November 12, 2026
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Free and Equal to Reveal Language in Proposed Illinois Ballot Access Bill
Will Hold Press Conference Tuesday in Springfield
The Free and Equal Elections Foundation will hold a press conference on Tuesday to introduce the language for a proposed ballot access bill.…
Although a non-partisan race, the Green Party has endorsed Alberto Bocanegra for aldmerman in Chicago’s 12th ward. His campaign sent the following press release to [email protected]…
Emailed to [email protected] and posted at TPID:
Matt Reichel, two-time Green Party nominee for Congress in Illinois’s 5th District, has announced to supporters that he will try to unseat 9-term alderman Gene Schulter in the upcoming municipal elections.…
Via Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch:
This list was put together by Brent McMillan, consisting of Green Party campaigns for State House (or Assembly) seats.…
In the aftermath of the November 2010 election, 35 states plus the District of Columbia have at least one ballot-qualified party other than the Democratic and Republican Parties.…
Lauri Apple in the Chicago Reader alternative weekly:
The Libertarian Party of Illinois ran a full slate of candidates this year, with a guy named Lex Green at the top of the ballot.…
Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch:
Illinois Green Party candidate for Governor Rich Whitney led all Green Party gubernatorial candidates in 2010 in total votes and percentage of the total vote, with 99,625 votes, 2.70% of the vote.…
Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch:
From Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney:
November 4, 2010 – 12:34 amDon’t Lose Heart! Cause for Hope Amidst the Disappointment
A “Final” Campaign Message (But Read On!)…
Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch
The eleven Green Party candidates on the ballot this year for US Senate netted a combined half million votes. The 510,000 votes is the highest combined total for Green Party Senate candidates since 2000, when Medea Benjamin won 326,000 votes for US Senate in California and Vance Hansen picked up over 100,000 in Arizona.…