CONTACT:

Patrick Kelly
ILGP Media Coordinator
773-203-9631
media@ilgp.org

Phil Huckelberry
Chair, ILGP Government & Elections Committee
309-268-9974
phil.huckelberry@ilgp.org

All are invited to celebrate with the Illinios Green Party and watch returns come in following the state's historic first statewide Green Primary.

Tuesday's primaries in Illinois, California, Arkansas and Massachusetts will be the nation's first contests involving Green presidential candidates in 2008. In Illinois, four presidential candidates will appear on the ballot:
Jared Ball of Washington, DC; Howie Hawkins of New York (a stand-in for Ralph Nader); Cynthia McKinney of California; and Kent Mesplay of California. There will also be several uncontested races across the state for
Congress, state representative and county/local offices.


CHICAGO:

February 5, 7:30 p.m.
Decima Musa Restaurant
1901 S. Loomis
Chicago (Pilsen neighborhood)
Restuarant phone: 312-243-1556
Candidate Appearances: Alan Augustson, U.S. Congress (5th)

CHICAGO SUBURBS (DUPAGE):

February 5, 8 p.m.
Muldoon's
Front St. and Hale
Wheaton (downtown)
RSVP: William Edgar, 773-443-8086
Candidate Appearances: William Edgar, DuPage County Board (4th)

CHAMPAIGN:

February 5, 7:30 p.m.
Joe Futrelle's Residence
1205 S. Race St.
Urbana
RSVP: Joe Futrelle, 217-328-7853
Candidate Appearances: Joe Futrelle, Champaign County Board (8th)


More gatherings may be added. Check back for the latest information on times, locations and candidate appearances.