Daniel Hamburg

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Daniel Hamburg

| image = Daniel Hamburg 103rd Congress 1993.jpg

| caption =

| office1 = Member of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
from the 5th district

| term_start1 = January 4, 2011

| term_end1 = January 8, 2019

| predecessor1 = J. David Colfax

| successor1 = Ted Williams

| state2 = California

| district2 = 1st

| predecessor2 = Frank Riggs

| term_start2 = January 3, 1993

| term_end2 = January 3, 1995

| successor2 = Frank Riggs

| office3 = Member of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
from the 2nd district

| term_start3 = January 5, 1981

| term_end3 = January 7, 1985

| predecessor3 = Ernest Banker

| successor3 = Nelson Redding

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|10|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, US

| party = Green{{cite web|url=http://gp.org/election-news/officeholders?resetfilters=0&clearordering=0&clearfilters=0 |title=Green Party Officeholders |publisher=Green Party of the United States |accessdate=November 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129061929/http://gp.org/election-news/officeholders?resetfilters=0&clearordering=0&clearfilters=0 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 }}
Democratic (formerly)

| spouse = Carrie Alexander
Sara Stark

}}

Daniel Hamburg (born October 6, 1948) is an American politician in Northern California who was elected as a Democratic Party Congressman in 1992, serving one term from 1993 to 1995. In 1998, he was the Green Party gubernatorial candidate in California. He remains active in the Green Party.

He had settled in Mendocino County, California after graduating from Stanford University. In Ukiah he founded an alternative school and was active for several years on the planning commission. In 1980 he was elected as a member of the Mendocino County (California) Board of Supervisors, serving to 1985. He later was elected again twice to the Board of Supervisors, in 2010 and 2014, and served two terms, from 2011 through 2018.

Early life

Hamburg was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Jean (Milton) and Walter Hamburg. His family was Jewish.{{Cite web|url=http://theava.com/archives/5907|title = Beyond the Politics: 5th District Supervisor Candidate Dan Hamburg|work=Anderson Valley Advertiser}}

He attended Stanford University and graduated in 1971. He settled in Ukiah, California, where he founded an alternative school. Hamburg also became involved in local civic affairs and served on the city planning commission from 1976 to 1981. He began to learn about local and regional land use issues. He founded a cultural study program in China.

Political career

Hamburg continued to be active in politics as a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, serving a four-year term from 1981 to 1985.

= Congress =

In 1992, he was elected to California's 1st congressional district, beating Republican incumbent Frank Riggs. While in Congress, Hamburg was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/dan-hamburg-vol-39-no-17/|title=Dan Hamburg|website=PEOPLE.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-02-02}}

In the 1994 mid-term elections, in which Republicans made gains, Riggs defeated Hamburg in a rematch.

= Green Party =

Hamburg later became a member of the Green Party and ran as the Green Party nominee for California governor in 1998. He was the first candidate from the Green Party of California to run for governor. He finished a distant third among seven candidates with 104,117 votes, gaining 1.3% of the total vote.{{cite web|url=http://vote98.sos.ca.gov/Returns/gov/00.htm |title=CA Secretary of State - Vote98 |publisher=California Secretary of State |access-date=October 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109164030/http://vote98.sos.ca.gov/Returns/gov/00.htm |archive-date=November 9, 2010 }} During the 2000 presidential election, Hamburg backed Green presidential candidate Ralph Nader.

= Return to board of supervisors =

In November 2010 Hamburg was elected for a second time to the 5th District seat on the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors.{{cite web|url=http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/acr/election_results/20101102-general.htm|title=Election Summary Report: County of Mendocino|date=November 23, 2010|author=Mendocino County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder|publisher=County of Mendocino|access-date=June 29, 2011}} Hamburg ran unopposed for reelection in June 2014, and retired from the board in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/acr/pdf/CANDIDATE_LIST_June_2014final_updated.pdf|title = Mendocino County, CA | Home}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/mendocino-county-thanks-supervisors-hamburg-and-croskey-for-service|title=Mendocino County thanks Supervisors Hamburg and Croskey for service|date=2018-12-19|work=The Ukiah Daily Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-02}}

Advocacy

Hamburg became executive director of Voice of the Environment.{{cite web |url=http://voiceoftheenvironment.org |title=Voice of the Environment |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127131107/http://voiceoftheenvironment.org/ |archive-date=2004-11-27 }} On December 8, 2004, he and his wife Carrie were arrested 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/9/78913/-|title=Former Congressman Arrested Delivering Letter to Kenneth Blackwell|work=Daily Kos|access-date=2020-02-02}}{{Cite news|title=Dan Hamburg Jailed in Ohio in Effort to Contest Vote|last=Callahan|first=Mary|date=December 10, 2004|work=The Press Democrat}}

Electoral history

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|+ {{ushr|California|1

}: Results 1992–1994{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |accessdate=2007-08-08 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070725184700/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |archive-date=2007-07-25 }}

!|Year

!|Democrat

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Republican

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|3rd Party

!|Party

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|3rd Party

!|Party

!|Votes

!|Pct

|1992

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Dan Hamburg}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |119,676

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |48%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Frank D. Riggs}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |113,266

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |45%

|{{Party shading/Peace and Freedom}} |Phil Baldwin

|{{Party shading/Peace and Freedom}} |Peace and Freedom

|{{Party shading/Peace and Freedom}} align="right" |10,764

|{{Party shading/Peace and Freedom}} align="right" |4%

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Matthew L. Howard

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |7,500

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |3%

|1994

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dan Hamburg

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |93,717

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |47%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Frank D. Riggs}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |106,870

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |53%

| |*

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

		7,418,890
class="wikitable" \|+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