Kevin Zeese
Despite the minority opposition among Libertarian Party of Maryland members towards Zeese's support for government-provided healthcare, Zeese received 60.8% of the vote of the Libertarian Party of Maryland's Central Committee (he needed 60%). His nomination was approved at the party's 2006 state convention on April 1, 2006. On June 3, 2006, Zeese won the nomination of the Maryland Green Party. And, on June 10, he won the nomination of the Populist Party of Maryland, the first time all three parties have nominated the same candidate.
In early April 2006, the Maryland legislature passed SB 129, which changed Maryland election law. [4] Among other things, the law took away the possibility of Zeese being listed on three ballot lines by stating that a candidate can be nominated by only a party with which he is registered. Zeese is registered as a Green. So, unless there is a legal challenge, he will be on the ballot as a Green.
Zeese calls his campaign the "Unity Campaign", and is running on a reform platform for, as he states it, "peace, justice and democracy". His campaign advocates the withdrawal of U.S. troops and corporate interests from Iraq. He also focuses on "economic justice" and is critical of the gap between the wealthy and poor. Other aims towards this end are a stop to corporate welfare (which he calls "big business socialism") and to "ensure all Americans have a stake in the economy". Electronic voting reforms are also a major feature of his platform.
Unlike many other Green Campaigns Kevin Zeese was able to gain access to publicly televised debates. All three candidates participated in the final debate of the campaign on Friday, November 3, 2006. The event was sponsored by the Collective Banking Group and held at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden. A full recording is available.[5]
Kevin Zeese finished third in the voting receiving 27,564 votes for 1.5% of the total vote.
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External links
- Mishandling Nader
- Swing Along With Ralph Nader in the Battleground States, Joshua Frank, September 16, 2004
- Independent Announces Run for Senate in Md.
- Zeese for U.S. Senate 2006 campaign website
- Kevin Zeese for U.S. Senate on MySpace
- 2006 U.S. Senate (Maryland) Results
- Biography from Common Sense for Drug Policy
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