UPDATE: Here are the DC Green Party primary returns from February 12, 2008.
Cynthia McKinney 202 votes 44%
write-ins 131 votes 27%
Howie Hawkins 32 votes 7%
no candidate 54 votes 11%
Kat Swift 20 votes 4%
Jared Ball 19 votes 4%
Kent Mesplay 15 votes 3%
Jesse Johnson 14 votes 3%
On Super Tuesday, 4 states held Green Party primaries. Voters were able to go to the polls and vote for Greens just like Democrats and Republicans in Arkansas, California, Illinois, and Massachusetts. Here are the results that are available on-line:
Illinois (97% of precincts reporting)
Cynthia McKinney 1,446 votes 57%
Howie Hawkins 438 votes 17%
Kent Mesplay 369 votes 14%
Jared Ball 302 votes 12%
California (96% of precincts reporting)
Ralph Nader 16,835 votes 61.1%
Cynthia McKinney 7,124 votes 26%
Elaine Brown 1,259 votes 4.5%
Kat Swift 843 votes 3.0%
Kent Mesplay 564 votes 2%
Jesse Johnson 506 votes 1.8%
Jared Ball 444 votes 1.6%
Arkansas (95% of precincts reporting)
Uncommitted 404 votes 55%
Cynthia McKinney 149 votes 22%
Jared Ball 74 votes 10%
Kent Mesplay 59 votes 8%
Kat Swift 43 votes 6%
Notes: After the ballots were produced, Elaine Brown and Jared Ball withdrew from the race. Howie Hawkins is running as a place-holder for Ralph Nader. Ralph Nader is currently exploring a run but has not announced himself as a candidate yet.
2 comments:
Can anyone explain to me why giving Nader the Green nomination is a good idea?
A good portion of the general public already pigeon-hole the Greens as 'Ralph Nader's party'. I question the wisdom of having the same person run again, since he has already run several times before (numerous times as a Green).
We should really give the nomination to someone who has been consistently working for it. I'm not going to suggest anyone in particular, but I think some new blood at the top of the ticket would do us good.
I thoroughly agree with Mike's post. Having said that, I'll support whoever the nominee is, but while I appreciate any good that Ralph has done for the party,I will be voting for Cynthia McKinney.
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