Daniel Hamburg

Daniel Hamburg
Member of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors from the 5th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 4, 2011
Preceded by	J. David Colfax
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st district
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by	Frank Riggs
Succeeded by	Frank Riggs
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-06) October 6, 1948 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Political party	Green
Spouse(s)	Carrie -stage name: Marietta Klenofsky (pianist)
Religion	Adi Da

Daniel (Dan) Hamburg (born October 6, 1948) is an American politician and a former Democratic Party Congressman and 1998 Green Party gubernatorial candidate from California. He remains active in the Green Party.

Early life

Hamburg was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Stanford University and graduated in 1971. He then lived in Ukiah, California, where he founded an alternative school and served on the city planning commission from 1976 to 1981. He also founded a cultural study program in China.

Political career

Hamburg served on the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors from 1981 to 1985. In 1992, he was elected to California's 1st congressional district, beating incumbent Frank Riggs. While in Congress he was named one of People magazine's "sexiest people on the Hill" and as one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1993. In 1994, a national backlash against Democrats helped Riggs to defeat Hamburg in a rematch. Hamburg became a member of the Green Party; in 1998 he ran for California governor as a Green. He was the first Green Party of California candidate for Governor ever, and finished third among seven candidates with 104,117 votes for 1.3% of the total vote. During the 2000 presidential election Hamburg backed Green presidential candidate Ralph Nader. In November 2010 Hamburg was elected for a second time to the 5th District seat on the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. Hamburg is running unopposed for a third term in June 2014.[1]

Advocacy

Hamburg became executive director of Voice of the Environment, and on December 8, 2004, was arrested along with his wife Carrie for trying to deliver a letter to Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell concerning alleged voter fraud in Ohio in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

Hamburg was arrested outside of a Wal-Mart store in Ukiah, California in 2000 while protesting for the legalization of marijuana.

Hamburg has endorsed the religious teachings of Adi Da.

Electoral history

California's 1st congressional district: Results 1992–1994

Year		Democrat	Votes	Pct		Republican	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct
1992		Dan Hamburg	119,676	48%		Frank D. Riggs	113,266	45%		Phil Baldwin	Peace and Freedom	10,764	4%		Matthew L. Howard	Libertarian	7,500	3%
1994		Dan Hamburg	93,717	47%		Frank D. Riggs	106,870	53%	*

Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1994, write-ins received 86 votes.

1998 California gubernatorial election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Gray Davis	Democratic	4,860,702	57.97
Dan Lungren	Republican	3,218,030	38.36
Dan Hamburg	Green	104,179	1.24
Steve W. Kubby	Libertarian	73,845	0.88
Gloria Estela LaRiva	Peace and Freedom	59,218	0.71
Nathan E. Johnson	American Independent Party	37,964	0.45
Harold H. Bloomfield	Natural Law	31,237	0.37
		7,418,890

External links

• Daniel Hamburg at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Dan Hamburg for Supervisor
• Voice of the Environment

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Frank Riggs	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district 1993–1995	Succeeded by Frank Riggs