Original sentence: He was re-elected in 2008, again winning 68.5% of the Democratic primary vote
Edited sentence: His writing on tax policy, immigration, electoral reform, education, and other matters has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, Baltmore Sun, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Providence Journal and other newspapers, and on websites such The Huffington Post, TruthOut, CommonDreams, Zmag, and elsewhere.Segal was chairman and founder of the federal political action committee, Greens for Impact, which ran a national media and direct-mail campaign in 2004, encouraging Greens and progressives in swing states to vote for John Kerry, and promoting electoral reform.Segal was re-elected in 2008, again winning 68.5% of the Democratic primary vote.The council seat Segal vacated was won by his political ally Seth Yurdin, a lawyer and political activist, and the chair of the Rhode Island chapter of Democracy for America