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>> Green Party of Michigan <<
http://www.migreens.org
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>>> News Release <<<
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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July 27, 2004
For More Information Contact:
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Marc Reichardt -- Chair/GPMI
chair@migreens.org
John Anthony La Pietra -- Elections Co-ordinator/GPMI
elections@migreens.org
>> Eleven More Greens Qualify for the Michigan Ballot <<
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> 39 Candidates in the GPMI Column, Two More Non-Partisan; <
> A New Record, Even Before Grand Traverse Caucus August 2 <
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> Drain Commissioner Beemon Has Company on Charlevoix Ballot <
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> Reichardt Snubbed by Ann Arbor; Seagraves Holds Debate, <
> Earns Rival's Respect as South Central Green Party Forms <
The 2004 November general-election ballot will have 41 candidates
on it from the Green Party of Michigan -- eleven of them nominated
at caucuses across the state last week.
Joanne Bier Beemon, nominated on Tuesday to run for re-election as
Charlevoix County Drain Commissioner, will have company in the Green
column on this year's ballot. Ellis Boal, a candidate for county
prosecutor, and Charlevoix Township trustee candidate Joseph King
worked with Beemon in the successful drive to block a Wal-Mart from
moving into the area.
Meanwhile, Ann Arbor Ward 3 City Council candidate Marc Reichardt
vowed to keep running despite an unfriendly declaration from the city
clerk's office. Reichardt has support from three experienced Green
candidates: Elliott Smith and Donnelly Hadden, running this year
for the 6th and 7th District County Commission seats, and Keith
Agdanowski, making his second run for Ypsilanti City Council from
that city's 3rd Ward. All were nominated Wednesday night at
Pittsfield Township Hall.
And the Greens' Congressional candidate for the 7th District,
Jason Seagraves, helped the newly-forming South Central Michigan
Greens nominate four more candidates in Hillsdale, Jackson, and
Lenawee Counties on Saturday:
* Michael C. Davis will run for Lenawee County Clerk, and
longtime Green Judy Seigneur will be the sole challenger
to four Republicans for four Adrian Township Trustee spots.
* Kathleen Blakely, elected the new local's first chair, is also
the Green candidate for Hillsdale County Clerk.
* Greens also nominated James L. Seagraves for the Jackson County
Commission. He will run in the 12th District, centered around
Blackman Township.
Seagraves also organized a debate at the caucus site with a rival,
US Taxpayers Party 7th District Congressional candidate David Horn.
The two differed sharply in their views on a dozen selected issues --
but a comment posted on Horn's Web site after the event noted, "If
everyone exhibited the class that the Green Party has shown to us,
there would be much less rancor and ill will in politics."
Earlier this year, Seagraves was refused entrance to a debate
in Adrian, his home town -- a debate he'd been invited to before
he joined the Greens.
Meanwhile in Ann Arbor, the co-interim city clerk tried to use
an unclearly-worded state law to block Reichardt's candidacy -- the
only one from a party other than the Republicans and the Democrats.
"It's a bad law," Reichardt noted, adding that the only city in the
state enforcing it at all is Ann Arbor.
And in Charlevoix, Beemon -- the first Green elected to office
as a Green after the party won ballot status in 2000 -- will campaign
for a second four-year term as drain commissioner. For doing her job
above and beyond the call of duty, Beemon has been pressured by the
Republican-controlled Charlevoix County Commission -- and recognized
by the Michigan Association of County Drain Commissioners, who elected
her to their executive committee as Northern District chair.
Traverse Bay Watershed Greens will have the final chance to add to
GPMI's record candidate count. The Grand Traverse County caucus will
be held next Monday, August 2, starting at 7pm on the lower level of
Horizon Books (243 E. Front St., across from the BancOne Building in
downtown Traverse City). Local member Tom Mair is expecting to win
the party's nomination for county clerk.
