupy-inspired Socialist Alternative candidate for Washington State House, scored 27% against Democratic incumbent Speaker Frank Chopp. *
*full vote not counted as of yet.* *Kshama Sawant* *Votes 11,906 * *Percent 27.34 * *--------------------------------------------------* * Peace and Freedom Party, here are some of their results in California:* * * *Rosanne Barr/Cindy Sheehan got 36,975 votes - 0.4 % also on the ballot in Florida, total combined=49,000 votes* * * * * *State Senate seat 9, Mary Mcllrory got 33,801 votes - 14.2 %* *State Senate seat 33, Lee H.Chauser got 28.031 votes - 19.5 %* * State Assembly district 15, Eugene Ruyle got 17,437 votes - 13.1 %* * * *P&F did endorse other individuals and slates and those results I can not find at this time. Could be further updates also.* ** * Cort* *----------------------------* * * * * *As of this time, could change:* *http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results *Right now, Obama has 50.3 percent - over 60 million votes Romney has 48.1 percent - over 57 million votes Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party), 1 percent, 1.139 million votes *Jill Stein (Green Party), .3 percent, 396,562* *Rosanne Barr, Peace and Freedom Party - 49,000* Rocky Anderson, 34,521 Thomas Hoefling, 28,099 Jerry Litzel, 12,895 Jeff Boss, 12,895 Randall Terry, 12,895 [Those 3 having the same figure is weird] Merlin Miller, 12,895 [another one!] Jill Reed, 12,032 Richard Duncan, 12,032 None of the Above, 5,753 Andrew Barnett, 4,704 Chuck Baldwin, 4,704 Barbara Washer, 4,704 Tom Stevens, 4,001 *Stewart Alexander (Socialist Party), 3,897* Virgil Goode (Constitution Party), 3,553 Will Christensen, 3,553 *James Harris (Socialist Workers Party), 3,427* Jim Carlson, 3,169 Sheila Tittle, 2,470 *Peta Lindsay (Party for Socialism & Liberation), 1,518* *Gloria LaRiva ( Note: Gloria La Riva and Filberto Ramirez are the Party for Socialism and Liberation's candidates on Wisconsin's ballot), 533 part of above total for PSL* ** *Jerry White, Socialist Equality Party- wsws -1,126* Dean Morstad, 1,107 Jack Fellure, 503 ------------------------------------------------------------ Now I know there are many different shades of Green and some are to the Left. *Some more Green Party results; Florida* * * *Green Party candidate for Republican dominated Monroe County ( Keys) running for Mosquito Control Board, Oliver Kofoid for the District 1 seat got 10,299 votes 30.52 percent.* ** *Green Party candidate Florida House of Representatives District 12, Karen Morian* won the endorsement of several labor organizations as well as the local Democratic Party,* got 20,087 votes, 31.75 percent* ** *In Bay County in the Panhandle, a write in campaign for County Supervisor seat 3, Henry Lawrence Green Party got 309 votes.* --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin the Green Party merged with the Labor and Farm Party in the late 80's: In Wisconsin State Assembly race 78th District, Jonathan Dedering got 7,303 votes, 24.3 % against the Democratic incumbent. *there are 11 Green office holders in Wisconsin statewide most at the county level, I do know one who was/is a socialist-feminist. http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2012/11/ *Local Elections: California Greens win eight races on November 6* Twenty-two California Greens ran in November 6th elections. Eight were elected, including all five incumbents seeking re-election and three first-time candidates. Among those elected were a Green Mayor, four School Board members, two Water District members and a Fire Protection District board member (in a non-incorporated area