Daily Pilot: Grass is plenty Green (in CA-48)

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Published December 8, 2005

Grass is plenty Green

Béa Tiritilli is pleased with her fourth-place finish in Tuesday's election; jockeying begins in race to replace Campbell; Orange County Supervisor Jim Silva honored for his innovative work with the county's 1994 bankruptcy.

By Alicia Robinson, Daily Pilot

Though she came in fourth out of five candidates in Tuesday's special Congressional election and only received 1,409 votes or 1.4% of ballots cast, Green party candidate Béa Tiritilli still counted her campaign for the 48th District House seat a success.

"I gave voters an opportunity to choose an alternative voice to represent their views, we registered many new Green voters, and I did receive more votes than I expected in this extremely conservative district," Tiritilli said in a statement Wednesday.

She campaigned mainly on ending the Iraq war, but she also opposed policies that "scapegoat immigrants for all of society's ailments."

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