Press release from the Green Party:

Green Party candidates to watch in April 2013 elections

• Barbara Davis for Common Council in Madison, WI
• Dean Loumos for School Board in Madison, WI
• LeAlan Jones for U.S. House in Chicago, IL
• Perry Redd for At-Large Council Member in Washington, DC
• Green candidate database and campaign information:
http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml

WASHINGTON, DC — Several Green Party candidates are drawing attention
for their campaigns in local elections that will take place in April
2013. The candidates are profiled below.

“The Green vision for people, peace, and the planet is more needed
than ever — and it’s gaining traction at the local level. Green
officeholders are leading the charge for good-wage green jobs, for
conservation, clean renewable energy and recycling, for local
agriculture, well-funded public schools, rolling back tuition at
public colleges and universities, for fareless public transportation,
making corporations and the wealthy pay their share, supporting
immigrant rights, and protecting forests, fisheries, open space, and
the climate. Green officeholders have proven over and over that we can
win local races. Green ideas work, and we are making life better for
our communities and beyond,” said Jill Stein, the Green Party’s 2012
presidential nominee.

The Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala campaign is currently holding Green
Campaign Schools to build Green candidates’ campaign skills and help
them win elections
(http://www.jillstein.org/announcing_green_campaign_schools).

See also the Green Party’s Candidates Page
(http://www.gp.org/elections/candidates/index.php) and Officeholders
Page (http://www.gp.org/elections/officeholders/index.php).

• DEAN LOUMOS (http://deanforschools.org) is running for Seat 3 in the
April 2 general election for the Madison Metropolitan School District
and BARBARA DAVIS (http://www.davisforalder.com) is running for
District 3 Alder in the Madison Common Council in Wisconsin.

“As a teacher, I understand the importance of listening to all the
voices of constituents in my district and representing their concerns
fairly,” said Barbara Davis. “I will work to empower neighborhood
associations to participate in the city’s political process. I will
also strive to advocate for greater transparency in the city decision
making process and to ensure that city plans, neighborhood plans and
ordinances are respected and applied when considering new projects.”

“As the parent of two children who attended the Madison schools, as a
part-time teacher who taught within them, and as a concerned citizen
and local activist, I will fight to protect our schools, our students,
and our teachers and staff, from those who fail to see the value in an
exemplary education, in respect and support for teachers and staff,
and in providing adequate resources and infrastructure for real
learning to take place,” said Mr. Loumos.

Barbara Davis grew up in Madison and has served as a public school
teacher since 1995. She is a volunteer and teacher for Literacy
Network. She is former President of the St Louis Foreign Language
Teachers Association and a member of the Oregon Teachers Association
and of Capital Area UniServ-NORTH (affiliated with the National
Education Association and Wisconsin Education Association Council).
She was the sponsor of a large student council for ten years, leading
students in a wide variety of service projects for the elderly and
underprivileged.

For ten years, Dean Loumos taught Alternative Programs for students in
residential drug treatment, working with their local schools to
maintain their current classes and assisted them in earning credit
towards graduation. He also taught Basic Educational skills and GED
test prep at the Dane County Jail for one year and assisted 35 inmates
in attaining their GED while incarcerated. He taught for three years
in the Madison Metropolitan School District “School Within A School”
program at LaFollette High. For the last 17 years, Mr. Loumos has
worked as the Executive Director of Housing Initiatives, Inc., an
award winning non-profit housing agency that provides permanent
housing to people who suffer from mental illnesses.

Several other Green candidates are also running strong Common Council
campaigns in Madison’s April 2 election: Ledell Zellers in District 2
(http://ledellz.com), Christian Hansen in District 8
(http://www.facebook.com/VotersForHansen), Leslie Peterson in District
12 (https://www.wepay.com/donations/leslie-for-alder), and Hawk
Sullivan in District 15 (http://www.voteforhawk.com).

See also:
Facebook page for the Barbara Davis campaign
http://www.facebook.com/davisforalder

• LEALAN M. JONES (http://www.lealanforcongress.org) is the Green
Party’s candidate for the U.S. House in Chicago and Cook County,
Illinois (2nd District) in the April 9 special election.

