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I think I share with many other Greens a deep sense of appreciation toward Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente for taking on one of the toughest jobs in America. They both spoke about building a movement, and I don’t think that work ended last night on Nov. 4. The political landscape has changed, and the Green Party will need to adapt to this new landscape and pursue new opportunities and leave old barriers behind us.

I am sure that there are many who might feel disappointed in these results, but I have to ask if you are really all that surprised by them? Cynthia McKinney was the only major candidate left off of CNN’s radar, and what “main stream media” coverage she did get (Washington Post, FoxNews) were hit pieces meant to further discredit the campaign. Cynthia McKinney is a 6 term Congresswoman with more experience in government than Obama, but she got less coverage than Chuck Baldwin, a radio minister. Wayne Allyn Root got more coverage than Cynthia McKinney. Why? Why the Blackout? It can’t be because she is an African American, can it? It can’t be because she is a woman, can it? Was it her message? Was it her lack of money?

However, I am not depressed by the outcome. The results of the Presidential election are of course disappointing, but on the other hand, over 150,000 Americans, of those who even had the opportunity, voted for Cynthia McKinney, despite the lack of coverage, despite the ballot access, and despite the politics of fear.

Congratulations to everyone who voted for the Green Party for sticking with your values and your beliefs.

Many thanks to our standard bearers Cynthia and Rosa for their excellent campaigns!!  Each of them was wonderfully articulate and insightful on the issues.  I hope they will be our candidates again.

Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente are the Green Party candidates for President and Vice President.

They are on the ballot in 32 states, and are official write-in candidates in an additional 17 states.

We will post election results by state for McKinney and Clemente here when they come in.

Comments welcome, especially reports of or links to election results.

Last Update: 12:56 AM CST
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There are 7 Green Party candidates running for U.S. Senate and 69 Green Party candidates running for U.S. House of Representatives across the nation.

We will post election results for these races here as they come in.

Comments welcome, especially reports of, and links to, election results.

Last Update: Nov. 6, 2008
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UPDATE: Richard Carroll — Arkansas State Rep. Dist 38 — ELECTED

There are 73 Green Party candidates for State Legislative office across the nation, and one candidate for Governor.

We will post election results for these races here when they come in.

Comments welcome, especially reports of, and links to, election results

Last Updated: 11:59 PM CST
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There are many Green Party candidates on the ballot for local offices, from County Board, City Council, School Board, and others.

We will post election results for those races as we learn of them here.

Comments welcome, especially election results and updates for Green Party candidates for local offices.

Speak your mind. Predictions? Winners? Losers? Another stolen election? A new day dawning for America? A new day dawning for the Green Party? What’s up?

Green Party webcast from New York

Green Party webcast from California.

I will be webcasting election results via Green Party Watch Radio tonight starting at 7 PM East Coast Time. I will take a break from 9 to 10 PM, and return for a second session from 10 PM to midnight. I will have a chat room set up for questions and for folks to submit information. I hope to bring as many Green candidates as possible onto the program, so I invite any of you with information to call in to the show at (646) 478-3778. Of course, if you don’t have info but just want to shoot the breeze, well, that’s OK too. If you want to reach me with info but don’t want to be “on the air”, you can call me on my cell phone toll free at (877) 282-2236. If you have unlimited calling, please spare me the cost by calling me directly at (803) 984-5414.

I can call candidates as well as have them call me, so if you have a candidate you want me to reach out to, send me their number and a time to call and I’ll ring them up. You can send me that info at GreggJocoy@riseup.net. I hope to have both Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente on the show at some point, but I know they will be very busy tonight, so keep your fingers crossed for me.

Two weeks ago a friend called me up to tell me that she had just voted early for Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente and she was so overjoyed she had to call someone and tell them (and she knew I would answer my phone).

Last week my mother-in-law in Iowa, who is not very political and has likely voted Republican most of her life, called us with some “big news”, she was excited. She called to say that she “Voted Green Party for the first time ever, and it felt great!”

Early voting in my city has involved two hour waits, but this morning I had no wait at the polls (I guess everyone voted early) and got my ballot in minutes. Yes, there was a sense of exaltation to cast my vote for Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente. No doubts, no second thoughts, no throwing my vote away. Voting your values just feels good.

Candidates go to election parties of course!

