The Forward Party has endorsed Republican Pat Dugan in the November election for Philadelphia District Attorney and says it will directly support his campaign. The party is now backing eight candidates in Pennsylvania for the 2025 election cycle.…
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Working Families Party Secures Two Seats on Philadelphia City Council in Election Upset
Two members of the Working Families Party have won seats on the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City Council following Tuesday night’s city elections. They are Kendra Brooks, who initially won in 2019 and was up for reelection, and Nicolas O’Rourke.…
News & Notes: McMullin Tops $1 Million in Fundraising, Kennedy Talks Thorium with Libertarian
McMULLIN BANKS BIG BUCKS: Evan McMullin’s independent campaign for U.S. Senate in Utah has banked over $1 million. The campaign claims this total is a first in the history of Utah, more than any Senate challenger in the state has ever raised in one quarter AND more than incumbent Mike Lee has raised in any previous quarter.…
2012 Green VP candidate Cheri Honkala challenges standardized testing in Philadelphia schools
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Green Party’s 2012 Vice Presidential candidate is taking a leading role in public school parents’ challenges to high stakes standardized testing. Cheri Honkala, the parent of a child in the Philadelphia public school system, is also the national coordinator of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign.…
2012 Green VP Candidate Arrested Protesting Philadelphia School Budget Cuts

Earlier this month, during a protest against school budget cuts Philadelphia police arrested Cheri Honkala, the Green Party’s 2012 Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate and National Coordinator of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. …
Constitution Party of Pennsylvania Withdraws Pennsylvania Petition
The Constitution Party of Pennsylvania submitted approximately 35,000 petition signatures in an effort to make the ballot in their state, where the requirement is 20,601 valid petitions.…
Jill Stein announces Cheri Honkala as her choice for VP
CBS News is reporting, in an interview with her, that Green Party presumptive presidential nominee Jill Stein has announced her choice for the party’s vice presidential candidate, to be approved at this week’s convention in Baltimore. …
Philadelphia newspaper covers recent ballot access, and related corruption, history in PA
Philadelphia Weekly, a paper which has not been unkind in its coverage of the Green Party of Philadelphia, recently published a piece covering Democratic primary ballot access, ballot access for third parties, ballot access reform efforts, and convictions of Democratic lawmakers related to keeping Ralph Nader off the ballot in 2004, among other things. …
Philadelphia Greens laud DA’s decision in stopping Mumia Abu-Jamal execution, but call for further action
From the Green Party of Philadelphia:
The City Committee of the Green Party of Philadelphia (GPOP, http://www.gpop.org) applauds Seth Williams’ decision on December 7 to end the District Attorney office’s long fight to impose the death sentence in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.…



