THE D.C. STATEHOOD GREEN PARTY
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
Friday, July 7, 2006
Contact:
Scott McLarty, DC Statehood Green Party Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty@greens.org
14 Statehood Green candidates plan to run for office in the November election -- more than ever
before
WASHINGTON, DC -- 14 DC Statehood Green candidates -- more than ever before -- plan to
have their names on District of Columbia ballots on Election Day, November 7. The number of 2006
candidates breaks the previous record of 12 candidates in 2004.
Statehood Green candidates for partisan office filed papers at the D.C. Board of Elections and
Ethics on Wednesday, July 5.
Two mayoral candidates and two candidates for the Ward 5 City Council seat will compete for the
party's nomination in the September 12 primary election. A list of all candidates is appended
below.
Among major campaign themes that Statehood Green candidates intend to address are democratic
governance of D.C.'s public school system; adequate funding for school repairs and for
equipment and textbooks; the need to preserve rent control; opposition to the use of taxpayers'
money for the new baseball stadium; public health care; and the longtime
demand for statehood -- democratic self-determination for the people of
D.C.
"The recent votes by City Council to build a ballpark with taxpayers' money and to weaken
tenant protections for the benefit of landlords reveal how deeply big business money has
compromised D.C.'s ruling Democrats," said Statehood Green Party activist Jenefer
Ellingston. "D.C. desperately needs a two-party system, with an alternative that doesn't serve
the interes s of baseball billionaires or AOBA [Apartment & Office Building Association of
Metropolitan Washington, the landlords' lobby]. It's time to elect Statehood Greens!"
For national Green campaign listings, news, photos, and web sites, visit the Green Party's
candidate spotlight page <http://www.gp.org/2006elections> and the Green
elections database <http://www.greens.org/elections>, which lists
all 2006 candidates.
The Green Party will hold its 2006 national meeting, titled "El Futuro es Verde / The Future
is Green," in Tucson, Arizona, from July 27 to 30 <http://www.gp.org/meeting2006>. For media
credentialing, visit <http://www.gp.org/forms/media>.
U.S. Congress
Joyce Robinson-Paul: U.S. Senate ('Shadow Senator')
Keith Ware: U.S. House of Representatives ('Shadow Representative')
Ms. Robinson-Paul served as Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC 5C02) from 2002 to 2004 and ran
for the Shadow Senator seat in 2002. Mr. Marx ran for City Council (Ward 2) in 2004.
Mayor
Bro. Chris Crowder
Chris Otten http://www.mayorchrisdc.com
Ciity Council
Ann Wilcox: At-Large
Phil Blair: Ward 5
Carolyn Steptoe: Ward 5
Board of Education (nonpartisan)
Laurent Ross: President
Marc Borbely: District 3, comprising Wards 5 and 6 http://www.marcforschoolboard.org
Mr. Borbely is currently Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC 6A06)
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (nonpartisan)
Renee Bowser: ANC 4D02 (incumbent)
http://www.reneebowser.org
Alexander Hogan: ANC 1A03 (incumbent)
Nancy Shia: ANC 1C06
Rick Tingling-Clemmons: ANC 7D05
Bryan Weaver: ANC 1C03 (incumbent)
Ms. Bowser has held her ANC seat since 2002, winning two previous races. In 2000, Ms. Bowser
ran for City Council (Ward 4).
MORE INFORMATION
The DC Statehood Green Party
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
