26 years Douglas
County, Wisconsin has had at least one Green on the Board
of Supervisors there since April 1986. (1986-2012)
In April 2010, Douglas County residents elected two Greens to two-year
terms on the County Board of Supervisors (Dave
Conley, Katherine McKenzie.) As
a result, there will now be at least 26 straight years in Douglas County,
with at least a single Green on the Board of Supervisors (William
Anderson, Robert Browne, Bruce Ciskie, Dorothy
Wolden along with Conley and McKenzie). In 18 of 20 years
between 1990 and 2010, there will have been between two and five Green members
on the Board at a time. The Board has 30 members overall, each elected by
single-member districts. Conley has served on the Board for all 26 years,
being elected to thirteen two-year
terms
- the
most years in office and the most two-year terms in office for any U.S. Green,
for any office.
20 years Point Arena, California has
had at least one Green on the City Council there since
October 1990. (1990-2010)
In November 2006, Point Arena residents re-elected Lauren Sinott to
a second four-year term. As a result, there will now be at least 20 straight
years in Point Arena, with at least a single Green on the City Council (Raven
Earlygrow, Eric Dahlhoff, Leslie Dahlhoff, Debra
Keipp and Sinott.) In six of those 14 years, there will have been two
Greens on the Council at a time. The Council has five members overall.
19 years Minneapolis, Minnesota will have
at least one Green on the Parks and Recreation Commission since 1994 (1994-2013).
By the completion of her current term, Annie Young will have served
for 19 years as a Green on the City of Minneapolis Parks and Recreation
Commission. Young was first elected to the Commission in 1989 as
a Democrat and was re-elected in 1993. Before taking office in 1994,
she changed her party membership to Green. Her four consecutive four-year
terms are the most four-year terms for any U.S. Green for any office.
18 years Arcata,
California had at least one Green on
the City Council from
November 1990 to November 2008.
Six different Greens have been elected
to the Arcata City Council and twice Greens
have held a majority on the five member
council. Between 1996-1998, Jennifer
Hanan, Jason Kirkpatrick and Bob
Ornelas made up the
first Green city council majority in the U.S.
Between 2004-2006 Harmony Groves, Paul Pitino and Dave
Meserve made up the second in Arcata and the fourth ever at that time
(Sebastopol,
CA and New Paltz, NY were the others).
18 years Lucas County,
Iowa will have had at least one member of the Hospital
Board of Trustees (1998-2016)
By the completion of his current term in 2016, Raymond C. Meyer will
have served for 18 years on the Lucas County Hospital Board of Trustees.
16 years Berkeley,
California had one Green on the City Council from
November 1992 to July 2008. (1992-2008)
Dona Spring was first elected to the Berkeley
City Council in 1992, to the first of three, two-years terms.
In 1998, the city of Berkeley switched from two-year to four-year
City Council terms. Berkeley residents then re-elected Spring
in 1998, 2002 and 2006. Spring passed away in office in July
2008. Her 16 years in office
were second most behind Wisconsin's Dave Conley, as the most
years in office for any U.S. Green. The
City Council has nine members overall.
14 years San Miguel
County, Colorado will have had one Green on the County
Board of Commissioners (1998-2012)
By the completion of his current term, Art
Goodtimes will have
served for 14 years as a Green on the San Miguel County Board of Commissioners
from the western Third District of San Miguel County. Elected in 1996 as a Democrat,
Goodtimes switched
to the Green Party in September 1998, , following a change in state laws
giving ballot status to minor parties in Colorado, and has
been elected three times since.
14 years Fairfax, California will
have had one Green on the Town Council (1999-2013)
By the completion of Pam Hartwell-Herrera's current term in
2013, there will have been at least one Green on the Fairfax Town Council since
1999. Lew
Tremaine was first elected in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007. Larry
Bragman was elected in 2003 and 2007. Upon Hartwell-Herrera's election,
Greens
formed the fifth-ever Green City Council majority in the US.
12 years Lucas County,
Iowa will have had at least one Green on the County
Hospital Board of Trustees, Iowa (1998-2010)
By the completion of his current term in 2010, Raymond C. Meyerwill have served
for 12 years on the Lucas County Hospital Board of Trustees.
12 years Bayfield
County, Wisconsin had one Green on the Board of
Supervisors there between April 1986 and April 1998. (1986-1998)
Frank
Koehn was first elected
to the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors in 1986, to a two-year
term. He was re-elected to five more two-year terms. His
six consecutive two-year terms are the second most two-year terms
among U.S. Greens, for any office. His twelve years in office are
the third most among U.S. Greens, for any office.
12 years Chapel
Hill, North Carolina had one Green on the City Council there
between November 1988 and November 2001. (1989-2001)
Joyce Brown was first elected to the Chapel Hill
City Council in 1989 to a four-year term. She was re-elected to two
more four-year terms. She was the first Green sto server three four-year
terms.
The
Council
has
five members
overall.