California Greens Win Eight Races on Election Day
November 8, 2012 in Local Elections, State Party News
Preliminary Election Report out of California:
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
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
(This information was put together by Mike Feinstein)
The California Primary is today, which will determine the proportion of Delegates that will go to the Green Party Presidential candidates Roseanne Barr, Kent Mesplay, and Jill Stein. California, with 65 Delegates to the Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention, is the largest Delegation, making the primary very important for all three candidates. 
Green Party Congressional Candidate Carol Brouillet is holding a campaign kick-off party on Saturday, April 28 from 3 – 10pm at the Willow Park Condo clubhouse at 500 W. Middlefield Road in Mountain View. Confirmed guests include luminaries from the activist community including Cindy Sheehan, Peter Phillips, Richard Gage, Paul Rea, and Mary Ann Thomas. Music will be provided by Rebecca Cross, Vic Sadot, Jeremy Goodfeather, and Brian Wallace.
David Steinman is a Green Party candidate for the House of Representatives in California’s 33rd CD. He is the author of Diet for a Poisoned Planet (1990, 2007), The Safe Shopper’s Bible (1995), Living Healthy in a Toxic World (1996), and Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save the Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (2007). He hosts the web talk radio program 



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