November 16, 1997. District Greens meets for the first time to form a new GPM local. November 8, 1997. Fall membership meeting. All of the Green Party endorsed candidates in the recent Minneapolis elections came to at least part of the meeting, and spoke of their campaigns.
Membership decides against adopting a single official key issue for the party.
The district that David ran in is primarily working class, low-income and racially and ethnically mixed. 4,589 people voted for David Luce rather than the Democrat. GPM Gets first paid staff . September 25, 1997. Four Minneapolis Park Board candidates endorsed by the Mpls Green Party made it through the primary.