Jill Ellen Stein born on May 14, 1950, is an American physician, activist, politician. She is currently running for president in the 2024 United States presidential election. Her campaigns for president have focused heavily on the proposal of a Green New Deal, which includes a number of reforms intended to address climate change and income inequality, as well as civil and political rights reform.
She was the Green Party's nominee for president of
the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections and
the Green-Rainbow Party's candidate for governor of Massachusetts
in 2002 and 2010.
In 2012, Stein received 469,015 votes, which accounted
for 0.36% of the popular vote; in 2016, she received 1.45 million votes or
1.07% of the popular vote.
Stein originally supported activist and scholar Cornel
West's 2024 presidential campaign under the Green Party and became
his campaign manager.
After West withdrew his bid for the Green presidential
nomination in order to instead continue his run for the presidency as
an independent, Stein retracted her endorsement for West and said the
Green Party would find a nominee elsewhere. She also hinted at a possible bid of
her own.
On November 09, 2023, Stein announced her third bid for
president on X (formerly Twitter), citing her main priorities as
being anti-war, paving the way for a Green New Deal, Universal
Healthcare, and a "pledge to stop genocide”.
Stein's campaign has been criticized by the Democratic Party
as having the potential to erode Joe Biden's support in the general election
among left-wing voters.
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