{news} (NEWS RELEASE) Cynthia McKinney wins CT Green Party vote for President

[Tim McKee]

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From: "Green Party-CT"
To: timmckee at mail.com
Subject: (NEWS RELEASE) Cynthia McKinney wins CT Green Party vote for
President
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:14:53 -0700 (PDT)


Green Party of Connecticut News Release Contact: Tim McKee, CT Green
Party National Committee Person, cell (860)860-778-1304 or
(860)-643-2282, Mike DeRosa, State Co-Chair (860)956-8170 or (860)
919-4042 (cell)
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CYNTHIA MCKINNEY WINS CT GREEN PARTY  VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL
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NEW HAVEN, CT- Former Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney won
the majority of vote casts for the Presidential nomination at  the Green
Party of Connecticut's Annual Convention on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 
the Greater New Haven Central Labor Council,  New Haven, CT. .

CT Green Party members voted for a Presidential candidate, and delegates
to the Green National Convention in Chicago July 10-13th. Those votes
will be apportioned according to the vote.

Candidates for President under the Green Party banner include:

Cynthia McKinney,- former Democrat Congresswoman from Georgia,
http://www.runcynthiarun.org

Jesse Johnson, activist and actor for West Virgina,http://www.jesse08.org

Kent Mesplay,  Air Quality scientist from L.A.,California, 
http://www.mesplay.org

Kat Swift, Green activist from Texas,  http://www.voteswift.org
McKinney had 33 votes, Swift 3 votes, Johnson 2 votes, and Mesplay 2
votes. Those vote will be divided among the delegates to the convention.
Write in votes included 6 for Independent candidate and native son Ralph
Nader and one each for 2 others. Also speaking at the event was first
time Congressional candidates,, U.S. Representative, 1st Congressional
District: Stephen Fournier of Hartford,(Candidate website), 2nd
Congressional District: Scott Deshefy of Lebanon
(Candidate website) 4th Congressional District: Richard Duffee of
Stamford
(Candidate website)

Also running but who did not attend is for the U.S. Representative, 5th
Congressional District: Harold Burbank(Candidate website).
The Convention also elected State Party officers as well as National
Committee representatives.  Elected as Co Chairs were Mike Derosa, Steve
Fournier and Phoebe Godfrey. Elected to the Green National Committee 
were Charles Pillsbury. Richard Duffee, Tim McKee, Michael DeRosa and
Steve Fournier. 
#End of Release#



Tim McKee, Manchester CT, Home-860-643-2282
Cell-860-778-1304
Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT.
BLOG- http://thebiggreenpicture.blogspot.com 



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