Jill Stein
Jill Ellen Stein (born May 14, 1950) is an American physician, activist, and former political candidate. She was the Green Party‘s nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections and the Green-Rainbow Party‘s candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2002 and 2010. During her campaigns for President, she campaigned on the theme of a Green New Deal which included a number of reforms to address climate change, income inequality as well as civil and political rights reform. In 2012, Stein was on the ballot in 37 states and received 469,501 votes (0.36% of the popular vote). In 2016, she was on the ballot in 45 states and received 1,457,216 votes and 1.07% of the popular vote.
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Howie Hawkins
Howard Gresham Hawkins (born December 8, 1952) is an American trade unionist and environmental activist from New York. A co-founder of the Green Party of the United States, Hawkins was the party’s presidential nominee in the 2020 presidential election. His primary campaign issues included enacting an eco-socialist version of the Green New Deal, which he first proposed in 2010, and building a viable, independent working-class political and social movement in opposition to the Democratic and Republican parties and capitalism in general.
Hawkins has played leading roles in anti-war, anti-nuclear, and pro-worker movements since the 1960s. Hawkins is a retired teamster and construction worker; from 2001 until his retirement in 2017, Hawkins worked the night shift; unloading trucks for UPS.
Howie Hawkins for our Future | Green Ecosocialists
Lisa Savage
U.S. Senate Maine Candidate
Lisa Savage is a teacher, organizer and grandmother from Solon, Maine who has spent decades fighting for people, planet and peace.
She’s running to give Mainers a Senator who will work for the people, not the powerful. As your voice in the Senate, Lisa will do what it takes to protect our children’s future and create a better world for all of us.
Lisa is proudly independent from the bipartisan establishment that’s bought and paid for by Wall Street, war contractors, fossil fuel giants, and big Pharma. As a sign of that independence, Lisa and the Maine Green Independent Party do not accept money or support of any kind from lobbyists, big corporate executives or super PACs.
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