2004 Federal Election To Present
Following the 2004 election, Bartlett did not re-contest the leadership, instead taking on the deputy leadership under Lyn Allison.
Bartlett was defeated at the 2007 election, polling only 1.88% of the primary vote in Queensland. The Democrat vote was even lower in other states, and the party lost all its remaining Senate seats. He left the Senate at the expiration of his term in June 2008. He has since returned to being an announcer on Brisbane's 4ZZZFM radio station, and he occasionally writes pieces for websites such as Crikey,, New Matilda, The Drum and Online Opinion.
In November 2009 Greens leader Bob Brown announced that Bartlett would contest the lower house seat of Brisbane at the 2010 federal election as a candidate for the Australian Greens. Bartlett came third in the seat in the 2010 election, gaining 21.3% of the vote with just over a 10% swing to the Greens. This was the only seat other than the seat of Melbourne where the Greens gained a swing higher than 10%.
In May 2012, Bartlett ran for the Lord Mayoralty of Brisbane for the Greens, receiving 10.7% of the primary vote which was a 2.3% increase on the previous election.
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