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Advisory on Candidacy Announcement
Green Party Co-Founder Howie Hawkins to Announce for US Senate in Syracuse on Monday May 8. Campaign to Focus on Peace, Universal Health Care, and Global Warming / Renewable Energy |
For More Information: Howie Hawkins 315-425-1019, hhawkins@igc.org
Sally Kim Sally Kim, (518) 364-2968, green_sallyk@yahoo.com
(Syracuse) Long time Green Party leader Howie Hawkins will hold a press conference at 11 am on Monday, May 8 in front of the Federal Building in Syracuse (100 S. Clinton St.) to announce today that he is seeking the Green Party nomination for US Senate.
The Green Party nominating convention will be in Albany on May 20.
Hawkins helped found the national Green Party and movement in the early 1980s. He was the Green Party's state comptroller candidate in New York in 1998 when the candidacies of Al Lewis and Alice Green gave the Green Party the 50,000 votes needed to become an official party.
Hawkins received just less than 50,000 votes in his 2002 run for state Comptroller. He recently pulled 5% of the Mayoral vote in Syracuse.
Hawkins said that as a Green candidate he will offer a progressive alternative to the pro-war, pro-corporate agenda of incumbent Senator Hillary Clinton. His campaign will focus on Peace, Universal Health Care, and Global Warming / Renewable Energy
Hawkins has been active in movements for peace, justice, the environment, and independent politics since the late 1960s. A former Marine, he helped organize opposition to the Vietnam War and was a co-founder of the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance in 1976. An active member of the Teamster's Union, he presently works unloading trucks and rail cars at UPS.
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 *Website by David Doonan, Labor Donated to Hawkins for Senate Campaign* |
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