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Green Candidates to Watch on Election Day, November 7Green Party of the United States Monday, November 6, 2006 Contacts: List of promising and prominent candidates by state; list of essential statistics about Green candidates and state Green Parties WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party has issued a list of Green candidates whose campaigns deserve special attention on Election Day Many Green campaigns help establish long-term party growth by achieving or maintaining ballot status. Campaigns often determine the outcome of races, with Green urban campaigns challenging Democrats, and rural Greens tending to place pressure on Republicans. "We expect many Green candidates to pick up votes from more voters who agree with Greens on the need for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops," said Byron De Lear, congressional candidate in California's 28th District (San Fernando Valley) <http://www.DeLearforCongress.org>. "The Iraq invasion was a bipartisan decision. The Democratic Party leadership and mainstream have rejected all proposals, from Rep. Dennis Kucinich's [D-Oh.] 2003 plan to Rep. Jack Murtha's [D-Pa.] 2006 bill, to end the occupation. The only choice for millions of voters remains the Green Party's national Peace Slate of candidates." Democratic and Republican politicians take for granted that they can run in their state primaries, and, if they win, appear on the ballot on Election Day. But restrictive state ballot access laws (enacted by Democrats and Republicans) mean that Greens and other parties must play by different rules. Winning enough votes on November 7 translates to winning a ballot line for the next election cycle. ESSENTIAL STATISTICS: Green candidates, officeholders, ballot status . Nationally, 330 Green Party candidates are running in the November 7 election. Green candidates have already won 24 out of 62 races held so far in 2006 for a win rate of 39%. Database of 2006 Green Party candidates. http://www.gp.org/patience.html . On November 7, 20 Green candidates are on state ballots for governor, 59 Green candidates for Congress, 44 Green candidates for state legislatures. . There are 44 state Green Parties and the District of Columbia affiliated with the Green Party of the United States. 31 of state Green Parties have ballot access. http://www.gp.org/statelist.shtml . There are 230 Greens elected to public office in 28 states and the District of Columbia. http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml . Green candidates are running more TV and radio ads than ever. http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_10_24.shtml (with links to download ads) GREEN CANDIDATES for statewide and congressional races to watch on November 7 For more information on local candidates and races: ALASKA The Green Party needs 3% to secure its ballot line. ARKANSAS The Green Party needs 3% to secure its ballot CALIFORNIA The Green Party of California qualified forstatewide ballot status in January 1992, and has retained it since. More Greens -- well over 150,000 -- are registered in California than in any other state. Three of the Green Party's most promising U.S. House races are in California: . Jeff Kravitz (5th District) . Forrest Hill's campaign for California . Peter Camejo, running for Governor, is running radio and TV ads telling Democrats the "race is
over" and urging them to vote their conscience by supporting him instead of Democrat challenger,
Phil Angelides, who is down 18 points to Gov. Schwarzenegger in polls. CONNECTICUT The Green Party needs 1% in the gubernatorial for its ballot line. With the exception of the Governor's race, each of the statewide races only establishes ballot access for that race. . David Bue for State Treasurer DELAWARE . Michael Berg is running for the only U.S. House seat in Delaware against pro-war Republican incumbent Mike Castle http://bergforcongress.us DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The DC Statehood Green Party needs 1% for at least one of the following candidates to maintain
its ballot line: . Joyce Robinson-Paul, candidate for D.C.'s 'Shadow' U.S. Senate, received 12% of the vote
when she ran for the same office in 2002. Ms. Robinson-Paul might receive the highest
percentage of any Green candidate for the U.S. Senate. http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org/election2006/candidate.php?annc_id=150 ILLINOIS The Green Party need 5% to secure its ballot line; no nationally organized party has achieved ballot status in Illinois since 1920. Gov. Rod Blagojevich spent $800,000 in taxpayers' money to keep Greens off the Illinois ballot. Rich Whitney, candidate for governor, has drawn 9-14% in recent polls. http://www.whitneyforgov.org Other Illinois Green candidates: OREGON The Green Party's ballot line is secure, due to the number of registrations. . Joe Keating for Governor http://www.keatingforgovernor.org PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania requires over 67,000 signatures to place a third party or independent candidate on the state ballot. Democratic and Republican candidates need only file 2,000 signatures. Marakay Rogers and Christina Valente, running for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, withdrew their petitions after Democrats threatened a line-by-line challenge to their signatures that would have required tens of thousands of dollars to defend. U.S. Senate candidate Carl Romanelli attempted to defend his petitions, for which he collected about 100,000 signatures, more than any candidate in state history. A Pennsylvania court invalidated enough signatures to keep Mr. Romanelli off the ballot and charged him nearly $90,000 in court costs; he may also have to pay the Democratic Party's legal fees, amounting to nearly $ one million. Pennsylvania's prohibitive ballot access laws and severe penalties threaten third party candidates with personal financial ruin for attempting to run. See http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_10_09.shtml . Mike Rosenberg for State Assembly District 108 http://www.rosenberg4rep.org RHODE ISLAND . Jeff Toste is a likely win for State Senate District 5. Mr. Toste succeeded in having the incumbent removed from the ballot because of elections violations. http://www.votetoste.com/ TENNESSEE State law provides two options for a party to gain ballot status: (1) petition signatures equal to 2.5% of most recent gubernatorial race vote total (about 43,000 signatures), or (2) 5% of the vote in any statewide race (governor, senator, president). However, the state Supreme Court has ruled that a new party must file the petitions, and the 5% is only for retaining official status. . Howard Switzer for Governor http://www.h4gov.com UTAH Desert Greens need 2% for their ballot line. MORE INFORMATION
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