Green Candidates Reach Millions of Voters With Campaign Ads

Green Party of the United States
www.gp.org

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@greens.org

Links to clips of radio and TV ads posted below

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party candidates are running campaign ads throughout the U.S. in preparation for the November 7 general election. 

"The number and quality of ads show that the Green candidates have reached a new level of sophistication and support in their races for public office," said Jody Grage, treasurer for the Green Party of the United States. "The ads cover everything from the need to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, to issues like health care and global warming, to attempts by debate sponsors and Democrats and Republicans to bar Greens from candidates' debates. We're reaching millions of voters with these ads." 

A list of Green campaign ads posted online is appended below, with links to the ads themselves. 

Green Party leaders also noted other important developments in the 2006 election season:

• Nearly 400 Green candidates are on the ballot in 2006

• So far in 2006, Green candidates have won 24 out of 62 elections around the U.S., for a win rate of 39% 

• In Illinois, Green gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is drawing 9-11% in recent polls, and his campaign promises to be the first time a candidate has achieved official ballot access and major party status for a nationally organized third party since 1920 in Illinois 

• Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan has endorsed Green candidates Malachy McCourt for Governor of New York, Michael Berg for U.S. Representative from Delaware, and Todd Chretien for U.S. Senator from California <http://thirdplanetvideo.com/CindySheehanEndorses2.html>.

List of Green candidates' ads and links: 

Carol Brouillet, for U.S. Representative in California's 14th District 
http://www.carolforcongress.org 
Ad: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3357947368410206809&pr=goog-sl

Larry Cafiero, California Insurance Commissioner race. 
http://www.votecafiero.com 
Radio ad: 
http://www.votecafiero.com/media_arch.html 

Peter Camejo, for Governor of California
http://www.votecamejo.com 
Radio ads: 
http://www.votecamejo.com/av/CAMEJO%20%20English%201%2010-18-06.mp3
http://www.votecamejo.com/av/CAMEJO%20%20English%202%2010-18-06.mp3
'(Spanish)
http://www.votecamejo.com/av/CAMEJO%20%20Spanish%201%2010-16-06.mp3 
(TV ad forthcoming)

Byron De Lear, for U.S. Representative in California's 28th District
http://www.delearforcongress.org 
Ten-minute documentary on his campaign:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1451840151165141924&q=De+Lear+for+Congress&hl=en

Forrest Hill, for Secretary of State of California
http://www.voteforrest.org/ 
Ads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjaZJFuCO3M 

Jeff Kravitz, for U.S. Representative in California's 5th District. 
http://www.kravitzforcongress.org 
Radio ad: 
http://www.kravitzforcongress.com/Audio/JEFFKRAVITSKravitzforCongress10-17-06.mp3 
(TV ad forthcoming)

Cliff Thornton, for Governor of Connecticut
http://www.votethornton.com 
Ad: http://www.votethornton.com/videos 

Michael S. Berg, for U.S. Representative in Delaware 
http://www.BergForCongress.US 
Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS_w7wG9Zc0 

Rich Whitney, for Governor of Illinois
http://www.whitneyforgov.org 
Ads:
http://www.whitneyforgov.org/audio/radio1.mp3 
http://www.whitneyforgov.org/audio/radio2.mp3 

Pat LaMarche, for Governor of Maine
http://www.pat2006.com/
TV ad posted on the campaign web site's home page

Ed Boyd, for Governor of Maryland
http://www.EdBoydforGovernor.org 
Ads: http://www.edboydforgovernor.org/media.html 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XRg5rcrxtE 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-xBTC99kbI  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLCkE8C5Rck 

Kevin Zeese, for U.S. Senate in Maryland
http://www.ZeeseForSenate.org 
"Have You Talked to Your Parents About Zeese":
http://kevinzeese.com/content/view/254/70/ 
"Door to Door":
http://kevinzeese.com/content/view/228/70/ 

Douglas Campbell, for Governor of Michigan
http://www.votecampbell2006.org 
Ad on the environment:
http://grouper.com/video/MediaDetails.aspx?id=1575845&ml=fi%3d%26fu%3d1869663& 
Ad on wind power:
http://grouper.com/video/MediaDetails.aspx?id=1575847&ml=fi%3d%26fu%3d1869663& 
Ad on drilling:
http://grouper.com/video/MediaDetails.aspx?id=1575850&ml=fi%3d%26fu%3d1869663& 
Michigan Green Party peace ad:
http://grouper.com/video/MediaDetails.aspx?id=1575862&ml=fi%3d%26fu%3d1869663& 

Howie Hawkins, for U.S. Senate in New York
http://www.hawkinsforsenate.org 
Radio ads, video footage, interviews are posted
on the campaign web site's 'Multi-Media' page

Malachy McCourt, for Governor of New York
http://www.votemalachymccourt.org/ 
Ad on jobs:
http://thirdplanetvideo.com/McCourtSpot1 
Ad on health care:
http://thirdplanetvideo.com/Movies/McCourtSinglePayer.wmv 
Candidate's MultiMedia page including lower rez
version of Spot 1:
http://www.votemalachymccourt.org/multimedia.html 
(Both spots are airing on The Daily Show and The
Colbert Report throughout New York)

Mike Rosenberg, for Pennsylvania General
Assembly, 188th District
http://www.rosenberg4rep.org 
Ads: http://www.rosenberg4rep.org/news.shtml 

Nelson Eisman, for Governor of Wisconsin
http://www.voteeisman.org
Ads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cRwKkvzpqc 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1vCpCRd__s 

Rae Vogeler, for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin
http://www.voterae.org 
Wisconsin Public Television spot:
http://www.wisconsinvote.org/ram/2006/cs_vogeler.ram 



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