Jill Stein 2024 presidential campaign

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Jill Stein 2024 presidential campaign
Campaign2024 U.S. presidential election
2024 Green primaries
CandidateJill Stein
Former member of the Lexington Town Meeting (2005–2011)
AffiliationGreen Party
AnnouncedNovember 9, 2023
ReceiptsUS$388,623.68[1] (March 31, 2024)
SloganPeople, Planet, Peace
Website
www.jillstein2024.com
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Jill Stein, a physician from Massachusetts, announced her entry into the 2024 United States presidential election on November 9, 2023. Stein had been the Green Party's presidential nominee in 2012 and in 2016. In 2012, she received 469,627 votes.[2] In the 2016 election, she received 1,457,216 votes (1.07% of the popular vote).[3]

Background

In June 2023, Stein took on the role of campaign manager for the 2024 presidential campaign of activist and scholar Cornel West, who was then seeking the nomination of the Green Party.[4] Stein stepped down from this role and withdrew her support for West's campaign in October 2023, when West withdrew his candidacy for the Green presidential nomination and opted to instead continue his campaign as an independent. Stein then stated that she would assist the Green Party in finding a nominee elsewhere, while also hinting at a possible bid of her own.[5]

Campaign

Announcement

On November 9, 2023, Stein announced her third bid for president[6] on Twitter, citing her main priorities as taking an anti-war stance, promoting a Green New Deal, universal healthcare, and ending what she characterized as "genocide in Gaza".[7][8][9] Stein's campaign reportedly has the potential to erode Joe Biden's core support in the general election.[10][11]

Developments

On December 21, 2023, the Green Party secured ballot access in the swing state of Arizona.[12]

In January 2024, the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute showed Stein polling at 4% in the swing state of Pennsylvania,[13] where she received 0.37% and 0.81% of the vote during the 2012 and 2016 elections respectively.

Stein took part in a presidential debate hosted by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation on February 29, 2024, alongside Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee Claudia De la Cruz, fellow Green candidate Jasmine Sherman, and Libertarian candidates Chase Oliver and Lars Mapstead.[14][15]

Stein and two campaign staff members were among more than 80 individuals arrested by local police on April 27 at Washington University in St. Louis while protesting the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip as a part of the nationwide protests on university campuses. According to Stein on Twitter, she and the other protestors were held at the St. Louis County Jail until 2 a.m. the next day.[16] The university administration published a statement on the day of the arrest that protestors had intended to "set up a camp in violation of university policy" and "refused to leave after being asked multiple times," after which they were arrested by St. Louis Metro Police. All protestors will be charged with trespassing, while some may face charges of resisting arrest and assault, including Stein, who alleged that she was assaulted by an officer.[17] Stein criticized the university's handling of the protest, accusing the administration of violating their freedom of speech.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Report of Receipts and Disembursements – Jill Stein for President 2024". FEC. April 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "FEDERAL ELECTIONS 2012 Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). FEC.gov. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Election and voting information" (PDF).
  4. ^ Krieg, Eva McKend,Gregory (June 22, 2023). "Jill Stein enlisted to help build Cornel West's third-party presidential campaign". CNN. Retrieved March 10, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ @DrJillStein (October 5, 2023). "Breaking – Stein & Baraka wish Dr. West well, affirm support for a strong Green campaign Boston" (Tweet). Retrieved March 10, 2024 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Astor, Maggie (November 9, 2023). "Jill Stein Announces Third-Party Bid for President". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "clone_home1". Jill Stein 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "Principles". Jill Stein 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "Pledge to Stop Genocide". Jill Stein 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  10. ^ Tait, Robert (November 22, 2023). "Jill Stein formally launches 2024 White House bid as Green party candidate". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  11. ^ Trudo, Hanna (2023-11-12). "Jill Stein adds to Biden's 2024 problems". The Hill. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  12. ^ "Arizona Green Party earns official state recognition". KJZZ. December 12, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  13. ^ "PA 2024 Elections: Biden On Upside Of Too-Close-To-Call Race, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Casey Opens Up Double-Digit Lead In Senate Race | Quinnipiac University Poll". poll.qu.edu. January 10, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  14. ^ "Campaign 2024: Free and Equal Elections Presidential Debate". February 29, 2024 Retrieved March 10, 2024
  15. ^ Marantz, Andrew (March 11, 2024). "Libertarians and Socialists and Jill Stein - Oh, My!". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  16. ^ Fortinsky, Sarah (April 28, 2024). "Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein arrested at pro-Palestine college protest". The Hill. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  17. ^ "Statement regarding campus protest". Washington University in St. Louis. April 28, 2024.
  18. ^ "Presidential candidate Jill Stein arrested, booked on assault charges during protest at WashU". KSDK. April 28, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
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