Greens Finish Second in Pair of High Profile Legislative Races

A pair of strong Green Party candidates placed second in their respective 4-way state legislative races today.  In Minnesota, Green Party national co-chair Farheen Hakeem topped a Republican and an Independence Party candidate to finish a distant second behind Democrat Jeff Hayden in the race for state senate district 61.

In Massachusetts, Green Party candidate Mark Miller was trailing Democrat Tricia Farley-Bouvier by about 100 votes, or a little over 1%, in the race for the 3rd Berkshire District state house seat.   

The results from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office, with 100% reporting…

x-Jeff Hayden (DFL)  –  1,856 votes  (68%)
Farheen Hakeem (Green) –  595 votes  (22%)
Bruce Lundeen  (Rep)  – 221 votes  (8%)
Matt Brillhart  (IP)  –  44 votes  (2%) 

The unofficial tally from iBerkshires.com shows Miller less than 100 votes behind the Democrat…

x-Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Dem)    –    1,940 votes  (32%)
Mark Miller (Green)         –   1,848 votes  (31%)
Pam Malumphy (Ind)     –   1,333 votes  (22%)
Mark Jester (Rep)      –       899 votes   (15%)