Green Party of Pennsylvania

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

 

MEDIA CONTACT 

Chris Robinson, Communication Team Co-Leader

267-977-0570 and [email protected] 

Green Party 2025 Candidates will Appear on PA Ballot 

On August 11, three Green Party's candidates were accepted on the 2025 General Election ballot by the Pennsylvania Department of State. The nomination of one Green Party candidate has been challenged.

Nomination signatures have been approved to place on the ballot Michael Bagdes-Canning for re-election to Mayor of Cherry Valley Borough in Butler County; Tony Dastra for Mayor of Lancaster City in Lancaster County; and Alexander Noyle for Auditor of East Norriton Township in Montgomery County.

The nomination of Theron Gilliland Jr for County Council in Allegheny County has been challenged by three voters who claim that Gilliland did not submit enough valid signatures. The challenge will be decided in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.

GPPA Steering Committee Member Colleen Schmotzer (Allegheny County) said, “I am excited to see so many Greens running for local offices in this day and age. We need to break the duopoly, and this is going to give us a chance to continue to do so here in Pennsylvania. We wish them all the best! Theron Gilliland’s Campaign was challenged, but the Green Party is fighting back.”

Green Party organizer Chris Robinson (Philadelphia) added, "Our candidates will give PA voters the opportunity to vote for an end to hunger and homelessness in our commonwealth. Green Party candidates also stand for an end to political corruption and corporations controlling other political parties.” 

Those interested in volunteering and helping the Green Party continue to make history, may email [email protected]. Those who would like to contribute to the Green Party, may visit, https://www.gpofpa.org/join_us 

The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA), https://www.gpofpa.org, is an independent political party which stands in opposition to the two corporate parties. GPPA candidates promote public policy based on the Green Party’s Four Pillars: grassroots democracy, nonviolence, ecological wisdom, and social justice/equal opportunity. For further information about GPPA, please email [email protected]. Please follow GPPA on social media: Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/gpofpa/; Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/pagreenparty/; and X, https://x.com/GreenPartyofPA

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Working for a Greener Pennsylvania

Building a future where people and planet are valued; and our government represents all of us.

 

Candidates Jill Stein for President of the U.S.A.

Richard L. Weiss Esq. for PA Attorney General

Leila Hazou for U.S. Senate

 

Jill Stein for President

Butch Ware for Vice President

https://www.jillstein2024.com/

 

Dr Jill Stein is a Harvard-educated doctor, a pioneering environmental health advocate, and an organizer for people, planet, and peace. She has helped lead initiatives to fight environmental racism, injustice, and pollution, to promote healthy communities, and to revitalize democracy. Born in Chicago and raised in Highland Park, Illinois, she graduated magna cum laude in 1973, and from Harvard Medical School in 1979.

https://www.jillstein2024.com/meet_jill

 

Professor Butch Ware is a lifelong activist and educator specializing in the history of empire, colonialism, genocide and revolution. For the past two decades, Ware has put scholarship in service of the people, especially in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, as well as the George Floyd murder in 2020. Butch was born in Washington DC and raised in Minneapolis. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1997, and completed his doctorate in 2004. With his Ph.D in history from the University of Pennsylvania, Ware is a leading academic authority on the U.S. Black Radical Tradition, Africa and Islam. Since 2004 Professor Ware has been a full faculty member at Northwestern, Michigan, and now UC Santa-Barbara, teaching in History, Black Studies, and Islamic Studies.

https://www.jillstein2024.com/meet_butch 

 

Jill Stein Accepts Green Party Presidential Nomination | CSPAN 

 

 

Richard Weiss Esq. for PA Attorney General

https://x.com/richardlweiss

 

"A lawyer from Allegheny County, Weiss supports criminal justice reforms that include ending cash bail, decriminalizing drug use and sex work, and establishing citizens' police review boards with strong police professionalism standards.

In a questionnaire to public radio station WPSU that he answered as a U.S. Senate candidate, Weiss said he believes nonviolent offenders should be diverted from incarceration to other programs. He said he favors using restorative justice — which he defined as a collaborative process involving repairing harm to victims and focusing on reintegrating perpetrators into the community — as an alternative to incarceration “as much as possible.”

He supports ending traffic stops; decriminalizing or legalizing cannabis; expunging past criminal records from cannabis convictions; releasing older and infirm inmates; and placing body cameras on officers and anyone arrested.

He also supports reinstating a ban on assault weapons, and legislation defining military and civilian-grade weapons."  

Credits https://www.spotlightpa.org

 

Richard Weiss, Green Party of Pennsylvania PCN Interview 

https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_Weiss_(Pennsylvania)

Voter Guide (vote411.org)

 

 

Leila Hazou for U.S. Senate 

https://www.leilaforsenate.com/

 

Leila Hazou lives in Pike County and is a small business owner in Milford, PA. She received her undergraduate degree from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and attended graduate school in Baltimore, Boston and New York, receiving her MBA from Loyola College in 2005. Her career led her to become a project manager in New York City. 

As a Palestinian woman, she can no longer sit idly by and witness her country openly support the ongoing oppression funded by U.S. taxpayers. She will proudly defend human rights in Pennsylvania and around the world.

 

 

Leila Hazou, Green Party of Pennsylvania PCN Interview 

https://www.gp.org/leila_hazou_for_senate

https://www.isidewith.com/candidates/leila-hazou/policies

 

 

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You can support the Green Party in many ways; however, a monthly sustaining donation helps to fund a solid infrastructure to help local chapters coordinate candidates and provide resources to make their campaigns successful.  

 

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