Elected Greens in Pennsylvania.

Allegheny County

Tara Yaney | Edgewood Borough Council

Jay Ting Walker | Pittsburgh Inspector of Elections

Berks County

Jim Keller | West Reading Borough Judge of Elections

David Kurzweg | Cumru Township Judge of Elections

Joseph Reeves | City of Reading Inspector of Elections

Julia Zion | Maxatawny Twp Judge of Elections

Bucks County

Tausif Khan | Falls Twp Judge of Elections

Paul Notwick | Bristol Twp Judge of Elections

David Ochmanowicz | Quakertown Community School Board 

Butler County

Michael Bagdes-Canning | Cherry Valley Borough Council

Lackawanna County

William Pilkonis | Scranton Judge of Elections

Lancaster County

Tim Runkle | Elizabethtown Tax Collector

Tim Runkle | Elizabethtown Judge of Elections

Monroe County

Cem Zeytinoglu | Stroudsburg School Board 

Philadelphia County

Kristin Combs | Philadelphia Judge of Elections

Olivia Faison  | Philadelphia Inspector of Elections

Ethan Leatherbarrow | Philadelphia Judge of Elections

Susquehanna County

Kerry Foose | Lenox Twp Judge of Elections

Wyoming County

David Kennedy | Overfield Township Auditor

Jay Sweeney | Falls Township Auditor

This Tuesday was Election Day for over a hundred Green Party candidates in local elections across the country. Here are some Green Party members who were elected and are now serving their communities with Green values in mind:  

In California, 16 Greens were elected to local office this week - a record number for a local election year, with 90% of incumbent Green officeholders winning re-election. Several Green Party members were elected for the first time. Click here for a complete list of Green victories in California.  

President - Jill Stein

State Treasurer - Kristin Combs

Auditor General - Jay Sweeney

State Representative, 60th District - Gabe Lytle

State Representative, 64th District - Michael Bagdes-Canning

State Representative, 117th District - Jay Sweeney

http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/ENR_NEW

About the candidates

Michael Bagdes-Canning is first and foremost, husband, father and grandfather. He is a retired teacher, having taught reading to delinquent and dependent boys for 29 years at the George Junior Republic in Grove City. For the past 27 years he has served his community, Cherry Valley, as a member of the borough council, and is currently Vice President. He is a lifelong union member and has served in several leadership posts in his union.

He is a Catholic and continually guided by faith. He believes in fighting for justice, treating people fairly, protecting God's creation, and telling the truth.

Despite being a faithful voter, a distaste grew in Micheal after years of habitually voting for the lesser of two evils in midwestern Pennsylvania -- where even most Democratic candidates function as Republicans. Despite over thirty years of candidates from both parties talking about supporting the interests of working people and small businesses, real wages have fallen, student debt skyrocketed, infrastructure deteriorated, and pollution ravaged our communities. This cannot continue. Pennsylvania politics and its voters are ready for a new direction.

Michael is running to encourage our citizens to join together in a bottom-up movement to ensure that our voices are heard over the special interests. Join Michael because government should be fighting for people and communities.

Kristin Combs, who recently ran for Philadelphia's city council, is fiercely committed to ensuring that every child has access to a meaningful public education. After graduating Baylor University with a degree in physics, she earned her master's degree in secondary education at the University of Pennsylvania. While there, she began as a student teacher at Furness High School and fell in love with Philly, the schools, and the students.

Kristin has seen firsthand the struggles that face our schools and communities. She was teaching at Vaux High School in North Philadelphia when the School Reform Commission announced it would be closed. Kristin organized public meetings and helped to create a plan to transform Vaux into a public, community school so it could stay open. Vaux closed in 2013, one of twenty-three public schools that were closed, but Kristin continues to fight for public education and against privatization, organizing teacher groups in support of high-quality public education that is accessible to all students.

Kristin has continued working with the School District of Philadelphia, and recently bought a home in Port Richmond, close to her students. She volunteers with the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, a non-profit that works to uphold the human rights of all people regardless of color, creed, sexual identity or socioeconomic status. She is active in the PFT's Caucus of Working Educators and the Green Party of Pennsylvania, and sings with the A Cappella Project Philadelphia, a non-profit organization dedicated to arts promotion and education.

Jay Sweeney, 63, is serving his second term as an auditor in Falls Township, where he owns and operates a small woodfinishing and painting business.

Jay is running to promote a transition from 19th century fossil fuels to a 21st century energy plan utilizing solar, wind, geothermal and hydropower.  pass comprehensive healthcare for all HB 1688, stop the influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council on our democracy and address crises including school property tax, struggling dairy farmers and the opioid problem.

Jay supports combined reporting to stop corporate income tax evasion.  This will generate revenue to help reduce/eliminate the school property tax.  He also supports a constitutional amendment to allow a graduated income tax.

Jay believes one plant can alleviate 2 problems.  Expand Act 92, the Hemp Bill, to allow our farmers to grow hemp as a cash crop.  Promote SB 3, the medical marijuana bill, to encourage physicians to prescribe cannabis for treatment of pain rather than opioids.