2022-11-15 Top Green Results – US House, two-way races -E-mail from Elections Database Manager, Green Party of the United States

Posted on November 16, 2022 by mekorganic

2022-11-15 Top Green Results – US House, two-way races -E-mail from Elections Database Manager, Green Party of the United States

Dear Greens

This year California Green Michael Kerr (Contra Costa County) became only the fifth California Green to make it onto the November ballot since top two elections were put in place in 2012, three for US House of Representatives and two for State Assembly. This history is covered in this article in the GPUS Newspaper Green Pages:

#RepealTopTwo – Green US House candidate Michael Kerr becomes only fifth California Green to make it onto the November ballot since top two elections were put in place in 2012

At the same time, Kerr also became only the 18th Green in the U.S. to be on a U.S. House general election ballot in a two-way race vs. a Democrat or a Republican, receiving 20.1% of the vote as of November 14th, 2022 counts. Note that Kerr’s final % of the vote and total votes will likely change somewhat as ballots are still being counted in California.

Below is the list of all 18 two-way races in which a Green in the U.S. has appeared on the ballot and contested; followed by a list of only Greens vs. Democrats and then only Greens vs. Republicans. Kerr’s race is the eight highest among the 18.

Mike Feinstein

Elections Database Manager, Green Party of the United States

Top Green Results – US House, two-way races

Top Results – US House, two-way races

Two-Way Races

Since 1998, 18 Greens have run in two-way races for the U.S. House of Representatives – ten vs. Democrats and eight vs. Republicans. They appear below in order of percentage of vote received – first for all races, second vs. Democrats only and third vs. Republicans only.

All two-way races (18)

Mark Salazar – 31.43% (November 2016)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 8 (Arizona)
93,954 votes • Green vs. Republican

Kenneth Mejia – 27.5% (November 2018)
US House of Representatives, District 34 (California)
41,711 votes • Green vs. Democrat

Deb McFarland – 23.2% (November 2008)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 2 (Arkansas)
64,398 votes • Green vs. Democrat

Rodolfo Cortez Barragan – 22.7% (November 2018)
US House of Representatives, District 40 (California)
27,511 votes • Green vs. Democrat

AnnDrea M. Benson – 22.2% (November 2002)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 3 (Pennsylvania)
33,313 votes • Green vs. Democrat

Abel Tomlinson – 21.4% (November 2008)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 3 (Arkansas)
58,850 votes • Green vs. Republican

Tom Kelly – 20.2% (November 2006)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 1 (Colorado)
32,825 votes • Green vs. Democrat

Michael Kerr – 20.1% (November 2022)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 10 (California)
37,398 votes • Green vs. Democrat

Paul Blair – 17.99% (November 2014)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 3 (Texas)
24,876 votes • Green vs. Republican

Steve Warner – 16.5% (November 2006)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 5 (Maryland)
33,464 votes • Green vs. Democrat

D.C. Amarasinghe – 16.4% (November 2002)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 2 (Virginia)
20,589 votes • Green vs. Republican

Gary Swing – 15.72% (November 2018)
US House of Representatives, District 7 (Arizona)
12,647 votes • Green vs. Republican

William M. Belitskus – 15.12% (November 1998)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 5 (Pennsylvania)
17,734 votes • Green vs. Republican

Joshua Drake – 13.8% (November 2008)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 4 (Arkansas)
32,603 votes • Green vs. Democrat

Brian Merrill Vasquez Verdin – 12.9% (November 2002)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 4 (Wisconsin)
18,324 votes • Green vs. Democrat

Jim Dunn – 12.1% (November 2004)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 1 (South Carolina)
25,674 votes • Green vs. Republican

Laura Wells – 11.6% (November 2018)
US House of Representatives, District 13 (California)
34, 257 votes • Green vs. Democrat

Hal J. Ridley, Jr. – 11.39% (November 2016)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 36 (Texas)
24,890 votes • Green vs. Democrat

Two-way races vs. Democrats (10)