Ballot Access News reports that Cindy Sheehan got only a couple of hundred more valid signatures than required, placing her officially on the ballot.
The Sheehan campaign collected about 20,000 raw signatures, after a last minute push.…
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Sheehan secures ballot access
By Fred Church Ortiz on August 8, 2008 7:25 PM
Independent Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan has secured her place on the ballot to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California’s 8th House district. A message sent to supporters minutes ago details the scope of the effort:
There has been an overwhelming and unprecedented show of support among San Francisco voters for the Sheehan campaign’s progressive agenda.
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Sheehan needs 2,116 more signatures, moneybomb on August 6th
By Fred Church Ortiz on August 5, 2008 7:11 PM
From a note published today on her official Facebook profile comes an update on independent House candidate Cindy Sheehan‘s efforts to make the ballot:
Subsequent to the Department of Election challenging an UNBELIEVABLE 43.5 PERCENT of our signatures, our CINDY FOR CONGRESS ’08 campaign still needs 2116 more valid signatures to get CINDY SHEEHAN on the San Francisco ballot to run against failed Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.
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Sheehan statement upon ejection from House Judiciary Committee audience
By Fred Church Ortiz on July 25, 2008 6:34 PM
The following statement was written by Independent congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan and posted on her campaign’s official Facebook profile. Sheehan describes the circumstances that led to her removal from the gallery, and notes that though unsatisfied with the limited scope of today’s hearing, she considered it “a baby step in the right direction.”…
McKinney joins Sheehan campaign as honorary co-chair
By Fred Church Ortiz on June 23, 2008 4:10 PM
In a media advisory sent out minutes ago, the Cindy Sheehan for Congress campaign has announced that Cynthia McKinney, the frontrunner for the Green party presidential nomination, has signed on as honorary co-chair in the independent campaign to unseat Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.…
Sheehan secures San Francisco GP endorsement
By Fred Church Ortiz on June 21, 2008 1:48 PM
Wikinews reports than peace activist and independent congressional Cindy Sheehan has secured the endorsement of the San Francisco Green Party in her quest to unseat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from California’s 8th district:
Sheehan answered a wide variety of questions helping to overcome a common perception that she is a one-issue candidate.
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Sheehan condemns Pelosi on ‘blank check for war’
By Fred Church Ortiz on June 19, 2008 11:38 PM
In a message sent to supporters tonight, independent Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan slammed her opponent, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, over the passing of the latest war-funding bill.…
Cindy Sheehan criticizes Pelosi for not supporting impeachment
By Administrative Team on June 14, 2008 12:24 AM
Cindy Sheehan is running as an independent for Congress against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Ms. Sheehan recently sent the following email to her supporters:
“This past week, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Oh) historically and courageously introduced 35 articles of impeachment against (p)Resident George W.…
Sheehan: ‘Bring the dreaded draft on’
By Fred Church Ortiz on May 29, 2008 10:18 PM
In a message sent out to supporters commemorating the birthday of her fallen son, independent congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan takes on military recruiters and proposes a “radical” change in our military:
A “volunteer” military that counts on poverty, ignorance, a tanking economy, and false patriotism is one of the tools that the Military Industrial Congressional Complex uses to keep our nation in constant war while using the deceptive phraseology of “Support the Troops;” the same troops that they are mis-using as bullet sponges and paid assassins.
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