Howie Hawkins announces run for governor on Green Party line

[hrmjustin]

KEN LOVETT

Howie Hawkins, who is annoucing on Wednesday another bid for governor on minor Green Party line, is under no illusion he will win.

Instead, he wants to "quadruple" his performance from four years ago when he raised $45,000 and garnered about 60,000 votes.

"If we can raise $200,000 and get 250,000 votes, that would be more votes than any candidate on the independent left has ever gotten," Hawkins told me during a brief interview prior to his


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[hrmjustin]

1. 21 comments Five questions for Howie Hawkins, starting with why are you running for governor again?

Tim Knauss

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - No, he does not expect to win. Howie Hawkins today announced he will seek the Green Party nomination to run for governor, as he did in 2010.

Hawkins, a graveyard-shift United Parcel Service worker from Syracuse's South Side, has no illusions about his chances of winning, but he does have ambitious goals for the race.

In 2010, Hawkins won 59,906 votes -- more than any other third-party candidate who ran against Democrat Andrew Cuomo. This time around, Hawkins wants to quadruple his vote total to lodge a "strong protest'' against the policies of Cuomo and the Democrats.

His message is one of help for the middle class and working poor. He advocates guaranteed employment, single-payer public health care, tuition-free state university education, and a $15-an-hour minimum wage. He supports a ban on hydrofracking and a transition to 100 percent "clean energy" by 2030, among other positions.


http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/04/five_questions_for_howie_hawkins_starting_with_why_are_you_running_for_governor.html#incart_river

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. I miss Grampa Munster.

AKA. veteran character actor Al Lewis. Green Party Gov candidate in the 1990s.

I think Grampa got way more than 60K.

Anyway... Hawkins is going to get a LOT of votes.

[hrmjustin]

3. Yes I remember him. Great m an who really cared.

Yes I think the Greens will get more votes this time.

[hrmjustin]

4. Green Party hopeful plans to challenge Cuomo on fracking

http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2014-04-09-87531.113122-Green-Party-hopeful-plans-to-challenge-Cuomo-on-fracking.html