I’ll be spending the next four days with Green Party activists from all over the United States. It should not only be informative and an opportunity to get all kinds of party business done, but fun and invigorating.
Wisconsin delegates travel to Chicago to choose Green presidential candidate
This weekend twenty-four Wisconsin Green delegates and two alternates will travel to Chicago to attend the Green Party of the United States Presidential Nominating Convention, “Live Green, Vote Green,” at the historic Palmer House Hilton and Symphony Center, July 10 – 13. Greens from all over the United States will choose a presidential candidate on Saturday, July 12th.
“True to our 10 Key Values, we can be certain that the Green Party presidential candidate, whomever is nominated, will stand for single payer universal health care, an end to the US occupation of Iraq, a steady-state economy, equality for women and minorities, and serious reform of the election system,” said Brenda Konkel, delegate for McKinney and Green Alderperson, District 2, City of Madison Common Council.
The four Green Party presidential candidates are: Jesse Johnson, Cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, and Kat Swift.
Wisconsin Greens voted their preference by mail-in ballot. The convention delegates are committed to represent the ballot results: nineteen for McKinney, two for Mesplay, one for Swift, one for Ralph Nader (who is running an Independent campaign for president this year) and one Uncommitted.
“There is a lot of excitement about the convention among the membership – by those going, and by those staying home,’ said Monte LeTourneau, delegate from Necedah. “Members were very generous in responding to an appeal to help send us to Chicago. We look forward to Saturday when the Green Presidential candidate will be determined.”
A generous sum was raised to offset delegate’s convention expenses through a direct mail request and an auction of books such as The Lorax, Ecotopia, and The Natural Step for Communities at the Wisconsin Presidential Primary and Spring Gathering in March.
Wisconsin Green Party
Updated convention information and schedule
Media credentialing page for the convention
Convention press kit
General information on the convention
Green Presidential CandidatesWisconsin Convention delegates
Rick Bruening, New Berlin
Jill Bussiere, Kewaunee
Fred Depies, New Holstein
Barb Eisenberg, Milwaukee
Nelson Eisman, Madison
Ron Hardy, Oshkosh
Steve Herrick, Madison
Brad Karas, Racine
Pete Karas, Racine
Dean Katahira, Ripon
Tommy King, Milwaukee
Brenda Konkel, Madison
Monte LeTourneau, Necedah
Robin Lutz, Oshkosh
Ben Manski, Madison
Sarah Manski, Madison
George Martin, Milwaukee
Jeff Peterson, Luck
Dan Rodriguez Schlorf, Mt. Pleasant
Kathy Sommers, Milwaukee
Kay Springstroh, Oshkosh
Nancy Stewart, Luck
Cindy Stimmler, Dresser
Claude VanderVeen, Cudahy
Sandy Weisto, Milwaukee