For more information about GPMI, its platform and public positions
on issues, its candidates for President and Vice President and all the
other candidates it has nominated or endorsed for the November 2004
ballot, please visit our Web site:
http://www.migreens.org
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Green Party of Michigan * 548 S. Main Street *
* Ann Arbor, MI 48104 * 734-663-3555
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The Green Party of Michigan was formed in 1987 to address environmental
issues in Michigan politics. Greens are organized in all 50 states and
the District of Columbia. Each state Green Party sets its own goals
and creates its own structure, but US Greens agree on Ten Key Values:
Ecological Wisdom * Grassroots Democracy
Social Justice * Nonviolence
Community Economics * Decentralization
Feminism * Respect for Diversity
Personal and Global * Future Focus/
Responsibility Sustainability
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Green Party of Michigan
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Candidates for 2004
SUMMARY BY OFFICE/LEVEL
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President / Vice President 1 (joint candidacy)
US Representative in Congress 6
Statewide Education Boards 4
State Representative 5
County Offices 18
Local Offices 5
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total candidates running 39
in the Green column
Greens endorsed in
non-partisan races 2
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total Green candidates 41
SUMMARY BY SOURCE OF NOMINATION
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national convention (6/23-28) 1
state convention (5/22-23) 11 + 2 non-partisan (endorsed)
caucuses:
Kalamazoo County (7/ 1) 2
Oakland County (7/10) 2
Wayne County (7/10) 4
Bay County (7/11) 3
Kent County (7/14) 1
Tuscola County (7/17) 1
Genesee County (7/17) 3
Charlevoix County (7/20) 3
Washtenaw County (7/21) 4
Lenawee County (7/24) 2
Hillsdale County (7/24) 1
Jackson County (7/24) 1
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total Green candidates 39 + 2 = 41
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Link to [full list with
candidate committee contact information]
President / Vice President (1 candidacy)
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David Cobb / Patricia LaMarche
US Representative in Congress (6)
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District 01 -- David Newland
District 05 -- Harley Mikkelson
District 06 -- Randall MacPhee
[NOTE: due to health considerations,
Randall MacPhee is no longer actively campaigning]
District 07 -- Jason Seagraves
District 13 -- Tom Lavigne
District 14 -- Lisa Weltman
Statewide Education-Board Offices (4)
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State Board of Education -- Peter Ponzetti III
University of Michigan Board of Regents -- Nathaniel Damren
Michigan State University Board of Trustees -- Benjamin Burgis
Wayne State University Board of Governors -- Margaret Guttshall
State Representative (5)
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District 001 -- Andrea Lavigne [all in Wayne County]
District 006 -- Mike Madias [all in Wayne County]
District 056 -- Robert Kull [all in Monroe County]
District 076 -- Roger McClary [all in Kent County]
District 084 -- Rebekah Mikkelson [Huron & Tuscola Counties]
County Offices (18)
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Bay County Su 07/11/04
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County Commissioner/District 7 -- Tony Kozubal
County Commissioner/District 8 -- Lloyd Clarke
Charlevoix County Tu 07/20/04
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County Drain Commissioner -- Joanne Bier Beemon
County Prosecutor -- Ellis Boal
Genesee County Sa 07/17/04
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County Drain Commissioner -- Amber Carey
County Commissioner/District 04 -- Jonathan Shaver
County Commissioner/District 05 -- Ken Mathenia
Hillsdale County Sa 07/24/04
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County Clerk -- Kathleen Blakely
Jackson County Sa 07/24/04
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County Commissioner/District 12 -- James L. Seagraves
Kalamazoo County Th 07/01/04
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County Clerk -- James Wilber
County Sheriff -- Stephanie Frizzell
Lenawee County Sa 07/24/04
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County Clerk -- Michael C. Davis
Oakland County Sa 07/10/04
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County Executive -- Art Myatt
County Commissioner/District 23 -- Hillard Williams
Tuscola County Sa 07/17/04
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County Sheriff -- A. S. Wright
Van Buren County [convention]
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County Commissioner/District 1 -- Jessie Olson
Washtenaw County W 07/21/04
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County Commissioner/District 06 -- Elliott Smith
County Commissioner/District 07 -- Donnelly Hadden
Local Offices (5)
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Bay County
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Township Trustee/Bangor Township -- Ed Mueller
Charlevoix County
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Township Trustee/Charlevoix Township -- Joseph King
Lenawee County
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Township Trustee/Adrian Township -- Judy Seigneur
Washtenaw County
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City Councilor/Ann Arbor/Ward 3 -- Marc Reichardt
City Councilor/Ypsilanti/Ward 3 -- Keith Agdanowski
Greens Endorsed as Candidates in Non-Partisan Races
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Jim Moreno
City Commissioner/Mount Pleasant -- At Large
santiago@power-net.net
Jason Glover
Northwest Michigan College Board of Trustees
[Grand Traverse County]
thirdeyetc@yahoo.com
** These two candidates were endorsed at the state
convention. Other endorsements of GPMI members
running in non-partisan races, or even running
under another party's column, may be added to
this list at a later date. (NOTE: Michigan is
not a state with voter registration by party --
and GPMI does recognize membership in GPMI by
people who are also members of other parties.)
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Caucus Yet to Be Held (8/2/04)
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Grand Traverse County M 08/02/04
7pm
Horizon Books (lower level)
243 E. Front St. / Traverse City
across from BancOne Bldg
downtown Traverse City
231-946-7290 for driving & parking directions
Tom Mair
Other Contacts:
Green Party of Michigan
548 S Main St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-663-3555
info@migreens.org
posted to web 27 July 2004