2008 Illinois Primary Green Party Presidential Candidates

Please Note: This information was created in anticipation of the February 5, 2008 Illinois state primary, which is now over. I am keeping the information posted as a political archive, but please understand that, in many instances, links may no longer work. The losing candidates generally shut down their sites soon after ending their campaigns. Cynthia McKinney won the Illinois primary for the Green Party.

Here are the Green Party candidates for President of the United States (and links to their official web sites) in the order they will appear on Illinois Green Party Primary ballots. The numbers also reflect their ballot punch numbers.

This will be the first time in history that the Green Party will have a statewide primary election in Illinois.

Illinois's General Primary Election will take place on Tuesday, February 5, 2008.

For the complete list of Democratic candidates running for President in Illinois, click here.

For the complete list of Republican candidates running for President in Illinois, click here.

President of the United States
Vote for 1

1. Cynthia McKinney (Sometimes slow to load.)
   
   
2. Kent Philip Mesplay
   
   
3. Jared A. Ball (Has withdrawn from the race.)
   
   
4. Howie Hawkins (Note: The official link to Hawkins' campaign as given by the Illinois Green Party takes you to a "Draft Ralph Nader for President" site. Hawkins, as the Green Party folks explained it to me is not really running, but is rather a placeholder on the ballot for Nadar, should he be convinced to run. Hawkins is not running.)