Announcement On November 9, 2023, Stein announced her third bid for president.
Developments Stein took part in a presidential debate hosted by the
Free & Equal Elections Foundation on February 29, 2024, alongside
Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee
Claudia De la Cruz, fellow Green candidate Jasmine Sherman, and
Libertarian candidates
Chase Oliver and
Lars Mapstead. Stein and two campaign staff members were among more than 80 individuals arrested by local police on April 27 at
Washington University in St. Louis while
protesting the
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip as a part of the
nationwide protests on university campuses. According to Stein on Twitter, she and the other protestors were held at the
St. Louis County Jail until 2 a.m. the next day. Stein criticized the university's handling of the protest, accusing the administration of violating their
freedom of speech. The campaign announced on May 26 that it had accrued enough delegates to secure the Green Party nomination. Some
Republicans boosted Stein's candidacy in the hopes that she would attract voters away from
Kamala Harris. Stein's campaign paid over $100,000 to Accelevate, a Republican-connected signature gathering enterprise operated by Trent Pool and Pool's brother, to assist with ballot access for Stein's 2024 campaign. That firm had also been paid over $10 million for assistance with qualifying
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign for help with ballot access in the same election. On October 24, Stein once again participated in a debate hosted by the Free and Equal Elections Foundation, alongside Chase Oliver and
Constitution Party nominee
Randall Terry.
Vice presidential selection Stein reportedly considered offering the nomination to
Dearborn, Michigan mayor
Abdullah Hammoud, although he would be too young to be inaugurated as vice president. On August 16, she announced
Rudolph "Butch" Ware as her running mate.
Kentucky In Kentucky, the Green Party was not on the ballot; instead Stein ran under the banner of the Kentucky Party. Ware was replaced on the Kentucky ballot as Stein's vice-presidential candidate by
Florida activist
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