Based on official results of the
Nov 4th election, the Green Party of Allegheny County has regained minor party status within Allegheny County.

This is how it works:

Titus North, Green Party candidate for Congress (14th District;
all within Allegheny County) received:

23,214 votes (8.71%)

And, the highest winning candidate total for Allegheny:
Jack Wagner (Auditor General) = 442,486 Allegheny Co.votes
442,486 x 5% = 22,124

Titus exceeded 5% of Wagner's Allegheny County total so...

we made it!

Also, our candidates for the PA Legislature had impressive
results:

Mary E (Liz) Hughes (Green, 23rd District): 3948 votes; 13.21%
Liz's percentage is the highest Green Party result in PA for 2008.

Jonah McAllister-Erickson (Green, 21st District): 1891 votes; 7.18 %
Jonah's percentage & votes are an increase from his 2004 results;
significant for this year and the fact that it was a 3-way race.

Congratulations and Thank You to all Green candidates and volunteers in PA!

Allegheny County Election Results:
http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/elect/200811gen/results.aspx

top: Titus North, Liz Hughes, Malik Rahim
bottom: Ceci Wheeler, Malik Rahim
(photos by Sandy Hazley)

Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground Collective in New Orleans and Green Party candidate for Congress, came to Pittsburgh recently to receive the prestigious 2008 Thomas Merton Award (www.thomasmertoncenter.org).

During Malik's visit, a spirited gathering of Greens and friends filled the Shadow Lounge in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood.

Many thanks to Malik, Ceci Wheeler (who organized the gathering),
and to Vincent Eirene for recording a most moving evening:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/30144

Based on unofficial results from the
Nov 4th election, the Green Party of Allegheny County has re-gained minor party status within Allegheny County.

This is how it works:

Titus North, Green Party candidate for Congress (14th District;
all within Allegheny County) received:

22,916 votes (8.7%)

And, the highest winning candidate total for Allegheny:
Jack Wagner (Auditor General) = 438,475 Allegheny Co.votes
438,475 x 5% = 21,924

Titus exceeded 5% of Wagner's Allegheny County total so...

we made it!

Also, our candidates for the PA Legislature had impressive
results:

Mary E (Liz) Hughes (Green, 23rd District): 13.2%
Liz's percentage is the highest Green Party result in PA for 2008.

Jonah McAllister-Erickson (Green, 21st District): 7.1 %
Jonah's percentage is an increase from his 2004 results;
significant for this year and the fact that it was a 3-way race.

Congratulations and Thank You to all Green candidates in PA!