[GPCA Updates] GP RELEASE Green Party candidates for US Senate: Big Stories, Top Videos

[Green Party of California Updates]

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty at greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org


Green Party candidates advance in races for the US Senate: top stories, videos

• Green Pages: The official publication of the Green Party (Fall 2010 issue
now online) http://gp.org/greenpages-blog


WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party candidates for US Senate across the country have
broken new ground in their races, gaining greater public attention and more
campaign contributions than ever before.

For a complete list of 2010 Green senatorial candidates, visit
http://www.greenscc.org/pages/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=7

Green candidates for the US Senate: top stories and videos

• The Green Senatorial Campaign Committee (http://www.greenscc.org), which is
recognized by the Federal Election Commission, is distributing its first round
of funds to candidates.  Despite the recession, the committee has already
surpassed the funds raised in the last election cycle.

• In Maryland, Kenniss Henry has replaced her daughter Natasha Pettigrew, who
was killed when an SUV struck her bicycle in September, as the Green Party's
US Senate candidate.  Ms. Henry will carry Ms. Pettigrew's issues forward and
work hard to change Maryland law to win greater protection for bicyclists.
http://www.gp.org/press/pr-state.php?ID=355
http://www.gazette.net/stories/09282010/prinnew180534_32576.php

• LeAlan Jones, running for the US Senate in Illinois, is drawing equal
support from McCain and Obama voters, challenging the common belief that
Greens draw votes solely from the left and potentially spoil for Democrats.

"Illinois voters have figured out that the Green Party, not the Tea Party,
represents the real alternative to business-as-usual two-party politics," said
Matt Lavery, chair of the Green Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Video clips of LeAlan Jones interviewed: http://lealanforsenate.org and
http://www.greenscc.org
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/fox-news-poll-kirk-edges-giannoulias-by-two-points-in-il-sen.php

• Green candidates have received increasing endorsements and support from
Democrats.  In West Virginia, Democratic leader and defeated US Senate
candidate Ken Hechler endorsed Jesse Johnson of the Mountain Party (affiliated
with the national Green Party).  Mr. Johnson and Mr. Hechler are leaders in
the movement to ban mountaintop removal mining.
http://jesse4ussenate.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25:hechler-endorses-mountain-partys-johnson&catid=1:media-news-reports&Itemid=2
http://www.jesse4ussenate.org

• Tom Clements has emerged as the choice of South Carolina voters who support
neither incumbent rightwing Republican ideologue Jim DeMint or Democrat Alvin
Greene, whose campaign is collapsing after troubling revelations about his past.

"If enough voters in South Carolina learn about Tom Clements by Election Day,
we will make history by placing the first Green in the US Senate," said David
McCorquodale, Treasurer of the Green Senatorial Campaign Committee.

http://www.thenation.com/article/154601/greene-green-sc
http://www.wfae.org/wfae/1_87_316.cfm?action=display&id=6499

• While Green candidates for the Senate are attracting more media coverage
than in past elections, they're still struggling to get included in televised
debates.  In Illinois, LeAlan Jones is currently petitioning for the right to
participate in the Meet The Press candidates' debate.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-illinoissenate-jo,0,6014610.story

Green candidates who get into the debates raise issues and ideas that the
Democratic and Republican contenders won't touch.  In Arizona, Green Senate
candidate Jerry Joslyn confronted incumbent Sen. John McCain on war funding
during a September 26 debate.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Arizona-US-Senate-candidates-debate-103835038.html
http://www.joslynforsenate.com

• Duane Roberts, Green candidate for the US Senate in California, has taken
the lead on immigrants' rights, demanding "immediate amnesty."  In September,
Mr. Roberts accused Democrats of being "anti-immigrant."
http://newsblaze.com/story/20100928144003zzzz.nb/topstory.html
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/immigration/duane-roberts-beware-of-democr/
http://voteforduane.wordpress.com

• More videos:

West Virginia Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson speaks at the Sept. 27
Appalachia Rising protest in Washington, DC, against mountaintop removal
mining: http://vimeo.com/15421038
Audio clip of interview about the rally:
http://westvirginia.watchdog.org/2084/audio-senate-candidate-johnson-joins-hundreds-to-protest-mtr-in-dc/

"Colia's Song," about New York Green candidate Colia Clark:
http://www.coliaclark.org

LeAlan Jones and other US Senate candidates from Illinois meet with the
Chicago Tribune editorial board (audio):
http://www.chicagotribune.com/wgnam-senate-candidates,0,2709990.mp3file


MORE INFORMATION

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• Green Party Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus

Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the
United States (Fall 2010 issue now online)
http://gp.org/greenpages-blog


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