Daniel Hamburg (born October 6, 1948) is an American politician in Northern California who was elected as a

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Congressman in 1992, serving one term from 1993 to 1995. In 1998, he was the

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gubernatorial candidate in

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. He remains active in the Green Party. He had settled in

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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 (

) 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

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, the son of Jean (Milton) and Walter Hamburg. His family was Jewish. He attended Stanford University and graduated in 1971. He settled in

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, 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

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Board of Supervisors, serving a four-year term from 1981 to 1985. In 1992, he was elected to

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, beating Republican incumbent

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. While in Congress, Hamburg was named one of ''

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'' magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1993. In the 1994 mid-term elections, in which Republicans made gains, Riggs defeated Hamburg in a rematch. Hamburg later became a member of the

and ran as the Green Party nominee for

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in 1998. He was the first candidate from the

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to run for governor. He finished a distant third among seven candidates with 104,117 votes, gaining 1.3% of the total vote. During the 2000 presidential election, Hamburg backed Green presidential candidate

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. In November 2010 Hamburg was elected for a second time to the 5th District seat on the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. Hamburg ran unopposed for reelection in June 2014, and retired from the board in 2018.

Advocacy

Hamburg became executive director of Voice of the Environment. On December 8, 2004, he and his wife Carrie were arrested for trying to deliver a letter to

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Secretary of State

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concerning alleged voter fraud in Ohio in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

Electoral history

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

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