The following candidates are recognized by the Illinois Green Party as members of the Green Party and as candidates for the position identified. Listing of these candidates is for information only and is not an indication of endorsement by the Illinois Green Party. Please use this list as a starting point for making an informed choice in selection of Green Party candidates in the 2008 general election on November 4, 2008.

Please send names of potential candidates to the coordinator listed for each major category of office. Please send general corrections to this page to webmaster@ilgp.org.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 - Presidential Campaigns
2 - Congressional Campaigns
3 - Illinois General Assembly Campaigns
4 - County Campaigns

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS

ILGP Coordinator - Phil Huckelberry
ILGP Coordinator - Rob Casey

Illinois has 44 National Convention Delegates who were selected at the State Convention on March 29, 2008 in Peoria in proportion to the primary election results. The national convention will be held on July 10-13, 2008 in Chicago.

Jared Ball - http://www.jaredball.com/
Illinois Point of Contact - Jack Ailey
5 delgates

Howie Hawkins - http://www.draftnader.org/
Co-Chair, Draft Nader Committee.
8 delegates

Cynthia McKinney - http://www.runcynthiarun.org/
25 delegates

Kent Mesplay - http://www.mesplay.org/
6 delegates

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CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNS

ILGP Coordinator - Walter Pituc

U.S. SENATE

Kathy Cummings

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

3rd District

Jerome Pohlen

4th District

Omar N. López - http://omarlopez2008.org/

5th District

Alan Augustson - http://augustson2008.us/

8th District

Iain Abernathy - http://www.iainabernathy.org

9th District

Morris Shanfield

10th District

David Kalbfleisch - http://www.electdave.org/

11th District

Jason Wallace - http://www.electwallace.us/

12th District

Rodger Jennings - http://www.rodgerjennings.net/

13th District

Steve Alesch - http://www.votesteve.org/

14th District

Robert Hill

16th District

Scott Summers - http://www.summersforcongress.com/

17th District

Troy Dennis - http://www.troydennis2008.com/

18th District

Sheldon Schafer - http://www.SchaferForCongress.info

19th District

Vic Roberts -

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ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGNS

ILGP Coordinator - Adrian Frost

ILLINOIS STATE SENATE

7th District

Tom Durkin

21st District

John Basco

ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE

2nd District

Ante Marijan

12th District

Tim Quirk - http://www.votequirk.org/

15th District

Drew Valkanas

21st District

Rita Maniotis

39th District

Jeremy Karpen - http://www.jeremykarpen.org/

40th District

Heather Benno

41st District

Kevin O'Connor - http://voteoconnor.org

43rd District

Dane Willman

50th District

Sandra Lezon

53rd District

Rob Sherman - http://www.robsherman.com/

55th District

Dan Kairis

68th District

Gerry Woods

70th District

James Dunsing

95th District

Gerard Schmitt

96th District

Jen Witt

115th District

Charlie Howe - http://www.gogreen115.org

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COUNTY CAMPAIGNS

ILGP Coordinator - Susan Rodgers

COUNTY OFFICE

Boone

Doug Silberhorn – County Board 1

Champaign

Walter Pituc – County Board 7 - http://www.votewalter.org/
Kostas Yfantis – County Board 7 - http://www.yfantis.org/
Joe Futrelle – County Board 8 - http://www.joefutrelle.org
Mike Lehman – County Board 9

Coles

Todd Reardon – State's Attorney - http://www.toddreardon.com/
Michael Snow - Coroner

Cook

Howard Kaplan – Board of Review 2
Tony Cox - Board of Review 3
Paloma Andrade - Circuit Clerk
Terry Gilhooly - Recorder
Thomas O'Brien - State's Attorney

DuPage

Bill Edgar – County Board 4 - http://www.williamedgar.org

Fayette

Don Crawford – County Board 7

Iroquois

Dale Strough – State's Attorney - http://votestrough.com
Chris Meredith – County Board 2
Vince LaMie – County Board 5

Kane

Julie Schmitt – County Board 20 - http://www.julieschmitt.com

Kendall

Adrian Frost – County Board 1
Andrew Wistrand – County Board 2

Macon

Mark Bradley - State's Attorney

Marion

Alicia Snyder - County Board 5

McHenry

Frank Wedig – County Board 5

SPECIAL DISTRICTS

Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (3 positions)

Jack Ailey
Nadine Bopp
Rita Bogolub

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