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Green Party of Michigan
http://www.migreens.org
July 27, 2004
For More Information Contact:
Marc Reichardt -- Chair/GPMI chair@migreens.org
John Anthony La Pietra -- Elections Co-ordinator/GPMI elections@migreens.org
39 Candidates in the GPMI Column, Two More
Non-Partisan; A New Record, Even Before Grand Traverse Caucus August 2
Drain Commissioner Beemon Has Company on Charlevoix Ballot Reichardt
Snubbed by Ann Arbor; Seagraves Holds Debate, Earns Rival's Respect as
South Central Green Party Forms
The 2004 November general-election ballot will have
41 candidates on it from the Green Party of Michigan -- eleven of them
nominated at caucuses across the state last week.
Joanne Bier Beemon, nominated on
Tuesday to run for re-election as Charlevoix County Drain Commissioner,
will have company in the Green column on this year's ballot. Ellis
Boal, a candidate for county prosecutor, and Charlevoix Township trustee
candidate Joseph King worked with Beemon in the successful drive to
block a Wal-Mart from moving into the area.
Meanwhile, Ann Arbor Ward 3 City
Council candidate Marc Reichardt vowed to keep running despite an
unfriendly declaration from the city clerk's office. Reichardt has
support from three experienced Green candidates: Elliott Smith and
Donnelly Hadden, running this year for the 6th and 7th District County
Commission seats, and Keith Agdanowski, making his second run for
Ypsilanti City Council from that city's 3rd Ward. All were
nominated Wednesday night at Pittsfield Township Hall.
And the Greens' Congressional
candidate for the 7th District, Jason Seagraves, helped the
newly-forming South Central Michigan Greens nominate four more
candidates in Hillsdale, Jackson, and Lenawee Counties on Saturday:
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Michael C. Davis will run for Lenawee County
Clerk, and longtime Green Judy Seigneur will be the sole challenger
to four Republicans for four Adrian Township Trustee spots.
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Kathleen Blakely, elected the new local's first
chair, is also the Green candidate for Hillsdale County Clerk.
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Greens also nominated James L. Seagraves for the
Jackson County Commission. He will run in the 12th District,
centered around Blackman Township.
Seagraves also organized a debate
at the caucus site with a rival, US Taxpayers Party 7th District
Congressional candidate David Horn. The two differed sharply in their
views on a dozen selected issues -- but a comment posted on Horn's Web
site after the event noted, "If everyone exhibited the class that
the Green Party has shown to us, there would be much less rancor and ill
will in politics."
Earlier this year, Seagraves was
refused entrance to a debate in Adrian, his home town -- a debate he'd
been invited to before he joined the Greens.
Meanwhile in Ann Arbor, the
co-interim city clerk tried to use an unclearly-worded state law to
block Reichardt's candidacy -- the only one from a party other than the
Republicans and the Democrats. "It's a bad law," Reichardt
noted, adding that the only city in the state enforcing it at all is Ann
Arbor.
And in Charlevoix, Beemon -- the
first Green elected to office as a Green after the party won ballot
status in 2000 -- will campaign for a second four-year term as drain
commissioner. For doing her job above and beyond the call of duty,
Beemon has been pressured by the Republican-controlled Charlevoix
Count Commission -- and recognized by the Michigan Association of
County Drain Commissioners, who elected her to their executive committee
as Northern District chair.
Traverse Bay Watershed Greens will
have the final chance to add to GPMI's record candidate count. The
Grand Traverse County caucus will be held next Monday, August 2,
starting at 7pm on the lower level of Horizon Books (243 E. Front St.,
across from the BancOne Building in downtown Traverse City). Local
member Tom Mair is expecting to win the party's nomination for county
clerk.
