The Greening of Local Politics

By Jay Walljasper and Utne Reader
Published on October 29, 2007

Green Party members hold elected office in 21 states, according to a report from Mike Feinstein, the Green mayor of Santa Monica, California. The party claims five mayors in California and one in Pennsylvania. Among places where Greens sit on city councils: San Francisco; Madison, Wisconsin; Hartford, Connecticut; Duluth, Minnesota; Laramie, Wyoming; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Berkeley, California; and Fayetteville, Arkansas.

For more information: www.greens.org/elections.

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