November 11, 2026
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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch:
On Monday October 18 Green Change issued a press release entitled “Green candidates call for end of corporate personhood” announcing that 110 Green Party candidates nationwide are calling for a “Green New Deal” to end the legal doctrine of corporate personhood, which grants corporations constitutional rights that had previously been reserved for people.…
Press release at GP.org:
In Illinois race for the US Senate, Green candidate LeAlan Jones wins a debate from which he was excluded: SC Green Tom Clements challenges Sen.…
Much of the piece is devoted to the “spoiler” issue. Read the full thing here. H/T to Third Party and Independent Daily.
If they were sincerely concerned about preventing any “spoiling’’ of elections, the Massachusetts Democrats could simply pass Ranked Choice Voting.
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A Boston Globe poll conducted Sept. 17-22 has Patrick in a statistical tie with Baker, leading him by 35 percent to 34 percent with Democrat-turned-independent Tim Cahill at 11 percent, Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 4 percent and 14 percent undecided.
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Although neither the Stein campaign nor the media have yet reported on it, her Green-Rainbow campaign for governor has apparently met the requirements for getting matching public funding from the state. …
The Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party’s Jill Stein for Governor campaign is racing to raise $125,000 by Friday 9/24 in order to qualify for 1-1 public matching funds.…
The debates will also include independent Tim Cahill. From the Stein campaign:
Watch Green-Rainbow Party candidate for governor, Dr. Jill Stein, join her 3 opponents in the Boston Media Consortium’s first major debate.
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The following opinion piece – the full thing can be read here – comes from the South End News and discusses how the Green-Rainbow (the Massachusetts affiliate of the Green Party) candidate for governor, Jill Stein, has been excluded from debates. …