On Election Day, Greens Continued to Prove Viable

In the general election cycle of 2014, the candidacy I watched most closely was of Howie Hawkins for governor of New York.  He drew nearly quadruple the percentage he did when he sought said office in 2010.  In both contests, he ran on the slate of the Green Party and finished third among the gubernatorial nominees.  This time, eight lines on the ballot had a ticket for governor and lieutenant governor that received enough votes to secure, for its line, a row on the ballot for every partisan election in NY over the next four years.  Because the Green ticket placed fourth, its line rose from Row F to Row D.  (The Conservative Party cross-nominated the Republican ticket and placed third.)

Numerous Greens did well in and, in some cases, won local elections this year.  But for now, I pieced together this possibly incomplete list of Green nominees for federal and state office who garnered 5% of the vote or more in races that ended on Tuesday.  Some percentages may not be final, as counts often take weeks or months to complete.

Hawkins (gp.org)

For Congress
Paul Blair: 18% in TX3
Antonio Diaz: 15% in TX21

Daniel Vila Rivera: 13% in NY13 
Matthew Funiciello: 11% in NY21 
Robert Smith: 7% in TN1 
Nancy Wade: 6% in IL5 
Paula Bradshaw: 6% in IL12
Barry Hermanson: 6% in CA12* 
Michael Cary: 5% in TX28

For State Judicial or State Executive Office

Matthew Donohue elected to Circuit Court for Dist. 21 of OR
Judith Sanders-Castro: 10% for Criminal Appeals Court of TX

George Altgelt: 9% for Criminal Appeals Court of TX

Jim Chisolm: 9% for Supreme Court of TX

Ellen Brown*: 7% for treasurer of CA

Laura Wells*: 6% for controller of CA

Howie Hawkins: 5% for governor of NY 
Catherine Damavandi: 5% for attorney general of DE

For State Legislature - SD: Senate District, HD: House (of Reps./Dels.) Dist., AD: Assembly Dist.

Lauren Besanko: 28% for HD39 in ME

Owen Hill: 27% for SD28 in ME

Martin Wirth: 25% for SD2 in CO

Paige Brown: 24% for HD97 in ME

Keiko Bonk: 23% for HD20 in HI

Daniel Lutz: 22% for HD66 in WV

Cedric Gates: 22% for HD44 in HI

Mark Myers: 19% for HD11 in WV

Bonnie Troy: 19% for HD135 in CT

David McCorquodale: 19% for HD21 in DE

Frederick Horch: 18% for SD24 in ME

Asher Platts: 18% for SD27 in ME

Amy Balderrama: 17% for SD23 in TN

David Courard-Hauri: 17% for HD41 in IA

Samuel Chandler: 17% for HD36 in ME

Wells
("Democracy Now!")

Sue Edward: 15% for HD114 in SC

Lisa Willey: 15% for HD66 in ME

Paul Ingmundson: 14% for HD123 in TX

Lena Buggs: 14% for HD65A in MN

Matthew Went: 14% for HD84 in CT

Edward Heflin: 13% for SD36 in CT

Nicolas Serna III: 12% for HD42 in TX

David Bedell: 12% for HD125 in CT

Alice Knapp: 12% for SD23 in ME

Mark Diehl: 11% for SD29 in ME

Daniel Stromgren: 11% for HD54 in ME

Marco Buentello: 10% for HD80 in TX

Kelly Hanna: 10% for HD122 in CT

Andrew Reddy: 10% for HD33 in ME

Arthur Browning: 9% for HD130 in TX

Mark Holsinger: 9% for HD54 in TN

Daniel Robinson: 9% for HD20 in MD
Pamela Elizondo*: 9% for AD2 in CA

John Lindblad*: 8% for SD18 in CA
Paul Gilman: 8% for SD11 in NY 

Morgan Bradford: 8% for HD146 in TX

Michael Wakefield: 8% for HD23 in ME
Elaine Mastromatteo: 6% for HD64 in OH

Randall Parr: 6% for HD95 in ME
Alexander Polikoff: 5% for HD23 in OR

*Green candidate in nonpartisan primary held June 3