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Jill Stein for President
Campaign	U.S. presidential election, 2016
Candidate	Jill Stein Former member of the Lexington Town Meeting from the 2nd district (2005-2011) Ajamu Baraka Human rights activist
Affiliation	Green Party
Status	Announced: June 22, 2015 Presumptive nominee: June 15, 2016 Official nominee: August 6, 2016
Headquarters	Brooklyn, New York
Key people	Ajamu Baraka (running mate) Gloria Mattera (campaign manager) Adrian Boutureira (field director) David Schwab (communications director)
Receipts	US$3,218,525 (2016-08-31)
Slogan	ItsInOurHands.
Website
www.Jill2016.com

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This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who have voiced their endorsement of the Green Party's presidential nominee Jill Stein for the 2016 presidential election.

Elected officials and public officeholders

Current

• Jovanka Beckles, member of the Richmond, California City Council and former vice mayor of Richmond
• Cecil Bothwell, member of the Asheville, North Carolina City Council
• Cam Gordon, member of the Minneapolis City Council
• Gayle McLaughlin, member of the Richmond, California City Council and former mayor of Richmond
• Kshama Sawant, member of the Seattle City Council

Former

• Robert Caldwell, former councilman for Choctaw-Apache Community of Ebarb, LA
• Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, former senior policy analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and racial justice advocate
• Ron Paul, former U.S. Representative from Texas (1976–1977, 1979–1985, 1997–2013) (switched endorsement from Rand Paul after he withdrew) (Libertarian)
• Charlotte Pritt, former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia State Senate and candidate for Governor of West Virginia, 2016

International political figures

• Joe Higgins, Irish politician, former TD (1997–2007, 2011–2016), former MEP (2009–2011) (Socialist)
• George Galloway, British politician, former MP (1987–2010, 2012–2015) (Respect)
• Alessandro Di Battista, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (2013–2018) (Five Star Movement)

Activists, humanitarians, and labor leaders

• Patch Adams, activist and physician
• Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange
• Dan La Botz, author, educator, and co-founder of Teamsters for a Democratic Union
• Rosa Clemente, journalist, activist, and Green Party vice presidential candidate in 2008
• Howie Hawkins, activist and former Green Party candidate for Governor of New York
• Cheri Honkala, co-founder/national coordinator of Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign and Green Party vice presidential candidate in 2012
• Camille Paglia, academic and social critic
• Coleen Rowley, former FBI agent and whistleblower
• Harvey Wasserman, senior advisor to Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service
• Cornel West, philosopher, academic, social activist, author, member of Democratic Socialists of America, and member of the DNC platform committee
• Kevin Zeese, former executive director of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
• Richard Stallman, programmer, software freedom activist, founder of FSF and GNU Project
• Ray McGovern, former army officer and CIA analyst
• Bob Fitrakis, Ohio Green Party Co-Chair
• L. Randall Wray, senior scholar, Levy Economics Institute
• Dr. Jack Rasmus, Economics Dept, St. Mary's College
• Ellen Brown, author and founder of the Public Banking Institute
• Richard D. Wolff, Marxian economist

Journalists and media personalities

• Jimmy Dore, host of online talk show The Jimmy Dore Show
• Chris Hedges, author and former New York Times Middle East bureau chief
• Bill Kauffman,
• Kyle Kulinski, co-founder of Justice Democrats and host of online radio show Secular Talk.
• Marc Lamont Hill, BET News correspondent, CNN political commentator, and Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College
• Mike Malloy, host of the online talk show The Mike Malloy Show
• Abby Martin, former journalist at RT America and teleSUR English
• Bhaskar Sunkara, political writer; founding editor and publisher of Jacobin
• David Swanson, journalist and author
• Boyce Watkins, author, economist, political analyst, and social commentator

Arts and Entertainment

Actors, entertainers and filmmakers

• Seb Castro
• Craig McCracken
• Rosario Dawson
• Vivian Kubrick
• Viggo Mortensen
• Susan Sarandon
• Oliver Stone
• Isaiah Washington

Musicians

• Cristian Castro
• Lady Miss Kier
• Immortal Technique
• David Rovics
• R.A. the Rugged Man
• Slug

Athletes

• Kelly Slater
• Daniel Bryan

Organizations

• Campaign for Peace and Democracy, anti-war political advocacy group
• International Socialist Organization, a revolutionary socialist organization in the United States
• Oregon Progressive Party, minor political party in Oregon
• Solidarity, a revolutionary socialist organization in the United States
• Socialist Alternative, socialist political party in the United States

Notes

1. Ron Paul claimed that people should vote for Jill Stein during the 2016 United States presidential election, citing her support for civil liberties and her non-interventionist foreign policy. However, he claimed he was not making a formal endorsement.

References

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