Pennsylvania Green Party candidate for US House in PA’s 14th District Ed Bortz has been very active recently. On September 13th, Bortz spoke out against hydrofracking at a Pittsburgh City Council meeting, which earned him a mention in at least one news outlet.
Bortz has received the endorsement of the Gertrude Stein Political Club of Greater Pittsburgh for his strong advocacy of the rights of people in the GLBT community.… Read more ...
This past Tuesday, there were statewide and local primaries across Illinois. Since the Green Party is an established party in Illinois, they had primaries for various seats. On a statewide level all of their primaries were uncontested, with only one person running, but various congressional races and other races had two or more people running. … Read more ...
The Green Party primary in Illinois’ ninth congressional district got some coverage from the suburban Chicago Journal & Topics newspaper group. There is little difference on the issues between Simon Ribeiro and Moe Shanfield, says the article, but Shanfield hopes to push the Democratic Party in a progressive direction, while Ribeiro plans to run a “vigorous campaign” against the incumbent (and unchallenged in her primary) Democrat Jan Schakowsky.… Read more ...
Today early voting started in Illinois’ various primary elections. Aside from the Democrats and Republicans, the Green Party is ballot qualified and will be having primaries for various seats. This includes congressional candidate Matt Reichel, who got about seven percent of the vote as the party’s nominee in a special congressional election in 2009, and is currently running in a primary for the same seat against Andrew Williams and Terrence A.… Read more ...
Today is the day for the Green Party in Chicago – the special primary taking place to fill the fifth district congressional seat vacated by current White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel includes four Green candidates. Turnout is expected to be very low, probably not topping ten percent, with only about 4,400 voters taking advantage of early voting, according to Congressional Quarterly.… Read more ...
The Chicago Tribune has a reasonably comprehensive overview of the special election going on in Illinois’ fifth congressional district (election day is March 3), and this includes the four Green Party candidates. They have a video interview with Deb Gordils and Mark Fredrickson. They also have a questionnaire which has been returned (and posted) by Deb Gordils, Mark Fredrickson (who interestingly talks about helping Rod Blagojevich get elected and being a former Democratic precinct captain), and Simon Ribeiro.… Read more ...
In Illinois’ fifth congressional district, over two dozen candidates have filed for the March 3rd primary. The special primary and special election are being held to replace Rahm Emanuel, who will be moving from the House to the White House. He will become Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff.
The five candidates are Deb Leticia Gordils, Mark Arnold Fredrickson, Alan Augustson (who was previously reported on here), Mathew Reichel, and Simon Ribeiro. … Read more ...