On June 9, voters of Portland, Maine elected a Commission to consider revising the city charter. Although the election was non-partisan, most voters were aware that three Greens were running. Ben Chipman was elected in a two-person contest in district 1, with 62.2% of the vote. Anna Trevorrow was elected to one of the at-large seats. Eight candidates were running for the at-large seats and four were to be elected. Trevorrow received 51.1%.
A charter commission is exactly the right time and place to bring up proportional representation. The odds of getting the commission to recommend it are not good (although they are not zero either). But the odds of being able to do extremely valuable educational work are very good. Since the Green Party is committed to PR (at least on paper), we can hope for the best from these two commission members.