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McKinney Wins Illinois Primary
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY (Former D-Georgia) has won majority support for President in the Green Party's statewide primary election in Illinois, which was held February 5.
With 57% of the vote, McKinney did more than three times as well as her next-ranking competitor, Howie Hawkins, who got 17%. Hawkins, a co-founder of the Green Party of the United States, ran openly as a place-holder for Ralph Nader, in case Nader should choose to run.
The other two candidates for President on the Green Party ballot in Illinois — California air quality inspector Kent Mesplay and Morgan State University professor Jared Ball (who dropped out of the race to support McKinney) — received 14% and 12% of the vote respectively.
McKinney was the first African-American Congresswoman to be elected from Georgia, serving in Congress from 1993-2003 and 2005-2007. She has been an advocate for Hurricane Katrina victims and voters disenfranchised in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Her campaign website is
www.runcynthiarun.org
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