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Lynne Serpe (, born 1971) is a community organizer, environmental activist, urban gardener, consultant, electoral reform advocate and politician, based in Astoria, Queens, New York City. She was the Green Party candidate in the 2009 New York City Council race for New York’s 22nd District, which includes Astoria, Long Island City and parts of Jackson Heights, and finished second in that race. She ran again for the same office in 2013 on the Green Party line and again finished second, defeating the Republican candidate and two other independent challengers. ==Early life and political work== Lynne Serpe was born in Bellport, New York in Suffolk County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.facebook.com/lynne.serpe/about )〕 (Serpe’s given name is not infrequently misspelled as “Lynn” and sometimes appears so even in mainstream media publications.) She attended Bellport High School, where she participated in student government and belonged to Students for Environmental Quality.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.serpeforcouncil.org/about_lynne_serpe )〕 She graduated in 1989.〔 She attended Dartmouth College on a full scholarship, her income augmented with several part-time jobs. She graduated in 1993 with a degree in Government.〔〔 In 1994, Serpe joined the Green Party “as the political expression of her commitment to environmental stewardship, social justice and community-based economics.”〔 In the same year, she moved to Astoria, Queens.〔 Her initial involvement in Green Party politics was with the 1994 campaigns of Roberto Mondragón, a former two-time Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, who was the Green candidate for Governor of that state, and Steven Schmidt, the Green candidate for Lieutenant Governor. In 1998, Serpe coordinated the campaign of Sara Amir for Lieutenant Governor of California.〔 She served as Interim Campaign Manager for author and scholar Audie Bock in her successful campaign for the California State Assembly in 1999.〔 Bock was the first U.S. Green Party politician ever elected to state office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】) ">url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=890nf8lh89Y )〕 Also in 1999, Serpe managed the Santa Barbara City Council candidacy of Green John Strawn, who received 13.5 percent of the vote, and nearly won one of three open seats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://archive.is/Pu9A )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lynne-serpe/3/a38/a53 )〕 In the New York area, Serpe worked on the campaigns of Gloria Mattera for New York City Council (39th District) in 2003〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gp.org/elections/candidates/details.php?record=2079 )〕 and of Robin Sklar, also for City Council (26th District), in 2005.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gp.org/elections/candidates/details.php?record=3132 )〕 In 2004, Serpe served as national organizer of the US Presidential campaign for the Green Party ticket of David Cobb and Pat LaMarche.〔 In 2010, she managed the campaign of Rich Whitney for Governor of Illinois.〔 Serpe also helped organize the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=51 )〕 Green Party National Presidential Conventions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lynne Serpe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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