{news} GP RELEASE Greens register Senatorial Campaign Ctte with FEC

[Justine McCabe]

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Monday, September 18, 2006

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty at greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
starlene at greens.org
Teresa Keane, Chair of the Green Senatorial Campaign
Committee, 503-452-0425, cell 503-475-0051,
teresadot at comcast.net
Dean Myerson, Treasurer of the Green Senatorial
Campaign Committee, 202-248-4690,
greens at deanmyerson.org


Green Party files to form Senatorial Campaign
Committee

. Filing sets a historic precedent: no alternative
political party has ever formed such a committee; the
FEC has never received such a request


WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party became the first
alternative political party in history to register a
national senatorial campaign committee with the
Federal Election Commission last week.

The filing sets further precedent because the
Democratic and Republican Senate campaign committees
were grandfathered in when the FEC was formed.  The
FEC has never dealt with a request to form such a
committee.

"We are taking this step because Americans need a
viable alternative to the two old parties, and the
Green Party is serious about offering that
alternative," said Teresa Keane, a former Green Senate
candidate from Oregon and Chair of the eight-member
Green Senatorial Campaign Committee. "Voters are upset
with both the Republican and Democratic parties this
year, and are looking for candidates who take
principled positions on issues that are important to
them."

A senatorial campaign committee allows the party to
receive and disburse larger contributions, but these
contributions are still fully regulated, of public
record, and are not soft money, which the national
Green Party has never used, even when it was legal.

Dean Myerson, Treasurer of the Green Senatorial
Campaign Committee, submitted registration papers on
the committee's behalf to the Secretary of the Senate
and the Federal Election Commission earlier this week.

"The Green Party is serious about supporting its
candidates for Senate.  Creating this committee is a
good way to do that," said Dean Myerson, who noted
that the committee is finalizing its advisory request
now and is collecting affidavits of support from the
various Green candidates for Senate.

The Green Party has nominated 14 senate candidates for
2006, almost half of the Senate seats up for election
this year.  The key issue for many is the Iraq War;
Green candidates are calling for immediate withdrawal
of U.S. troops from Iraq.

"The war on Iraq is a crime of historic proportions. 
With each new day we see more evidence of the greed
and corruption that led to the decision to engage in
this barbaric war for oil and geostrategic control. 
America needs Senators who will stand firm against an
administration bent on using lies and fear to lead the
nation into such a devastating direction," said David
Sole, Green candidate for Senator of Michigan
<http://www.stopthewarslate.org/davidsole.html>.

The Green Party plans to follow up on the Green
Senatorial Campaign Committee with the establishment
of a Green Congressional Campaign Committee.

2006 Green nominees for U.S. Senate
California: Todd Chretien http://www.todd4senate.org
Connecticut: Ralph A. Ferrucci
http://www.ferrucciforsenate.org
District of Columbia: Joyce Robinson-Paul
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org/election2006/candidate.php?annc_id=150
Florida: Brian Moore http://www.votebrianmoore.com
Maryland: Kevin Zeese http://www.kevinzeese.com
Michigan: David Sole
http://www.stopthewarslate.org/davidsole.html
Minnesota: Michael Cavlan http://www.michaelcavlan.org
Missouri: Lydia Lewis
http://www.ppmo.org/lydialewis2006.html
New York: Howie Hawkins
http://www.hawkinsforsenate.org
Pennsylvania: Carl Romanelli
http://www.romanelli2006.com
Tennessee: Chris Lugo http://www.chris4senate.com
Utah: Julian Hatch, http://www.hatchforsenate.org
Washington: Aaron Dixon, http://www.aarondixon.org
Wisconsin: Rae Vogeler, http://www.voterae.org


MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193

Green campaign listings, news, photos, and web sites
http://www.gp.org/2006elections
Database of 2006 Green candidates
http://www.greens.org/elections
Video clips of Green candidates
http://www.gp.org/2006elections/media.shtml
Green Party News Center
http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml


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