where the Fire District serves as a de facto City Council regarding approving development). The eight California Greens elected on November 6th follow seven others who were elected in municipal elections in August, September and October, for a total of 15 California Greens elected in 2012. http://www.cagreens.org/elections/2012-november *California Greens Elected on November 6th:* Bruce Delgado Mayor (1) Bruce Delgado, Mayor, Marina (Monterey County) (incumbent) 1st of 2 candidates for one seat, 2,604 votes 62.58% ELECTED School District (4) Phyllis T. Greenleaf, Trustee, Board of Education, Live Oak Elementary School District (Santa Cruz County) 2nd of 3 candidates for two seats, 2,540 votes 33.5% ELECTED Mike A. Perez, Trustee, Board of Education, Aromas-San Juan Unified School District (Monterey County) (incumbent) 3rd of 4 candidates for three seats 360 votes 22.7% ELECTED Kimberly Ann Petersen, Trustee, Board of Education, Geyserville Unified School District (Sonoma County) 2 candidates for three seats (not on ballot, declared elected because race not contested) ELECTED Karen L. Pickett, Board Member; Canyon Elementary School District, Canyon (Contra Costa County) (incumbent) 1 candidate for two seats (not on ballot, declared elected because race not contested) ELECTED Water District (2) Randy Marx, Director, Fair Oaks Water District, Division 4 (Sacramento County) (incumbent) 1st of 2 candidates for one seat, 5,561 votes 57.01% ELECTED Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Water Board, Eureka (Humboldt County) (incumbent) 3 candidates for 3 seats (not on ballot, declared elected because race not contested) ELECTED Other Districts (1) John Abraham Abe Powell, Director, Montecito Fire Protection District (Santa Barbara County) 1st of 8 candidates for four seats, 1,569 votes 15.65% ELECTED ------------------------------------------ Jill Stein Election Results<http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2012/11/07/jill-stein-election-results/> November 7, 2012 in Presidential Campaign<http://www.greenpartywatch.org/category/president/> *While official tallies wont be certified for weeks, next-day tabulations at **Google Election * <http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results>*indicate that Jill Stein & Cheri Honkala finished fourth in the Nation with 396,684 votes, or 0.3% of the national total. This is more than twice the total of votes that the Green Partys Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente won in 2008 (161,195), and three times the total of votes that the Green Partys David Cobb and Pat LaMarche won in 2004 (119,859).* Ballot Access News notes that <http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/11/07/jill-steins-best-state-is-maine/>*the Green Partys best showing was in Maine, where Stein won 1.3% of the vote.* State by state returns: - Alabama 3,366 (0.2%) - Alaska 2,089 (1.0%) - Arizona 5,084 (0.3%) - Arkansas 9,196 (0.9%) - California 57,748 (0.6%) - Colorado 6,850 (0.3%) - Delaware 1,939 (0.5%) - District of Columbia 2,045 (0.8%) - Florida 8,708 (0.1%) - Hawaii 3,121 (0.7%) - Idaho 4,330 (0.7%) - Illinois 29,298 (0.6%) - Iowa 3,739 (0.2%) - Kentucky 6,420 (0.4%) - Louisiana 6,873 (0.4%) - Maine 7,975 (1.3%) - Maryland 15,289 (0.6%) - Massachusetts 19,486 (0.6%) - Michigan 20,855 (0.5%) - Minnesota 12,951 (0.4%) - Mississippi 1,516 (0.1%) - New Jersey 8,891 (0.3%) - New Mexico 2,634 (0.3%) - New York 35,346 (0.6%) - North Dakota 1,357 (0.4%) - Ohio 17,657 (0.3%) - Oregon 15,271 (1.0%) - Pennsylvania 20,644 (0.4%) - Rhode Island 2,261 (0.5%) - South Carolina 5,133 (0.3%) - Tennessee 6,443 (0.3%) - Texas 24,450 (0.3%) - Utah 3,378 (0.4%) - Virginia 8,366 (0.2%) - Washington 10,442 (0.5%) - West Virginia 4,341 (0.7%) - Wisconsin 7,572 (0.2%) ------------------------- Congressional Campaigns <http://www.greenpartywatch.org/category/congress/> The Green Party ran 7 candidates for US Senate and 64 candidates for the US House of Representatives. These election results are preliminary, official tallies will not be certified for several weeks. *USSenate* - Colia Clark (NY) 36,075 votes (0.6%) finished 3rd of 5 - Martin Pleasant (TN) 37,925 votes (1.6%) finished 3rd of 5 - David Collins (TX) 67,791 votes (0.9%) finished 4th of 4 - Harley Mikkelson (MI) 27,426 votes (0.6%) finished 4th of 5 - Ken Wolski (NJ) 14,100 votes (0.5%) finished 4th of 5 - Andrew Groff (DE) 3,191 votes (0.8%) finished 4th of 4 - Bob Henry Baber (WV) 19,231 votes (3.0%) finished 3rd of 3 In total, 205,739 votes were cast for Green Party US Senate candidates. *US House of Representatives* In total, 381,225 votes were cast across the U.S. for Green Party candidates running for the US House of Representatives. *Arizona* - Mark Salazar <http://www.facebook.com/MarkSalazarGreenParty>(AZ-6) 3,513 votes (1.7%) *Arkansas* - Jacob Holloway (AR-1)<http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2012/04/27/arkansas-student-to-run-for-congress-on-green-party-ticket/> 4,975 votes (2.0%) 4th of 4 - Barbara Ward (AR-2) <http://www.facebook.com/barbara.ward.750> 8,543 votes (3.0%) 3rd of 4 - Rebekah Kennedy (AR-3)<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rebekah-Kennedy-for-Congress-Arkansas-3rd-District/277154065628365?sk=info> 38,533 votes (16.1%) 2nd of 3 (note there was no Democrat running in this race) - Joshua Drake (AR-4) <http://www.drakeforcongress.com/> 4,882 votes (1.9%) 4th of 4 *California** (Californias Top Two Primary means that the following candidates lost on the June 5th Primary)* - Barry Hermanson (CA-12) <http://www.barryhermanson.org/> 3rd of 6, 6398 votes (5.4%) - Carol Brouillet (CA-14) <http://www.carol4congress.org/> 4th of 4, 5612 votes (4%) - Eric Petersen (CA-20) 5th of 7, 2140 votes (2%) - Michael Powelson (CA-30) <http://powelsonforcongress.wordpress.com/>6th of 7, 1976 votes (2.1%) - David Steinman (CA-33)<http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Steinman-for-Congress-2012-District-33/119313771509382?sk=wall>6th of 8, 3938 votes (3.5%) - Anthony Vieyra (CA-35) 3rd of 3, 6372 votes (18.6%) *Colorado* <http://www.coloradogreenparty.org/> - Gary Swing (CO-1) <http://www.coloradogreenparty.org/swing-2012/> 4,406 votes (1.3%) 4th of 4 - Susan Hall (CO-2) <http://www.coloradogreenparty.org/hall-2012/>- 9,346 votes (2.4%) 4th of 4 - Misha Luzov (CO-5) 17,016 votes (5.9%) 4th of 5 *Connecticut* - Mike DeRosa (CT-1) <http://www.mikederosa.org/> 5,363 votes (1.8%) 3rd of 4 - Colin Bennett (CT-2) <http://www.facebook.com/colinforcongress> 3,493 votes (1.2%) 3rd of 4 *Delaware* - Bernard August (DE-01) <http://bernieaugustforuscongress.us/> 4,273 votes (1.1%) 3rd of 4 *Illinois* - Nancy Wade (IL-5) <http://www.wadeincongress.org/> 14,549 votes (5.7%) 3rd of 3 - Paula Bradshaw (IL-12) <http://bradshaw4congress.org/> 16,747 votes (5.6%) 3rd of 3 *Maryland* - Bob Auerbach (MD-5) <http://www.douglove.info/Auerbach/> 4,478 votes (1.3%) 3rd of 4 - George Gluck (MD-8)<http://www.bridgesights.com/georgegluck/index.html> 3,776 votes (1.4%) 4th of 4 *Michigan* - Ellis Boal <http://ellisboal.org/index.shtml>: (MI-01) 4,156 votes (1.2%) 4th of 4 - William J. Opalicky: (MI-02) 2,709 votes (0.9%) 5th of 5 - Pat Timmons <http://pattimmonsforcongress.com/>: (MI 04) 2,760 votes (0.9%) 