13370965, I think you may be right. Howie Hawkins (Green co-founder) has run for
Posted by kfine, Wed Mar-04-20 07:43 PM
statewide office in NY a *bunch* of times (Senate, Governor x 3 I think). In fact, I believe he ran there on the original GP version of the GND first before anyone was talking about it (Did AOC co-opt GND from the Greens..?), plus single-payer healthcare for NY, etc.
I don't necessarily vibe with the far-left platform but I do really like his approach to politics (he's basically a calm, peaceful, detail-oriented Bernie lol). And ya... looks like a far-left politician winning statewide in NY isn't superviable.
That was pre AOC celebrity tho..
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