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If you guessed that a former Navy nuclear submarine officer who served in and around the Arabian Gulf during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, who owns a real estate investment firm in suburban Chicago, and who was Officer in Charge of the Center for Information Dominance Learning Site at Great Lakes Naval Station is running for congress as a Green this year, you'd be right.
On Monday the Illinois State Green Party filed paperwork in Springfield to nominate David Kalbfleisch, who lives in Arlington Heights, as their candidate to run against Mark Kirk in the 10th Congressional District. Kalbfleisch is one of 15 candidates the ILGP is running for congress this year, and like many Green candidates, he supports a single-payer national health care system.
“There’s definitely a Green base lurking in the 10th,” said Kalbfleisch, noting that Rich Whitney, the Green Party's 2006 candidate for governor, received 18 percent of the vote in parts of the 10th congressional district, "even though he was excluded from debates." Besides Kirk, Kalbfleisch is also running against Democrat Dan Seals.
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Let's not use a decent showing by Rich Whitney as an example. His votes were the result of the ugliest gubernatorial campaigns with the least likable candidates in memory. I'd call it more "lurking contempt" than a "lurking Green base."
Nice to see Kenneth the page getting some work while 30 Rock is off the air.
The Rich Whitney vote was not a vote for the Green Party. It was a vote against Blagopinka.
I'm pretty sure my vote was for the Green Party.
Right, you voted for the green party, but you didn't vote for the green party. Jeez.
Does anyone else think that congressional candidates should at least look older than high school students before they can be considered candidates?