User:Solstrsyn/Socialist Alternative (United States)

Candidate history
In March 1996, Labor Militant member Richard Mellor ran at-large for Oakland City Council. Mellor was a shop steward in AFSCME Local 444 and had their endorsement. He won 3,500 votes, close to 6% of the total.

In 1996, in collaboration with other progressive organizations (the Immigrants Rights Movement, the Vietnamese Residents Association and others), members of Socialist Alternative formed a broad electoral coalition called the Civil Rights for All Electoral Coalition that became the Progressive Left Slate. This coalition drafted a comprehensive pro-working class program for San Francisco and began running candidates with the objective of building a working class, left electoral political block independent of the Democratic Party.

In November 1998, Labor Militant member Carlos Petroni ran for San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

In November 2007, Socialist Alternative member Matt Geary ran for Boston City Council. He won 3,000 votes, 6.5% of the total. He won 20% of the vote in the Uphams Corner neighborhood.