Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016

Jill Stein for President
Campaign U.S. presidential election, 2016
Candidate Jill Stein
Physician
Affiliation Green Party
Status Announced June 22, 2015
Headquarters 22 Kendall Rd.
Lexington, Massachusetts
Receipts US$357,948 (2016-03-31[1])
Slogan #ItsInOurHands.
Website
www.Jill2016.com

Jill Stein, a physician from Massachusetts, is seeking the nomination of the Green Party of the United States for President in 2016. In 2012, Stein was the Green Party's nominee and received 469,627 votes for President of the United States in the 2012 general election.[2]

She officially declared she was running for president for a second time during an appearance on Democracy Now! on June 22, 2015.[3]

Background

On February 6, 2015, Stein announced the formation of an exploratory committee for a campaign for the Green Party's presidential nomination in 2016.[4] In a June 2015 interview on The Alan Colmes Show, Stein said that she would announce her intention to run for President "certainly before the summer is up, probably a lot sooner than that".[5]

On June 6, 2015 Stein spoke at the kickoff event for Socialist Alternative member and Seattle City Councilor Kshama Sawant.[6] Sawant and Socialist Alternative were supporters of Stein's 2012 presidential bid.[7][8]

In December 2015, Stein took part in the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Paris, speaking at several forums.[9][10] That same month, Stein took part in Russia Today TV's tenth anniversary celebration conference in Moscow, speaking alongside international leaders.[11][12] Stein began taking part in the Green Party presidential primaries, 2016 in February 2016. Stein was immediately the front-runner and was described by the media as "steamrolling to victory."[13]

Fundraising

In an e-mail to supporters on June 10, 2015, Stein wrote "I’m preparing to make a big announcement next week." She also challenged her supporters to raise $10,000 in that time period. Two days later on June 12, Stein's campaign sent another e-mail indicating that she had surpassed that goal and raised her fundraising goal to $30,000. Stein noted that she would seek to qualify for matching funds from the federal government by raising at least $5,000 from residents of 20 states before receiving the nomination in 2016. The e-mail indicated that she had already raised more than the requisite amount from residents of California and that Washington State, New York, and others were very close behind.[14] In September, Stein's campaign said they had met the $5,000 mark in five states (California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington) and had received at least half of that amount in eight others.[15]

As of November 22, 2015, Stein's campaign had surpassed the requisite fundraising totals in at least 9 states. On November 28, Richard Winger of Ballot Access News reported that Stein would likely qualify for the initial public funding before January 1, 2016.[16] However, on January 3, Ballot Access News reported that Stein's campaign had only qualified in 13 states. It said that the campaign was trying to qualify in 8 others.[17] On January 8, Stein's campaign announced it had enough contributions to qualify for FEC funds.[18] Nevertheless, the campaign did not submit its request for matching funds and accompanying documentation until March 28, after which the FEC declared Stein eligible for matching funds on April 14, 2016.[19]

Endorsements

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Candidate (P20003984) Summary Reports – 2016 Cycle". Federal Election Commission. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ "FEDERAL ELECTIONS 2012 Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). FEC.gov. July 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Exclusive: Green Party’s Jill Stein Announces She Is Running for President on Democracy Now!". democracynow.org. June 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Pindell, James (February 6, 2015) "Jill Stein, Green Party candidate, considers a second run for president", The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 6, 2015
  5. ↑ Colmes, Alan (June 5, 2015). "Stein: A Dollar For Sanders Is A Dollar For Hillary". Fox News Channel (Alan Colmes Show). Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "District 3 council candidates not concerned with Sawant’s star power". The Capitol Hill Times. June 11, 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. ↑ ""For this reason, we supported Ralph Nader’s presidential campaigns in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008, and Jill Stein’s campaign this year."". Socialist Alternative. 2013-01-17. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dr. Jill Stein & Kshama Sawant". Pirate TV Seattle. 2012-10-22. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Akilah (December 4, 2015). "An American campaigns for president in Paris". Boston Globe. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Peissig, Joel (December 1, 2015). "Dr. Jill Stein, Presidential candidate at COP 21, to speak at civil society events decrying the derailed COP process, calling for US to lead transformative climate action.". Jill Stein 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  11. ↑ Konyaev, Anton (December 1, 2015). "RT TO MARK ITS 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDIA AND POLITICS". RT. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Green Party’s candidate in the 2016 US presidential election said that Russia and the United States could ban weapon supplies to the Middle East and make Turkey close its borders with Syria and Iraq in a joint effort to defeat Daesh.". Sputnik News. December 10, 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Graham, Christopher (March 10, 2016). "Arizona has big voice in picking next president". journalaz.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  14. ↑ Winger, Richard (July 1, 2015). "Jill Stein Already Working on Qualifying for Primary Season Matching Funds". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Stein campaign makes push for matching funds - America's #1 Source for Green Party News & Views". Green Party Watch. September 17, 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  16. ↑ Winger, Richard. "Martin O’Malley and Jill Stein Likely to be the Only Presidential Candidates Who Will Receive Public Funding in January 2016". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  17. ↑ Winger, Richard (January 3, 2016). "Jill Stein Crosses Threshold for Primary Season Matching Funds in 13 of the Needed 20 States". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Green Party Watch » Blog Archive » Stein says she has raised enough to qualify for matching funds - America's #1 Source for Green Party News & Views". Green Party Watch. January 8, 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "FEC Declares Jill Stein Eligible to Receive Federal Matching Funds". FEC.gov. Federal Election Commission. 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  20. 1 2 Bernd, Candice. ""An Age of the Statistically Unlikely": An Interview With Presidential Candidate Jill Stein". Truthout. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  21. ↑ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_i_support_dr_jill_stein_for_president_20160221
  22. ↑ "Immortal Technique: Endorsing Jill Stein for President". Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  23. ↑ "We want to be the voice of struggle in 2016". Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  24. ↑ "Endorsing Jill Stein for President: Professor Richard D. Wolff Economist". Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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