Daniel Hamburg
Daniel Hamburg 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, the son of Jean 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 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.Hamburg was arrested outside of a Wal-Mart store in Ukiah, California in 2000 while protesting for the legalization of marijuana.
Hamburg has endorsed the religious teachings of Adi Da.
Electoral history
Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1994, write-ins received 86 votes.| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Gray Davis | Democratic | 4,860,702 | 57.97 |
| Dan Lungren | Republican | 3,218,030 | 38.36 |
| Dan Hamburg | Green | 104,179 | 1.24 |
| Steve W. Kubby | Libertarian | 73,845 | 0.88 |
| Gloria Estela LaRiva | Peace and Freedom | 59,218 | 0.71 |
| Nathan E. Johnson | American Independent Party | 37,964 | 0.45 |
| Harold H. Bloomfield | Natural Law | 31,237 | 0.37 |
| 7,418,890 | - |