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I thought this warranted a separate post. I’ll have updates on news articles, etc. on the post below this one, but I wanted to separate Joanne Ivancic’s personal message.

Here message is, indeed, one of victory. I have never met her, as with many Greens, but I am proud of her and her Green Campaign. Here’s Joanne:
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Dear Friends, Family and Supporters:

I wanted to share some interesting news with you–and, since many of you couldn’t make it to the great party we had–my closing remarks.

First, the sad news. We didn’t win a seat on the Board of Alderman. As the published report shows, we got 5% of the total number of votes cast for aldermen (with each voter getting up to 5 votes).

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I found one article in the Frederick News Post which barely even mentions Joanne.

Ken Sain has an article on Joanne at his blog.
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It took me awhile this morning, but I finally found something on the elections in my hometown county of Maryland.

Yesterday was the election for Mayor and Board of Alderman in Frederick City, Maryland.

I have been providing updates on Joanne Ivancic‘s campaign for Frederick City Board of Alderman. She is the first person from a third party to run for office there in decades.

Today’s WHAG, a Hagerstown NBC affiliate, reported on the race. It looks like Joanne didn’t get in, and I still do not have information on her totals.

The mayoral position was conceded by long time politician Ron Young (he was a 4-term mayor when I was younger) to Republican Jeff Holtzinger. However, the Board of Alderman will be democrat controlled with three out of the five positions having dems elected to them.

Here is the good news: The first openly gay person was elected to the Board of Alderman, David Koontz, a democrat.

I will provide an update as soon as I find out. It looks like the local papers there take their time getting things online.

Earlier in October, I wrote about Frederick, Maryland Alderman Green Candidate Joanne Ivancic:

Frederick, Maryland and Greens
More on Joanne Ivancic, Frederick, Maryland
Ivancic Media Coverage

Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1st, is the election there.

You can read her answers to questions at:

Views on red light cameras
Positions on slots
Answers on ADA issues
Answers on infrastructure

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