Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader's running mate in the 2004 presidential race, has died. He was 68.
In a Jan. 13 story about the race to replace Rep. Jerry Weller, The Associated Press, relying on information from a political researcher, reported erroneously that Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich carried the congressional district in 2006. The Republican candidate carried the district with 44 percent of the vote compared to 43 percent for Blagojevich and 13 percent for a Green Party candidate.
Former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who was ousted from office last year after a headline-grabbing scuffle with a Capitol Hill police officer, has decided to seek the presidency — as a Green Party candidate.
A nationalist party rode an anti-immigrant wave Sunday to the best showing of any party in parliamentary elections since World War I, while the Greens made gains by appealing to environmental concerns, according to partial results and projections.
Democrat Bob Casey appears to have opened a double digit lead over Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania's Senate race, according to a poll released Tuesday.
Thanks to the generosity of GOP donors, a Green Party candidate is expected to make it onto the ballot in Pennsylvania's Senate race and siphon votes from Democratic front-runner Bob Casey in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Rick Santorum.
"The Green Party wants a proper dental health strategy founded on education, good diet and access to free dental health care.
Excellent ranting opinion piece by only Political editor of English Daily Telegraph based in Edinburgh
The Congress in Mexico has agreed to debate the issue of reinstating capital punishment for some crimes. The move follows a surge in murders and kidnappings in the country, many linked to drug cartels and organised crime.
After the election of '08 it is clearer than ever that the Green Party of the U.S. (GPUS) now lies in the political graveyard. GPUS, R.I.P. This piece provides a badly needed postmortem.
Things are looking really good for the Swedish Pirate Party. Running up to the 2009 European Parliament elections more than half of all Swedish men under 30 are considering voting for them.
Today, November 23rd, I was slated to give remarks in Damascus, Syria at a Conference being held to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and, sadly, the 60th year that the Palestinian people have been denied their Right of Return enshrined …
Australia's only commercial-scale solar panel plant will shut in March, axing about 200 jobs and sparking fears that skilled "green-collar" workers will be lost overseas. The Greens & Liberal parties are blaming the Labor government for a lack of support for the industry.
Americans are "racists, now as before, and it must be going very badly for them that they so convincingly ... send a black man, and a black, very good-looking woman, into the White House," he said.
THE Greens have picked up a surprise fourth seat in the ACT elections, making them a clear third force in governing the nation's capital.
Real change in America won't arrive on November 4 in a compact package, complete with a shiny, new president and congressional Democratic majority.
In this video, the Green Party presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney, outlines issues that neither McCain nor Obama seem to address.
Attorney and political activist Ralph Nader is once again making news(or attempting to) in yet another Presidential election cycle with a bid to win election to the nation's highest office.
Just before noon Friday, Barnett was standing at the northwest corner of Beebe-Capps Expressway and South Main, near a former feed store containing numerous Reeves signs, holding a sign. The sign's four lines said, "Debate Brian! Chicken s***; 1. Kyle Reeves; 2.
As far as television news is concerned, Bob Barr and Ralph Nader aren't presidential candidates but faces on milk cartons. Nader, an independent, and Barr, a Libertarian, are both on the ballot in 45 states. What they aren't on: TV.
The Australian Greens are deciding who'll take power in the ACT after elections delivered a blow to the major parties and balance of power to the Greens.
A young man from the Democratic National Committee came to my door recently, requesting that I contribute $200 to Obama's campaign. Naturally, he prefaced this with a perfunctory, largely unintelligible spiel, and the distance in his gaze left me feeling justified in saying:
Third-party presidential candidates finally will have their own debate: at 8 p.m. Sunday at Columbia University in New York.
There is a move to organize a third-party debate, in New York City, a day or so after the final McCain-Obama debate on Oct. 15.
More than 230 academic economists have signed an open letter to the leaders of Canada's federal political parties, urging them to acknowledge that putting a price on carbon is "the best approach" to combatting climate change.
Former Queensland Labor Party MP Ronan Lee has defected to The Greens party over his government's lack of action on climate change and environmental issues. He will be Queensland's first ever Greens MP.
Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne has argued during a Senate debate that the Federal Government is protecting the coal industry at the expense of good climate policy.
Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader's running mate in the 2004 presidential race, has died. He was 68.
Peter Comejo, who was Ralph Nader's vice presidential running mate in 2004, died today from lymphoma at the age of 69. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2007 and was in remission until doctors made a second diagnosis in May of this year.
Green Leader Elizabeth May will be allowed into the federal leaders' debates, Canada's main broadcasters confirmed late Wednesday afternoon.