Grassroots supporters of Howie Hawkins’ Green Party campaign for Governor of New York are holding an online “money bloom” today, Friday 22 October, with the goal of raising $10,000 for voter outreach.

I’ll be interviewing Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dennis Spisak on Saturday, October 23rd, at 7:00 PM via my Blog Talk Radio show.

Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is asking supporters to take action to get him into two debates that debate sponsors are threatening to exclude him from. Whitney received over 10% of the vote for governor in 2006, establishing the Green Party as a major party in Illinois. He is an excellent, well-spoken candidate with a comprehensive platform to fix the Illinois budget and ensure that everyone in Illinois has access to quality jobs, education, and healthcare.

New York Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins put out a release Sept. 28th that covered the NY governor’s race and his Green New Deal proposal as well as the Middle East resource wars, the FBI raids on peace activists, and the One Nation Working Together rally.

Blogger David Potts thinks that Dennis Spisak thinks he can work miracles. No, he doesn’t, and no, he cant. But Spisak CAN use the office of governor as the bully pulpit.

Massachusetts Green Party gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein has raised enough money to qualify for matching funds and get into debates. Now the real work begins.

It’s coming down to the wire, but it looks like Jill Stein’s Green campaign for MA Governor could raise another $9,000 by 4:30 PM Friday 9/24 to qualify for $125,000 in public matching funds.

Dr. Jill Stein is running an insurgent Green campaign for Governor of Massachusetts against 3 business-as-usual political insiders. Her platform reads like a progressive Christmas list. Now she has the chance to break this race open and show that clean, green, people-powered politics can succeed. To do it, she needs to raise $27,000 in small contributions by Friday.

Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they would work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in “personal hygiene.”

Photos from convention including speakers, Governor Deval Patrick, Sen Paul Kirk, Sen John Kerry, & Vicki Kennedy