Green candidate John Reeder got 23,000 votes (about 23 percent of the votes cast). The housing authority referendum in Arlington received nearly 33,000 votes (about 33 percent). This is an excellent showing considering that Josh Ruebner got 5% of the votes in 2006, 10% in 2007, and now 23% in 2008. The results can be found on the Arlington County website:
https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election

The Arlington Green Party is building an alternative vision of our world that is based on ecological wisdom, peace, and social justice. The Reeder campaign was built around these themes of social justice so that people making less than $60,000 a year and those with disabilities can continue to live in our community. And that a program of conservation and recycling be begun in Arlington where rising use of electricity (much of it generated in coal-fired plants), much higher stormwater runoff, and the loss of nearly half of the tree canopy threatens our environment.

I sincerely thank all who supported me and supported our initiative for a housing authority to address the loss of moderate income housing in Arlington.