Joseph DeMare, who announced his candidacy on Earth Day, April 22, says he’s receiving good response while trying to collect the necessary 500 signatures to qualify for Ohio’s spring primary ballot. The Greens secured minor party status in 2014 when their gubernatorial candidate, Anita Rios, received 3 percent of the vote.
DeMare is a machinist from Bowling Green. He says he wants to “break the stranglehold” of the two-party system. Green candidates don’t accept money from corporations or corporate PACs.