Thornton, Ferucci Top Ticket at Connecticut Green Party Convention

Green Party of Connecticut
www.ctgreens.org

April 27, 2006
Released April 24, 2006

Contact: Tim McKee, CT GNC Rep, cell 860-778-1304 (NEW NUMBER) or (860)-643-2282 
Mike DeRosa, State Co-Chair (860) 956-8170 or (860) 919-4042 (cell) 
Ralph Ferrucci, U.S. Senate candidate (203) 430-9342 
Cliff Thornton, Candidate for Governor (860) 657-8438

NOMINEES FOR U.S. SENATE, GOVERNOR, AND STATE OFFICE CHOSEN 

NEW HAVEN, CT -- Cliff Thornton and Ralph Ferrucci were chosen to top the ticket at the Green Party State Convention on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, at the AFL-CIO Greater New Haven Labor Hall, in New Haven, CT. 

The Convention also featured the election of internal Green Party officers and nomination of candidates for state wide office, Tim McKee, Green Party National Committee Person said today. Nominated by the party at the Convention were: 

• Governor: Clifford Thornton, founder of the drug policy reform group Efficacy, who will be CT's first African American candidate for Governor; 

• Attorney General: Nancy Burton, environmental activist and founder of CT Coalition against Millstone; 

• Secretary of the State: Mike DeRosa, founder of Project V.O.T.E.R. - Voter Opportunity through Election Reform; 

• State Treasurer: David Bue, socially responsible investment adviser with First Affirmative Financial Network; 

• U.S. Senator: Ralph Ferrucci, former candidate for New Haven Mayor and for U.S. Representative, 3rd CD. 

Temporary "placeholder" candidates to be changed at a later date before the final ballot in November include:

• Lt. Governor: Robin Schaefer, of Yale University 

• State Comptroller: Colin Bennett

McKee explained that petitions are being circulated for Green Party candidates for state-wide office runs for the first time in the Green Party of Connecticut history.

Co-Chairs elected for the Greens were Mike DeRosa, Jean de Smet and Michael Westerfield, Secretary Barbara Barry-DeRosa, and Treasurer Chris Riley. Elected National Committee Persons were Charles Pillsbury and Tim McKee.

The Greens have elected about 230 office holders across the U.S., on including many city council members, mayors, and state officials.