Green Party Watch is reporting that candidate recruitment for the, you guessed it, Green Party in 2009 has doubled. In past off-years, the number of candidates running for office has been significantly less. Here’s an excerpt:
As of March 11, 2009 the Green Party has 98 candidates so far for office in 2009. Most of these candidates are running in local elections in Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
You can read the full article here. Source: Green Party Watch.