For a video profile of Mr. Jones, in which he talks about running for
Congress in Chicago, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9b0JIDzFas

When Mr. Jones ran as a Green in the 2010 election for the US Senate
in Illinois, he drew equal support from McCain and Obama voters.
During this race, an NBC commentator declared Mr. Jones the winner of
a debate in which he wasn’t allowed to participate
(http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Kirk-Giannoulias-debate-Jones-wins-104711379.html).

In 1993, 13-year-old LeAlan Jones made headlines with his WBEZ-FM
documentary “Ghetto Life 101″ which he made with 14-year-old Lloyd
Newman and producer David Isay. His honest portrayal of life on
Chicago’s south side earned him worldwide acclaim. He followed up his
success with a tragic investigation into the murder of a five-year-old
boy in a Chicago housing project entitled “Remorse: the 14 Stories of
Eric Morse,” for which he became the youngest recipient of the Peabody
Award and Robert F. Kennedy Grand-Prize. Just before the 2008
election, Mr. Jones produced a follow-up to his first documentary for
the BBC World Service called “Out of the Ghetto.” He is currently a
linebackers coach at Chicago’s Simeon High School.

See also:
Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-LeAlan-M-Jones/131328860221800

• PERRY REDD (http://www.redd4council.com) is the DC Statehood Green
Party’s candidate in a special election for At-Large Member of City
Council in Washington, DC on April 23, 2013. He is competing against
six Democrats and one Republican in the nonpartisan race, which will
fill the seat vacated by Phil Mendelson, who was elected to Council
Chair in 2012.

“We are running to seize this opportune time for change — change to
repair relationships with the people, change to gain confidence in our
leadership, and change to include the voices muted by our government.
We aim to do it different and get it right!” said Mr. Redd. “It’s time
for true democracy on our City Council.”

“I recall when Mayor Vincent Gray ran for office, he coined the phrase
‘One City’… That hasn’t panned out, not necessarily because he
didn’t want it to, but because he allowed more of the same: political
corruption and cronyism, disregard for the city residents and
maintaining wealth disparity,” he added.

The DC Statehood Green Party has major party status and ballot access
in Washington, DC. In 2012 and other recent elections, Statehood Green
candidates have collectively received more votes than Republican
candidates, leading many to call Statehood Greens “DC’s Second Party”
in terms of election day numbers.

Perry Redd mentors men on their return from incarceration and has
testified on numerous occasions before DC City Council on behalf of
Returning Citizens. He has campaigned against DC’s coming Walmarts,
which degrade working people, in the “Respect DC” campaign and has
served on WPFW-FM’s Community Advisory Board for three years. Mr. Redd
currently hosts the Internet radio show Socially Speaking
(http://socialspeaks.podomatic.com) and pens the weekly syndicated
column “The Other Side of the Tracks”
(http://socialspeaks.wordpress.com).

See also:
“Perry Redd, endorsed by DC Statehood Green Party, runs for At-Large
Member of Council in the Washington, DC special election on April 23″
(DC Statehood Green Party press release, Feb. 6,
http://www.gp.org/press/pr-state.php?ID=586)
Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/Redd4Council

Green campaigns are also underway for elections to be held later in
2013. In Pennsylvania, York County Green Bill Swartz
(http://www.swartzforyork.com) will compete for the 95th District
Auditor General seat in a special election on May 21. He has been
endorsed by the Green Party of Pennsylvania.

Cam Gordon and Annie Young are running for reelection in Minneapolis,
Minnesota: Mr. Gordon for his third term as Ward 2 member of City
Council (http://www.camgordon.org) and Ms. Young for Citywide Park
Commissioner (http://www.annieyoung.net). In Ohio, seven Greens have
declared their candidacies for the November 5 general election, with
two candidates, Susie Beiersdorfer and Terry Esarco, participating in
a contested Green primary on May 5 for Youngstown City Council
President (http://ohiogreens.org/candidates).

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