Rosa Clemente, VP Candidate on the Green Party Ticket, will be watching election results in New York City at the SB3 Bar in the East Village (33 Ave. B @ 3rd St.) along with DJ K Salaam, DJ Sergio Vega, UMI, S.O.U.L. Purpose, J Love, Rebel Diaz, N.Y. Oil, Hakim, and Khalil Al Mustafa.

Cynthia McKinney, Green Party candidate for President, is rumored to be spending election night at the Campaign HQ of Cindy Sheehan in San Francisco (1260 Mission St.)

We can assume that most media outlets won’t be covering Green Party results around the nation, that’s a given. However there are a number of ways on election night that Greens and green sympathizers can try to keep up with election results around the nation and chat with others about what is happening.

Of course your best bet is to stop by Green Party Watch over and over, where we will have several open thread posts for comments and several posts that we will try to keep updated throughout the evening with the latest (unofficial) results. I’m going to try not to drink too much so I can stay up late looking up obscure race results from State Election Board sites.

Meanwhile, Gregg Jocoy will be on Green Party Watch Radio (see link on the right side bar) from 7-9 p.m. EST and again 10 p.m. – midnight EST reporting results and hey, guess what? You can call in!

OnTheWilderside.com will be live blogging election night and invites folks over to party:

Hope you will join us here at onthewilderside.com on Tuesday, Nov 4th, starting at 8pm and ending at 12 midnight or when the Presidential results are announced, whichever comes first. We are going to have live blogging of “Alternative Election Night Coverage“. Kimberly Wilder will be at the helm. Ian Wilder will chime in after the local meeting he has to attend. Hope to gather e-mail comments from activist colleagues and bloggers, in addition to a scan of some of our favorite sources: Green Party Watch, Independent Political Report, Ballot Access News, Third Party Watch, News for Greens, Greens for Greens and just, plain old “Google News”. Since we will be on the ground, and armed with poll watching certificates, we will probably have local numbers and anecdotes to report.

Green Change is hosting an Election Night Blogging Party, with 20 featured races, places to comment and report results, post pictures, etc., and a sweet chat room (if you can find it) where you can cheer and curse with others.

Our election night party will also feature:
* A live chat room with Greens from around the world
* Breaking results from top Green races around the country
* Discussion of 2008 results as well as future strategy
* Pictures, videos, music and more

Sign up to join our online election night party

So don’t feel all alone on Election night – hook up with others and hope for some celebrations!

UPDATE: Another option for Election Night is from Secret Frequency, podcasts with Steve Kramer. I apologize for forgetting to mention this before!

According to a study summarized in the Times Online:

Cleverer children are more likely to vote for the Green Party or the Liberal Democrats in a general election than other parties when they become adults, research suggests. The study, by the University of Edinburgh and the UK Medical Research Council and published in the journal Intelligence, indicates that childhood IQ is as important as social class in determining political allegiance. The IQs of more than 6,000 subjects were recorded at the age of 10, before any secondary schooling. Twenty-four years later they were asked about their voting habits.

(Thanks to Babette Hogan over on Facebook for posting this item)

Cynthia McKinney couldn’t make the Thursday debate, she was at an execution in Texas.

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CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL – Green Party candidates for County Board touted endorsements and organizational support for their candidacies. The News-Gazette endorsed Joe Futrelle, AFSCME endorsed Mike Lehman and Joe Futrelle, and all three candidates received organizational support from the AFL-CIO, including Walter Pituc.
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C. Faye Walters will be the guest on Sunday’s (today!) edition of Green Party Watch Radio from 3 to 3:30 PM. The show will be archived at the same link.

C. Faye Walters is the Green Party nominee for Congress from South Carolina’s forth congressional district. Her campaign covers Greenville, Spartanburg and union Counties, and has seen her covered on television several times. One of her interviews was with WSPA-TVhere and here. That same station did a profile which you can read here.

WYFF-TV in Greenville gave Faye a chance to take her message to the voters via their station, and her presentation can be seen here.

Walters is covered at the website SC Elects Women, and New Menu. The South Carolina League of Women Voters includes her in their voter’s guide, available as a PDF here. She is also online at Vote USA, as well as Research America, The National Retirees Legislative Network, which requires you input the 4th district and the state of South Carolina to get to Walters’ profile, and at Project Vote Smart as well as many others.