2004 Elections

Green-Rainbow 2004 Candidate Results

Thank you to all of the people who voted for our candidates, volunteered and contributed! Your efforts are very much appreciated.

Candidate information.

What else is here

This page focuses on our 2004 electoral campaign efforts.

• 2004 Campaign Blog, your source for campaign news
• 2004 Campaign Planning Discussion Forum. Comment on how we should run our electoral campaign
• Don't Complain, Run! Information on running for office
• Information about the Green Party presidential candidates who appeared on our primary ballot.
• Information for prospective Green Party presidential candidates
• Information about our 2004 electoral efforts

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Don't Complain, Run!

The state convention set the candidate recruitment goal of running at least 84 candidates in 2004. With the legislature gutting vital services and expanding corporate welfare, there is no better time to take a stand against business as usual. We need your help now!

If we want to build a future based on justice, democracy, nonviolence and ecology we will need to get Green-Rainbows elected. To get our members elected, we need candidates for both state and local offices.

You should be one of them! If you are interested in running for office and one of the 10,000 Green-Rainbow Party members or a supporter who is not registered in any other party, then please contact the person listed for your region/county, fill out the following form or email us. You can also check out our How To Run Guide

We are also looking for party members to help recruit candidates. If you can help, please contact the person listed for your region/county.

Information for prospective Green Party presidential candidates

The date by which prospective Green Party presidential candidates may get on our March 2nd primary ballot has passed. We are placing four candidates on our primary ballot. They will appear in the following order:

1. Kent Mesplay
2. Lorna Salzman
3. Paul Glover
4. David Cobb

We will publish statements by the candidates in our Winter/Spring 2004 newsletter and on the web site.

To appear on our presidential primary ballot, prospective Green Party presidential candidates had to follow the requirements outlined in our 2004 Presidential Election Plan (M$ Word, HTML).

Our delegates to the 2004 Green Party National Nominating Convention will be selected according to our 2004 National Presidential Convention Delegate Selection Rules (M$ Word, HTML). Delegates will be allocated to candidates in proportion to the number of votes the candidate received.

Please note that the 2004 National Presidential Convention Delegate Selection Plan must be approved by the state committee and submitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by October 1st, 2003 if we wish to have a Presidential primary. Holding a Presidential primary in no way requires the national party to run or not run a Presidential candidate in the general election.

For information on announced and potential Green Party presidential candidates, visit this site.

Information about our 2004 electoral efforts

Our electoral efforts are guided by our 2004 Strategic Electoral Plan (M$ Word, HTML). This document sets our electoral goals for 2004-2006.

We also approved a 2004 Candidate Recruitment Plan (M$ Word, HTML) that calls for us to:

• Run at least one party member for town meeting member in every town that has elected town meeting. 38 towns have elected town meeting;
• Contest a minimum of 6 Massachusetts Senate districts;
• and contest a minimum of 40 Massachusetts House districts.