[Marxism] Why do the California Greens Run in Primaries?

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wouldn't a convention be better?

Brian
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Green Party Candidates Make Impact in California Primary
THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA

www.cagreens.org

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

Contact: Cres Vellucci, GPCA Press Secretary, 916.996-9170
For a URL of this release see http://www.cagreens.org/press/
pr060607.shtml
For a complete breakdown of Green Party candidates, see http://
www.cagreens.org

Green Party Primary Results: Todd Chretien wins US Senate nod;
teacher nearly forces runoff in state schools chief race; anti-war
advocate makes Oakland City Council runoff; Camejo leads state slate
again

SACRAMENTO, CA -- The Green Party of California chose its slate of
statewide and federal candidates for the November election Tuesday,
including Todd Chretien, who won a three-way race for the right to
meet Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the US Senate race and make the war in
Iraq the defining issue in the Fall.

Another Green candidate, seventh-grade teacher Sarah Knopp, nearly
pulled off a major upset in the state Supt. of Public Instruction
race, garnering more than a half million votes and almost forcing
incumbent Jack O'Connell into a runoff. Knopp finished second with
17.3 percent of the vote. O'Connell had 52.1 percent, barely enough
to avoid the runoff.

And, in Oakland, Green candidate Aimee Allison, a community activist
and Gulf War veteran who won conscientious objector status, finished
second and forced a November runoff with Patricia Kernighan in an
Oakland City Council race.

Chretien (45.5 percent), who defeated Tian Harter (37.6) and Kent
Mesplay (16.9) in the contested Green party US Senate race, said he
will make his race against Sen. Dianne Feinstein a "referendum on her
support for the war in Iraq" in November.

. . .
http://www.gp.org/press/states/ca_2006_06_07.shtml

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