The AP reports Nebraska Green Party U.S. Senate candidate Steve Larrick “has been invited to two candidate events after being excluded from a debate earlier this month.”…
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Green U.S. House candidate plans $10,000 campaign
By PJO on June 19, 2008 8:16 AM
Jason Wallace, the Green Party nominee in the 11th Congressional District in Illinois, plans to spend just $10,000 on his campaign. Wallace said, “We’re going to rely on individuals to go out and campaign for us.…
District 5 in Oregon attracts competition
By Trent Hill on June 17, 2008 7:21 PM
The 5th District in Oregon will have 5 candidates on the general election ballot, all of whom are poised to take at least 1% of the vote.…
Greens challenge Obama on Iran
By paulie on June 16, 2008 6:00 PM
Posted by Ronald Kane Hardy at Green Party Watch
In a press release the Green Party (US) is coming out critical of Barack Obama and his recent statements regarding Iran:
WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders and candidates expressed alarm that presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has joined President Bush in threatening a US attack on Iran
In a speech last week before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Sen.
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Ex-campus Clinton backers say McKinney more qualified than Obama
By PJO on June 13, 2008 2:19 AM
On its website, The Nation writes that in an e-mail message endorsing John McCain for president, University of Iowa Students for Hillary Clinton members Cody Eliff and Nikki Dziuban told disappointed Clinton supporters, “For those of you who just can’t stomach McCain, we suggest you look into Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party candidate.…
Illinois Greens issue press release
By Gregg Jocoy on June 12, 2008 2:33 PM
Not surprisingly, the subject is the removal of four of their Congressional candidates.
Green Party Candidates Removed from the November General Election Ballot
This week, the State Officers Electoral Board decided to remove four anti-war Green Party congressional candidates from the November ballot, two of whom served during the Iraq War.…
Republicans won’t embrace Kelleher
By Austin Cassidy on June 12, 2008 11:05 AM
As we reported earlier this month, Bob Kelleher won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Montana. That’s unusual because Kelleher has been a long-time Green Party activist and frequent candidate for office.…
Fusion candidate asks: What is a peace voter to do?
By Gregg Jocoy on June 12, 2008 8:36 AM
Kevin Zeese, who ran for US Senate from Maryland in 2006, has written a piece at Op Ed News asking this very question.
The headline calls Zeese a fusion candidate because he tried to run for Senate as the nominee of the Green, Libertarian and Populist parties, only to see the state legislature outlaw fusion, leaving him to run as a Green Party nominee only.…
New Mexico Green sets sights on utility commission
By Gregg Jocoy on June 12, 2008 8:30 AM
Rick Lass, a Green in New Mexico, has announced that he is in the running for a seat on that state’s Public Regulation Commission. According to an article by the Associated Press, Lass will have to gather about 1400 signatures in the next two weeks to secure a spot on the ballot.…