Posted by Wes at Green Party Watch:
It looks like the Green Party of California will have something that the Democrats don’t this year: a contested race for Governor. Both Laura Wells (NoCal) and Deacon Alexander (SoCal) have taken the initial steps to challenge for this post and both seem to be headed for a formal announcement in early January.
I had to take a couple of days to think about this one. It is not usual for the GPCA to have contested races. But, I think that we should welcome this one as it gives a chance to let everyone know just what the Green Party is all about.
Laura Wells has run for Controller before, polling over 600,000 votes in 2002. That is the most of any Green in California Electoral History. She is a strong advocate for economic justice.
Deacon Alexander is just a strong advocate for social justice, especially when that is being denied on any of fraudulent basis that our society manages to come up with.
Correction from Richard Winger in IPR comments: Laura Wells showing in 2002 was great, but not that great. She got 419,873 votes. Maybe the person who wrote that she got over 600,000 was thinking of another Green California statewide candidate, Sarah Knapp, who got 695,372 in June 2006 for the non-partisan post of Supt. of Public Instruction.
Thanks!
I’ve appended your correction to the post.
Laura Wells showing in 2002 was great, but not that great. She got 419,873 votes. Maybe the person who wrote that she got over 600,000 was thinking of another Green California statewide candidate, Sarah Knapp, who got 695,372 in June 2006 for the non-partisan post of Supt. of Public Instruction.