Eight Green Party write-ins will run in the general election

(The Center Square) – The Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes announced on Saturday that eight Green Party write-in candidates would be moving on to the general election. The Green Party is an independent political party “connected to American social movements,” a🎶ccording to the Green Party’s website.

At this time, the Green Party has 100 elected officials across the country. However, Arizona has never had a Green Party candidate elected into a federal or state office. The write-in candidates were not mentioned in the official Arizona Primary Canvass due to a clerical errওor, according to an Aug. 17 p🍸ress release from the Secretary of State’s office, which explained the way voting for a write-in candidate works.

“A write-in candidate for a newly recognized political party must receive a plurality of the votes of the party for the office for which the candidate is competing for,” reads the press release. “A party with continued representation requires at least as many votes as they would have had petition signatures. The winning candidates in the Primary all receive certificates of nomination in the days after the canvass and theseဣ Green candidates who won the𝕴ir party nomination are included.”

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Green party write-in candidates moving on to general election:

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Eduardo Quintana, U.S. Senate – Eduardo Quitaro is running for the Arizona U.S. Senator open seat against Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Ruben Gallego. According to Quintana’s campaiꦑgn we𓂃bsite, he is running with the Arizona Green Party to “offer a political choice outside our failed two-party system careening towards nuclear war and environmental catastrophe.”

Quintana’s priorities include ending the Israel♓i/Palestinian war, phasing out the burning of fossil fuels and replacing them with renewable energy sources, transitioning to an eco-socialist economy amont others.

Vincent Beck-Jones, Congressional District 4 U.S. Representative – Vincent Beck-Jones will be running for Congressional District 4 U.S. Representative. He will face incumbent Democrat Greg Stanton and Repu༒blican Kelly Cooper. According to Cooper’s campaign websit🍸e, he is firmly standing on a Green Party platform.

“Our country was once based on ideals of freedom and choice,” reads his website. “But, for 237 years we have been held to an Us vs Them system. A duopoly of politics where the two parties are merely just opposite sides of a single coin. We are left choosing which option seems less detrimental to us. This isn’t a real choice. Without choice we have no freedom.”

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Athena Eastwood, Congressional District 6 U.S. Representative – Write-in Green 𝐆Party Candidate Athena Eastwood will be moving on to the general election running for U.S. representative for Congressional District 6. She will go up against Republican Juan Ciscomani and Dem🅘ocrat Kirsten Engel.

Tre Rook, Legislative District 8 State Representative – Tre Rook is running as a write-in Green Party candidate in the general election. Two candidates will be elected for each legislative distrಞict and Rook will be going up against Republican Abe Ham♔adeh and Democrat Gregory Whitten in the general election.

Cody Hannah, Legislative District 3 State Representative – Cody Hannah, a student and activist, is one of the youngest peo▨ple running for a legislative office in Arizo༺na. He is running on the Green Party platform and will be moving on to the general election where he will be running against Republican Jeff Weninger and Democrat Brandy Reese.

“Cody is a committed advocate for people, planet, and peace, and he is ready to both work⛄ with and stand against the Democrats and Republicans in the AZ Legislature in order to fight for the needs of working class Arizonans and our environment,” reads Hannah’s campaign website.

Scott Menor, Legislative District 14 State Representative – Scott Menor, a write-in Gree♋n Party candidate, will be running against Republicans Laurin Hendrix and Khyl Powell in the general election.

Menor said that by running for LD 14 state representative🎶, he hopes to “break the duopoly. I can represent you and give you an outsized voice as a tipping-point-independent in the Arizona State House,” reads his campaign website.

Menor’s other priorities include electoral reform, 🌄universal h🍨ealthcare, education, basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing, housing, mobility and autonomy and access to abortion.

Mike Cease & Nina Luxenberg, Corporation Commission – Mike Cease and Nina Luxenberg are the Green🧸 Party candidates running for one of the three open seats as Arizona corporation commissioner. The other candidates they w💯ill be running against include Republicans Rachel Walden, Rene Lopez and Lea Marquez Peterson, and Democrats Ylenia Aguilar, Jonathan Hill and Joshua Polacheck.

More information on the primary electi🥃on results and other candidates can be found on𓆏 the .