Back in July, the Green Party of Michigan held its convention in Marshall, Michigan. As is often the case with minor parties, I completely forgot about it. Nevertheless, it is still worth reporting that at their meeting, they nominated Chelsea resident Lynn Meadows for Michigan's 7th Congressional District.

From what I can tell, Meadows is actually a fairly big name in the MI Greens, as the chair of the Tamarack Greens and having been their Secretary of State nominee in 2006. For that office, she won 70,218 votes statewide, or about 1.9 percent of the vote. Across the 7th District, she stayed fairly consistent, right around the two percent mark.

So how will she fare as a congressional candidate? As the Secretary of State candidate, she out-performed the rest of the Green ticket in 2006-- their nominees for Senate and Governor each got less than one percent. However, she was also the only minor party candidate running for that office, which meant that the 1.9 percent that she earned included those who were simply dissatisfied with the Republican and Democratic Parties and wanted to voice their frustration in a low-profile race.

The Green Party did not field a candidate in 2006, but in 2004, nominee Jason Seagraves took 1.3 percent of the vote, or 3,996 votes.

It'll be interesting to see if Meadows runs a strong campaign this year. I'm not expecting her to break two percent, but, then again, that's still two percent in what could be a very close race.

With this and Schauer's primary victory, we have our final November ballot:

Tim Walberg (R-inc.)
Mark Schauer (D)
Ken Proctor (L)
Lynn Meadows (G)

As of July 09, 2008, I have been working with the Schauer for Congress campaign in Lenawee County. My thoughts and writings are my own opinions, and I do not speak for Senator Schauer or anyone else in his organization.

Labels: 2004 Election, 2006 Election, 2008 Election, 2008 Speculation, Green Party, Lynn Meadows

by Michael Motta

"The Green Party of Michigan's State Convention will be held July 26-27 at the
Franke Center for the Arts, 214 East Mansion Street, in Marshall, MI."

http://www.greenpartywatch.com/2008/06/green-party-of-michigan-state.html

I've been told by a fellow Marshall resident who is well-placed in the GPMI that there may well be, in addition to internal goings-on, some informational type stuff for the general public.

Since I live within walking distance, I plan on wandering down there to find out more about the Green Party "up close and personal" instead of just via the web!

Updates may be posted here: http://www.migreens.org/

Maybe I'll see some of you there!

Thanks to Michael Motta for being the first reader to submit content! I hadn't realized this would be happening in the 7th District, and I'm curious to see if they nominate anyone for this race. -- Fitzy

Labels: 2008 Election, Green Party