Jill Stein
Jill Stein is running for the 2024 Green Party presidential nomination. She declared her candidacy on November 9, 2023.[1] To read more about the 2024 Green Party presidential nomination, click here.
Stein was the 2016 Green Party candidate for President of the United States.[2]
Stein was also the Green Party’s 2012 candidate for president.[3] She entered politics in 2002 when the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party asked her to run for governor of Massachusetts. Stein later represented the Green-Rainbow party in a race for state representative in 2004, in a race for secretary of state in 2006 and in Massachusetts' 2010 gubernatorial election.[4]
Biography
Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Stein is a physician, organizer and environmental-health advocate who lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. She has been elected to Lexington's town meeting twice. In 2003, Stein co-founded the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities, a nonprofit dedicated to the health and well-being of Massachusetts communities. Stein's husband, Richard Rohrer, is also a physician. They have two grown sons, Ben and Noah.[4]
Education
Stein graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1973 with a concentration in social relations—a combined major of anthropology, sociology and psychology. She graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1979.[5]
Career
Before entering politics, Stein practiced internal medicine. She was also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.[6] Stein became an environmental health activist and organizer after noticing that many patients' ailments stemmed from environmental pollution.[5] Stein is the co-author of In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development and Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging.[7]
Activism
Today, Stein is known for protesting outside coal plants and in foreclosed homes. She first encountered activism as an undergraduate at Harvard College during the 1969 student takeover of University Hall to protest Harvard's relationship with the military and U.S. foreign policy.[5] Stein first advocated for the environment as a human health issue in 1998, calling on politicians to protect children from toxic threats.[4]
Stein has testified before legislative panels and governmental bodies. She pressed for updates to Massachusetts fish advisories to better protect women and children from mercury contamination. She helped lead a campaign to clean up coal plants in Massachusetts and to pass coal plant regulations. Stein has served as an environmental health expert on national television news programs and was a Physicians for Social Responsibility board member. She is also an advocate for campaign finance reform.[4]
Awards
Stein has received Clean Water Action's "Not in Anyone's Backyard" Award, the Children's Health Hero Award and the Toxic Action Center's Citizen Award.[4]
Elections
2024
Stein announced her candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on November 9, 2023.[1]
Click the links below to read more about the 2024 presidential election:
- Presidential candidates, 2024
- Democratic presidential nomination, 2024
- Republican presidential nomination, 2024
- Green Party presidential nomination, 2024
- Libertarian Party presidential nomination, 2024
2016
- See also: Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016
Stein sought the presidency in 2016. She made her campaign official on June 22, 2015.[2]
| U.S. presidential election, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 48.3% | 65,844,969 | 227 | |
| Republican |  Donald Trump/Mike Pence |
46.2% | 62,979,984 | 304 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 3.3% | 4,492,919 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 1.1% | 1,449,370 | 0 | |
| - | Other | 1.2% | 1,684,908 | 7 | |
| Total Votes | 136,452,150 | 538 | |||
| Election results via: Ballotpedia | |||||
Note: Trump and Clinton were projected to receive 306 and 232 electoral votes, respectively. Seven electors, however, cast votes for other candidates. Read about what happened here. The results listed above are based on reports from state secretary of state offices and election boards.
