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Candidate history
[edit]In March 1996, Labor Militant member Richard Mellor ran at-large for Oakland City Council.[1][2] Mellor was a shop steward in AFSCME Local 444 and had their endorsement.[1] He won 3,500 votes, close to 6% of the total.[3]
In 1996, in collaboration with other progressive organizations (the Immigrants Rights Movement, the Vietnamese Residents Association and others), members of Socialist Alternative formed a broad electoral coalition called the Civil Rights for All Electoral Coalition that became the Progressive Left Slate. This coalition drafted a comprehensive pro-working class program for San Francisco and began running candidates with the objective of building a working class, left electoral political block independent of the Democratic Party.[4]
In November 1998, Labor Militant member Carlos Petroni ran for San Francisco Board of Supervisors.[5]
In November 2007, Socialist Alternative member Matt Geary ran for Boston City Council.[6] He won 3,000 votes, 6.5% of the total. He won 20% of the vote in the Uphams Corner neighborhood.[7]
Labor Militant authority control
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Elections Tuesday, March 26: Oakland has a working people's candidate! He fights for human need – not corporate greed!". Labor Militant (45): 6–7. February–March 1996. ISSN 0892-4902.
- ^ Mellor, Richard (27 September 2013). "US workers face more poverty, social crisis as capitalist offensive continues". Patch. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ Reimann, John (Summer 1996). "Workers' candidate makes gains in Oakland election". Labor Militant (46): 10. ISSN 0892-4902.
- ^ Sanderson, Fred (December 2000 – January 2001). "San Francisco socialists contest local elections". Justice. No. 22. Archived from the original on 25 December 2004.
- ^ "Full biography for Carlos Petroni". Smart Voter. League of Women Voters of California. 16 September 1998. Archived from the original on 22 March 2005.
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SA campaign announcements:
- Mirabito, Rob (10 July 2007). "Matt Geary for Boston City Council: a voice for workers and youth". Socialist Alternative. Archived from the original on 14 Oct 2007.
- Lessinger, Jesse (7 September 2007). "Vote for Matt Geary: a voice for Boston workers and youth". Socialist Alternative. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007.
- "Matt Geary '07". Archived from the original on 31 March 2008.
- ^ Koulouris, Bryan (9 November 2007). "Socialist Alternative candidate wins 3,000 votes in Boston election". Socialist Alternative. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017.
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