• Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOP
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    Third parties don’t only run for presidential elections. I have had green party and libertarian party people elected in my town.

    State-Level Green Party Officials (Former)

    • Shane Robinson - Maryland, House, District 39 (2011-2019)
    • Henry Bear - Maine, House, District 144 (2013-2019)
    • Ralph Chapman - Maine, House, District 133 (2010-2019)
    • Fred Smith - Arkansas, House, District 50 (2011-2015)
    • Richard Carroll - Arkansas, House, District 39 (2009-2011)
    • John Eder - Maine, House, District 118 (2003-2007)
    • Matt Ahearn - New Jersey, General Assembly, District 38 (2002-2004)
    • Audie Bock - California, State Assembly, District 16 (1999-2000)

    Current Green Party Mayors

    • Peter Schwartzman - Galesburg, Illinois (2021-2025)
    • Bruce Delgado - Marina, California (2008-2024)
    • Emmanuel Estrada - Baldwin Park, California (2020-2024)

    Former Green Party Mayors

    • John Reed - Fairfax, California
    • Mike Feinstein - Santa Monica, California
    • David Doonan - Greenwich, New York
    • Kelley Wearvering - Cordova, Alaska
    • Robb Davis - Davis, California
    • Peter Gleichman - Ward, Colorado
    • Jim Sullivan - Victory, New York
    • Jason West - New Paltz, New York

    Current Green Party City & County Council Members

    • Sylvia R. Chavez - Calipatria, California
    • David Conley - Douglas County, Wisconsin
    • Josiah Dean - Dufur, Oregon
    • Becky Elder - Manitou Springs, Colorado
    • Bob Gifford - Portage County, Wisconsin
    • Renée Goddard - Fairfax, California
    • David Grover - Trinidad, California
    • Damon Jespersen - Newbury, Massachusetts
    • John Keener - Pacifica, California
    • Rebecca Kemble - Madison, Wisconsin
    • Paul Pitino - Arcata, California
    • Marsha A. Rummel - Madison, Wisconsin
    • George P. Steeves - Southbridge, Massachusetts
    • Anna Trevorrow - Portland, Maine
    • Daniel Welsh - Lewisboro, New York
    • Heidi Weigleitner - Dane County, Wisconsin
    • Stephen Zollman - Sebastopol, California

    Former Green Party City & County Council Members

    • Peter Schwartzman - Galesburg, Illinois
    • George Altgelt - Laredo, Texas
    • Michael Beilstein - Corvallis, Oregon
    • Bruce Delgado - Marina, California
    • Jessica Bradshaw - Carbondale, Illinois
    • Michael Cornell - River Hill Village
    • Jennifer Dotson - Ithaca, New York
    • Kathleen Fitzpatrick - Mosier, Oregon
    • Gail Garrett - Mount Washington, Massachusetts
    • Matt Gonzalez - San Francisco, California
    • Cam Gordon - Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Art Goodtimes - San Miguel County, Colorado
    • Daniel Hamburg - Mendocino County, California
    • Michelle Haynes - Norwood, Colorado
    • Gary Hull - Sharpsburg, Maryland
    • Tanya Ishikawa - Federal Heights, Colorado
    • Brian Kehoe - Catskill, New York
    • Jason Kirkpatrick - Arcata, California
    • Mary Jo Long - Afton, New York
    • Tom Mair - Grand Traverse County, Michigan
    • Sarah Marsh - Fayetteville, Arkansas
    • Merrily Mazza - Lafayette, Colorado
    • Gayle McLaughlin - Richmond, California
    • Ross Mirkarimi - San Francisco, California
    • Leland Pan - Dane County, Wisconsin
    • Dona Spring - Berkeley, California
    • Chuck Turner - Boston, Massachusetts

    Other Green Party Local Officials (Current)

    • Michael Clary - Coos County, Oregon
    • Jennifer Baker - Napa Valley College, California
    • Matthew Clark - San Mateo County
    • Billy Gene Collins - Waterford, Connecticut
    • Carl D’Amato - Waterford, Connecticut
    • Daphne Dixon - Fairfield, Connecticut
    • Matt Donahue - Benton County, Oregon
    • Maureen Doyle - Southbridge, Massachusetts
    • Andrew Frascarelli - Waterford, Connecticut
    • Frank Gatti - Amherst, Massachusetts
    • Michael Paul Hansen - Humboldt County, California
    • Jane Jarlsberg - San Bernardino County, California
    • Joshua Steele Kelly - Waterford, Connecticut
    • Vincent O’Connor - Amherst, Massachusetts
    • Sharron Parra - Hyampom, California
    • Vahe Peroomian - Glendale Community College, California
    • John Powell - Montecito, California
    • Colleen Ann Reidy - Thompsonville, Connecticut
    • Rebecca Rotzler - New Paltz, New York
    • Leif Smith - Redding, Connecticut
    • Darcy Van Ness - Waterford, Connecticut
    • Baird Welch-Collins - Waterford, Connecticut
    • Randy Marx - Fair Oaks Water District, Sacramento County, California
    • Fred McCann - Portland Water District, Portland, Maine
    • Garrett Erven - Red Wing, Minnesota

    Other Green Party Local Officials (Former)

    • John Amarilios - New Canaan, Connecticut
    • Korie Blyveis - Newberg Township, Michigan
    • Hector Lopez - New Canaan, Connecticut
    • Kim O’Connor - Hillsborough County, Florida
    • Jill Stein - Lexington, Massachusetts
    • Raymond C. Meyer - Lucas County Health Center, Iowa
    • Amy Martenson - Napa Valley College, California
    • MK Merelice - Brookline, Massachusetts
    • Anna Trevorrow - Portland, Maine
    • HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee
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      I’m not sure where you got this list from but its disingenuous at best to say that those people are examples of people who won elections under the green party when the 8 out of the first 10 you listed actually ran as democrats and only switched after they either left office or lost in a democrat primary.

      Shane Robinson -Ran and elected as a democrat

      Henry Bear - Ran and elected as a democrat

      Ralph Chapman - Ran and elected as a democrat

      Fred Smith - Ran and elected as a Democrat

      Matt Ahearn - Ran and elected as a Democrat

      Audie Bock - Ran in special election under green, switched to independent (not green) after.

      A lot of the other names you’ve given are for elected positions where party affiliation is not applicable like “water conservation manager for distinct 7” of some middle of nowhere county. Out of this entire list there are only maybe a half dozen valid examples of people that ran under the green party and won against actual opponents for a position that actually has any sort of power.

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          Even the source you copied it from actually shows they ran as democrats yet you still used it… I guess what you really stand by is bad faith.

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            I just cut and pasted, friend. If you have a problem with the way Wikipedia lists them, then go on edit and update. And even with whatever edits you think it should have, my point was still shown. They don’t just run in presidential elections.

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              You didnt just cut and paste it, Wikipedia clearly says they ran as democrats, you made the choice to omit that part, so you knew from the moment you edited what was pasted that it was misleading and you chose to lie by omission anyway.

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                    I didn’t put in notes of any of the candidates. And it doesn’t change my answer. And if you would like to put all of that in a text format that I can easily cut and paste into replies, I will gladly use from now on and credit you too. You seem to think that I am on some mission to hide information and trick you.

                    It’s public information. I posted the text that I had about green party members that don’t just run in presidential elections. I’ve posted it before with links. I’m not misleading you on anything. Seriously, make that into a text file that I can cut and past that is formated correctly and I’ll post what you give me.

                    Dude, I’m not even voting Green Party. lol