2012
Stein ran for President of the United States in 2012. Barack Obama sought and won re-election on the Democratic ticket. Gary Johnson ran as a Libertarian and Mitt Romney ran for the Republican Party.[8]
| U.S. presidential election, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama/Joe Biden Incumbent |
51.3% | 65,899,660 | 332 | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan | 47.4% | 60,932,152 | 206 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Jim Gray | 1% | 1,275,804 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala | 0.4% | 469,501 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 128,577,117 | 538 | |||
| Election results via: FEC official election results | |||||
Other candidates that appeared on the ballot received less than 0.1% of the vote. Those candidates included: Roseanne Barr, Rocky Anderson, Thomas Hoefling, Jerry Litzel, Jeff Boss, Merlin Miller, Randall Terry, Jill Reed, Richard Duncan, Andre Barnett, Chuck Baldwin, Barbara Washer, Tom Stevens, Virgil Goode, Will Christensen, Stewart Alexander, James Harris, Jim Carlson, Sheila Tittle, Peta Lindsay, Gloria La Riva, Jerry White, Dean Morstad and Jack Fellure.[9]
2010
| 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial general election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Democratic Party |  Deval Patrick
|
47.94% | |
| Republican Party | Charles D. Baker | 41.59% | |
| Independent | Tim Cahill | 7.95% | |
| Green Party | Jill Stein | 1.42% | |
| Other | write-ins | 7.95% | |
| Other | blank votes | 1.42% | |
| Total Votes | 2,319,963 | ||
Results are current as of December 2, 2010. the Secretary of the Commonwealth has certified the results.[10]
2002
- See also: Governor of Massachusetts
Discussing her 2002 candidacy and entry into politics, Stein said, "[The Green Party] said 'just do what you're doing. Continue fighting power plants and incinerators. Continue advocating for healthy jobs that are good for workers, the community and the planet in the form of recycling and green energy. Do that, but call it a political campaign.'"[5]
| Massachusetts gubernatorial general election, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney |
49.2% | 1,091,988 | |
| Democratic | Shannon O'Brien | 44.4% | 985,981 | |
| Green | Jill Stein | 3.4% | 76,530 | |
| Libertarian | Carla Howell | 1% | 23,044 | |
| Independent | Barbara Johnson | 0.7% | 15,335 | |
| Other | blank votes | 1.2% | 26,122 | |
| Other | all other | 0.1% | 1,301 | |
| Total Votes | 2,220,301 | |||
| Source: Massachusetts 2002 Election Statewide Results | ||||
Noteworthy events
Arrested while protesting (2024)
On April 27, 2024, Stein participated in a protest against the Israel-Hamas war at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The protest was specifically calling for the university to sever ties with Boeing for their alleged connections to Israel.[11] Stein was arrested along with 100 other individuals, and she reported being charged with assaulting a police officer. Ballotpedia was unable to verify the charges. Stein denied assaulting an officer and stated, "I think it’s a really bad look for the university. This is about freedom of speech, and not just any old freedom of speech, but freedom of speech on a very critical issue that needs debate and dialogue."[12][13]
Washington University released a statement after the arrests saying, "We are firmly committed to free expression and allow ample opportunity for voices to be heard on our campus. However, we expect everyone to respect our policies and we will take swift action to enforce them to their fullest extent."[13]
Recent news
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See also
- Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016
- Portal:Elections
- Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Twitter, "Stein on November 9, 2023," accessed November 9, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Democracy Now, "Exclusive: Green Party’s Jill Stein Announces She Is Running for President on Democracy Now!" June 22, 2015
- ↑ WBUR, "Jill Stein For President — Why Some Progressives Will Vote For The Green Party Candidate Instead Of Obama," August 9, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Jill Stein for President, "About," accessed February 16, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Daniel P. Wood, The Harvard Crimson, "Harvard Grad Jill Stein Faces Uphill Battle for Presidency," November 30, 2015
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Candidate Summary, 2016 Cycle: Jill Stein (Green)," accessed February 19, 2016
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Interview With Jill Stein - Green Party Candidate for President," July 15, 2015
- ↑ The Cincinnati Herald, "Obama re-elected to historic second term," November 10, 2012
- ↑ FEC, "2012 Presidential Election Results," accessed June 24, 2013
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2010 Return of Votes Complete Statistics," December 1, 2010
- ↑ CNN, "Presidential candidate Jill Stein arrested at pro-Palestinian protest at Washington University," April 29, 2024
- ↑ Time, "Jill Stein Calls Her Arrest at Campus Protest a ‘Bad Look’ for Washington University and Police," April 29, 2024
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein among arrests at WashU protests," April 29, 2024
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