Mark's Election History

The election history of Senator Mark Greene, chairman of the Party of Commons, and a senator in "Commons."

1976 - Michigan House of Representatives - Lost D primary with 12% of the vote.

1985 - City Council (Hennepin Co.) - Lost general election with 12% of the vote.

1986 - U.S. House of Representatives [Minnesota, 5th CD] - Lost general election with 1.4% of the vote.

2000 - U.S. House of Representatives [Alaska, at large] - Won free-for-all (open) primary with 32.4% of the vote (winner of the last statewide Alaskan open primary); lost general election with 17% of the vote.

2002 - U.S. House of Representatives [Alaska, at large] - Won D primary with 64.5% of the vote; lost general election with 17% of the vote.

2004 - U.S. House of Representatives [Washington, 9th CD] - Won R primary with probably 50% to 53% of the vote.* Official results are under dispute, although belatedly, and Mark's opponent, Paul Lord, was claimed the official winner with an alleged 53% of the vote, and Mark with allegedly no more than 46.6%; the election was probably stolen from Mark, see "Commoner" for details (October, 2010 publications). Lord lost general election to Adam Smith.

2006 - The Secretary of State disqualified Mark from a U.S. Senate primary, because of an alleged lack of sufficient valid signatures on election candidacy petition. Mark disputed the disqualification, but court ruled against him; Mark did not appeal.

2007 - City Council (King Co.) - Lost primary with 6% of the vote.

2008 - Secretary of State [Washington] - Lost primary with 2% of the vote.

2009 - King County Council [9th Council District] - Lost primary with 8% of the vote. Ran for King County Sheriff as a write-in after the primary, and candidacy became embroiled in a constitutional dispute with King County Elections for their not giving the write-in filing the imprimatur of officialness, a.k.a. "declared" write-in candidacy, but court ruled in county's favor; Mark did not appeal.

2010 - King County Elections disqualified Mark from a Washington House of Representatives primary through arbitrary rulemaking that enabled the finding of an astounding 38% error rate on the election candidacy petition (the petition could have survived a 26% error rate); the case was disputed and went to court, which ruled in county's favor; Mark did not appeal.

*Disputed election.

Note I: Mark ran under his first name (Clifford) in all elections prior to 2004, or in all elections other than in Washington.

Note II: To clear up misinformation elsewhere on the internet, Mark didn't win primaries in Alaska because people liked his name as suggested by an ill-informed source; in separate campaigns totaling about a year long, Mark brought forth economically progressive ideas and an anti-interventionist ethos in the largest land area state in the union.

[revised on 2/13/11]

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