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Mark Greene, Congress, and the Revived Citizens Party

On Friday, May 16th, 2014, Mark Greene went to the office of the Secretary of State in Olympia, Washington and officially filed for U.S. Congress for the sixth time in his life (including for the Senate in 2006), with a record of two out of three primary victories in the prior contests that required primaries.  This election is for the office of U.S. Representative from the 9th District of Washington state.  Greene filled out papers, bantered with officials, and smiled at touring school kids visiting the Capitol.  Greene filed for office under the Citizens Party label, an old party that was first started under the direction of Barry Commoner, a prominent environmentalist, back in the late 1970s.  Greene joined the Citizens Party when he lived in Minnesota during the 80s, but since then the party disbanded, and now we're trying to revive its memory and reputation.  The "Citizens" name as used in this election is not related to any other offshoot of that name, anywhere in the country, that is not affiliated with the old Citizens Party, nor officially related with the disbanded party.

In the last few hours before the filing deadline, a novice Republican filed for office, which will make our outreach to Republicans more difficult, given the power of "label" voting, than it otherwise would have been.  Nonetheless, we welcome Republican votes as this candidacy is probably the most socially conservative in the 4-person field, as Mark's candidacy for Lieutenant Governor in 2012 was definitely the most socially conservative, even with 2 Establishment Republicans in that L.G. race.

The Revived Citizens Party will remind voters that America is a nation, a nation of citizens where citizenship should have every advantage.  Unfortunately, Adam Smith and the Millionaire 113th Congress, in general, have lost sight of that fact.  It's past time that we, the citizens, sent them a wake-up call.

[Revised on 4/7/15.]

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