 daniel (dan) hamburg' (born october 6, 1948) is an american politician and a former democratic party congressman and 1998 green party gubernatorial candidate from california. he remains active in the green party. ==early life== hamburg was born in st. louis, missouri. he attended stanford university and graduated in 1971. he then lived in ukiah, california, where he founded an alternative school and served on the city planning commission from 1976 to 1981. he also founded a cultural study program in china. ==political career== hamburg served on the mendocino county board of supervisors from 1981 to 1985. in 1992, he was elected to california's 1st congressional district, beating incumbent frank riggs. while in congress he was named one of people magazine's "sexiest people on the hill" and as one of peoples "50 most beautiful people" in 1993. in 1994, a national backlash against democrats helped riggs to defeat hamburg in a rematch. hamburg became a member of the green party; in 1998 he ran for california governor as a green. he was the first green party of california candidate for governor ever, and finished third among seven candidates with 104,117 votes for 1.3% of the total vote. during the 2000 presidential election hamburg backed green presidential candidate ralph nader. 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-ge
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