November 12, 2026
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Posted by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
In a message posted at his campaign website, Steve Alesch discussed the results of the first Green Party campaign in Winfield Township, and his plans for the immediate future, including a possible run for Congress from the 13th District.…
Matt Reichel, the Green Party candidate in the special congressional election in Illinois on April 7th, published a diary on OpEdNews.com in which he reviews his experience during the brief special election season and the outcome. …
Email from Libertarian Party of Illinolis chair Dave Brady:
Let me share with you quite a story.
In December of 2008 the LP Illinois formulated the Boston Tea Party Chicago concept and advertised it through the LPI yahoo and meetup groups, Ron Paul Meetup groups, Campaign for Liberty groups, national tax groups and well as other various peace groups and local / national new sources.…
Today, Tuesday, April 7th, 2009, is election day for some Green Party candidates around the country.
In Illinois, there will be 20 Green Party candidates on the ballot.…
Various local elections and a special congressional election are all being held tomorrow, April 7. There are a few Green Party candidates and one member of the Greens/Green Party USA running for office. …
h/t to my co-blogger, Ian Wilder, who published this story at www.onthewilderside.com
Green Party blasts legislative move to repeal Nuclear Moratorium; Calls attempt an effort to undermine Renewable Energy
Green Party leaders condemned legislative attempts to repeal the Illinois moratorium against new nuclear production. …
Matt Reichel – the Green Party candidate for Congress in the April 7th special election in Chicago, who has previously been covered here and here -participated in a short televised debate against his opponents on Wednesday night. …
In Illinois, House Bill 723 would make it so that, according to the article on Green Party Watch (since I can’t figure out how to put it in my own words), “when no candidate of an established party runs in a primary for a particular office, that party can only fill the vacancy in nomination if the candidate they “slate” collects a large number of signatures.”…
The News Gazette reports that the Green Party’s mayoral nominee will be third on the ballot in the Urbana race for mayor. As reported earlier at Green Party Watch, the city clerk had not followed state law in deciding on ballot placement by lottery, instead deciding placement based on when each candidate filed.…