For more information about GPMI,
its platform and public positions on issues, its candidates for
President and Vice President and all the other candidates it has
nominated or endorsed for the November 2004 ballot, please visit our Web
site: http://www.migreens.org
Green Party of Michigan * 548 S. Main Street * Ann
Arbor, MI 48104 * 734-663-3555
Green Party of Michigan Candidates for 2004
SUMMARY BY OFFICE/LEVEL
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President / Vice President 1
(joint candidacy)
US Representative in Congress 6
Statewide Education Boards 4
State Representative
5
County Offices
18
Local Offices
5
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total candidates running
39
in the Green column
Greens endorsed in
non-partisan races
2
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--
total Green candidates
41
SUMMARY BY SOURCE OF NOMINATION
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national convention (6/23-28) 1
state convention (5/22-23) 11 + 2
non-partisan (endorsed)
caucuses:
Kalamazoo County (7/ 1)
2
Oakland County (7/10)
2
Wayne County (7/10)
4
Bay County (7/11)
3
Kent County (7/14)
1
Tuscola County (7/17)
1
Genesee County (7/17)
3
Charlevoix County (7/20)
3
Washtenaw County (7/21)
4
Lenawee County (7/24)
2
Hillsdale County (7/24)
1
Jackson County (7/24)
1
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total Green candidates
39 + 2 = 41
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President / Vice President (1 candidacy)
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David Cobb / Patricia LaMarche
US Representative in Congress (6)
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District 01 -- David Newland
District 05 -- Harley Mikkelson
District 06 -- Randall MacPhee
[NOTE: due to health considerations,
Randall MacPhee is no longer actively campaigning]
District 07 -- Jason Seagraves
District 13 -- Tom Lavigne
District 14 -- Lisa Weltman
Statewide Education-Board Offices (4)
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State Board of Education -- Peter Ponzetti III
University of Michigan Board of Regents -- Nathaniel Damren
Michigan State University Board of Trustees -- Benjamin Burgis
Wayne State University Board of Governors -- Margaret Guttshall
State Representative (5)
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District 001 -- Andrea Lavigne [all in
Wayne County]
District 006 -- Mike Madias
[all in Wayne County]
District 056 -- Robert Kull
[all in Monroe County]
District 076 -- Roger McClary [all
in Kent County]
District 084 -- Rebekah Mikkelson [Huron & Tuscola
Counties]
County Offices (18)
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Bay County
Su 07/11/04
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County Commissioner/District 7 -- Tony Kozubal
County Commissioner/District 8 -- Lloyd Clarke
Charlevoix County Tu 07/20/04
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County Drain Commissioner -- Joanne Bier Beemon
County Prosecutor -- Ellis Boal
Genesee County Sa
07/17/04
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County Drain Commissioner -- Amber Carey
County Commissioner/District 04 -- Jonathan Shaver
County Commissioner/District 05 -- Ken Mathenia
Hillsdale County Sa 07/24/04
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County Clerk -- Kathleen Blakely
Jackson County Sa
07/24/04
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County Commissioner/District 12 -- James L. Seagraves
Kalamazoo County Th 07/01/04
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County Clerk -- James Wilber
County Sheriff -- Stephanie Frizzell
Lenawee County Sa
07/24/04
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County Clerk -- Michael C. Davis
Oakland County Sa
07/10/04
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County Executive -- Art Myatt
County Commissioner/District 23 -- Hillard Williams
Tuscola County Sa
07/17/04
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County Sheriff -- A. S. Wright
Van Buren County [convention]
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County Commissioner/District 1 -- Jessie Olson
Washtenaw County W 07/21/04
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County Commissioner/District 06 -- Elliott Smith
County Commissioner/District 07 -- Donnelly Hadden
Local Offices (5)
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Bay County
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Township Trustee/Bangor Township -- Ed Mueller
Charlevoix County
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Township Trustee/Charlevoix Township -- Joseph King
Lenawee County
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Township Trustee/Adrian Township -- Judy Seigneur
Washtenaw County
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City Councilor/Ann Arbor/Ward 3 -- Marc Reichardt
City Councilor/Ypsilanti/Ward 3 -- Keith Agdanowski
Greens Endorsed as Candidates in Non-Partisan Races
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Jim Moreno
City Commissioner/Mount Pleasant -- At Large
santiago@power-net.net
Jason Glover
Northwest Michigan College Board of Trustees
[Grand Traverse County]
thirdeyetc@yahoo.com
** These two candidates were endorsed at the state
convention. Other endorsements of GPMI members
running in non-partisan races, or even running
under another party's column, may be added to
this list at a later date. (NOTE:
Michigan is
not a state with voter registration by party --
and GPMI does recognize membership in GPMI by
people who are also members of other parties.)
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**************************** caucuses
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Caucus Yet to Be Held (8/2/04)
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Grand Traverse County
M 08/02/04
7pm
Horizon Books (lower level)
243 E. Front St. / Traverse City
across from BancOne Bldg
downtown Traverse City
231-946-7290 for driving & parking directions
Tom Mair <automusi@yahoo.com>
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