Daniel Hamburg
Daniel (Dan) Hamburg (born October 6, 1948) is an American politician and a former one-term Democratic Party Congressman from 1993 to 1995. In 1998, he was the Green Party gubernatorial candidate from California. He remains active in the Green Party and was an elected member of the Mendocino County (California) Board of Supervisors. Early life. Hamburg was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Jean (Milton) and Walter Hamburg. His family was Jewish. 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, Hamburg was named one of "People" magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1993. In 1994, a national backlash against Democrats helped Riggs to defeat Hamburg in a rematch. 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 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. 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, and on December 8, 2004, was arrested along with his wife Carrie 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. Electoral history. Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1994, write-ins received 86 votes.