5th of 5 - Richard E. Wunsch <http://www.facebook.com/WunschForCongress>: (MI-07) 3,455 votes (1.1%) 4th of 4 - Julia Williams <http://juliawilliamsforcongress.com/>: (MI-09) 4,706 votes (1.4%) 4th of 5 - Steven Paul Duke: (MI-11) 4,471 votes (1.3%) 4th of 5 - Douglas Campbell: (MI-14) 2,860 votes (0.9%) 4th of 4 *New Jersey* - Bill Reitter (NJ-1) <http://www.newmenu.org/reitterforcongress> 4,042 votes (1.4%) 3rd of 4 - Patricia Alessandrini (NJ-5) <http://www.newmenu.org/votepatricia> 5,999 votes (2.2%) 3rd of 3 *New York* - Evergreen Chou (NY-6) <http://www.evergreenforcongress.info/> 1,729 votes (1.2%) 3rd of 3 - Colin Beavan (NY-8) <http://www.votecolin.com/> 2,098 votes (1.2%) 3rd of 3 - Vivia Morgen (NY-9) -2,700 votes (1.4%) 3rd of 3 - Hank Bardel (NY-11) <http://www.hankbardelforcongress.org/> 1,782 votes (1.0%) 3rd of 3 - Anthony Gronowicz (NY-14) <http://www.votegronowicz.info/> 2,322 votes (1.8%) 3rd of 3 - Joseph Diaferia (NY-16) <http://www.diaferiaforcongress.info/> 2,052 votes (1.2%) 3rd of 3 - Donald Hassig (NY-21) <http://northernnewyorkleftnews.wordpress.com/> 3,648 votes (1.6%) 3rd of 3 - *Ursula Rozum (NY-24) <http://www.ursulaforcongress.com/> 21,291 votes (7.9%) 3rd of 3* *Ohio* - Rich Stevenson (OH-1) <http://cs2pr.us/Rich/> 6,281 votes (1.9%) 4th of 4 - Bob Fitrakis (OH-3)<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fitrakis-For-Congress/284399558288330> 5,776 votes (2.1%) 4th of 4 - Elaine Mastromatteo (OH-14)<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elaine-R-Mastromatteo-for-Congress-14th-District/356927147656365?sk=wall> 12,546 votes (3.8%) 3rd of 4 *Oregon* - Steven Reynolds <http://www.codyforcongress.com/> (OR-01) 10,230 votes (4.1%) 3rd of 4 - Woody Broadnax <http://www.broadnax4congress.com/> (OR-03) -8,294 votes (3.2%) 3rd of 4 - Christina Lugo <http://www.newmenu.org/chrislugo> (OR-05) 7,056 votes (2.2%) 3rd of 4 *South Carolina* - Jeff Sumerel (SC-04) 3,341 votes (1.3%) 3rd of 3 - Nammu Muhammad (SC-06) 12,060 votes (5.6%) 2nd of 2 (note no republican in this race) *Tennessee* - Bob Smith- (TN-01) <https://www.facebook.com/groups/291720267523259/> 2,870 votes (1.2%) 4th of 5 - Norris Dryer (TN-02) 5,639 votes (2.2%) 3rd of 5 - John Miglietta (TN-05) <http://www.johnmiglietta.org/> 5,058 votes (2.0%) 3rd of 3 - Pat Riley (TN-06) <http://patrileyforcongress.com/> 21,613 votes (9.0%) 3rd of 3 (note no democrat in this race) - Howard Switzer (TN-07) <http://howardswitzer.com/> 4,584 votes (1.8%) 3rd of 5 *Texas* - Mark Roberts <http://www.texasgreencandidates.com/markroberts.html> (TX-02) 1,999 votes (0.8%) 4th of 4 - Brandon Parmer (TX-06) -2,015 votes (0.8%) 4th of 4 - Lance Findley (TX-07) -1,811 votes (0.8%) 4th of 4 - Vanessa Foster (TX-09) -1,738 votes (0.9%) 3rd of 4 - Keith Houston (TX-13) -5,895 votes (2.9%) 3rd of 3 (note no democrat in this race) - Rhett Smith <http://rhettforcongress.com/> (TX-14) -1,053 votes (0.4%) 4th of 4 - Antonio Diaz <http://www.texasgreencandidates.com/antoniodiaz.html> (TX-20) -1,621 votes (0.9%) 4th of 4 - Don Cook <http://www.texasgreencandidates.com/doncook.html> (TX-22) -4,050 votes (1.6%) 4th of 4 - Ed Scharf <http://www.texasgreencandidates.com/edscharf.html> (TX-23) -2,099 votes (1.1%) 4th of 4 - Michael Cary (TX-28) -1,403 votes (0.8%) 4th of 4 - Maria Selva (TX-29) -4,550 votes (4.8%) 3rd of 3 (note no republican in this race) - Ed Lindsay (TX-33) -2,006 votes (1.7%) 3rd of 3 - Meghan Owen <http://www.texasgreencandidates.com/meghanowen.html> (TX-35) -2,528 votes (1.5%) 4th of 4 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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