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Cuomo Far Ahead Of Challengers In Campaign Cash
WAMC (NPR, Albany): October 9, 2018
The other candidates in the race also have not raised a lot of cash. Independent candidate for governor Stephanie Miner has just $55,000 in her account. Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins has just over $31,000, and Libertarian candidate Larry Sharpe has $24,000.
They are relying on news conferences, media interviews, and mentions on social media to get their message out.
Read moreGreen Party candidate Howie Hawkins on why he should be governor
WXXI (NPR, Rochester): October 5, 2018
Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, a retired UPS worker from Syracuse, and former Vietnam war protester, is running for governor for the third time, challenging popular incumbent Andrew Cuomo from the left. Hawkins, in a conversation with WXXI’s Karen DeWitt, explains why he thinks he is a true alternative and not just a protest vote.
NY Gov. Cuomo Considers Working Families Party Endorsement
WAMC (NPR, Albany): October 5, 2018
WRVO (NPR, SUNY Oswego: October 5, 2018
The party rejected a request from the Green Party to endorse its candidate for governor, Howie Hawkins. Afterward, Hawkins condemned the party, saying it “is nothing more than a political club firmly entrenched within the corporate-dominated Democratic Party.”
“Look at results, not the rhetoric,” Hawkins said. “They’ve now endorsed Cuomo three times. A quintessential corporate Democrat.”
Read moreNY NOW interviews Howie Hawkins
New York NOW (WMHT, NPR, Albany): October 4, 2018
Matt Ryan/WMHT
Howie Hawkins has become a familiar name on the gubernatorial ballot.
The Syracuse-area resident and Green Party candidate is taking up the charge for the third consecutive election cycle. He said earlier this year he preferred not to run again but admitted the party struggled to find someone else to lead the way.
Our Karen DeWitt sat down with him on a recent visit to Albany.
Just D F: Howie Hawkins
Azi Paybarah talks with the Green Party gubernatorial hopeful Howie Hawkins, who makes his case and talks some stuff about the Working Families Party.
Hawkins on WBAI's Advocating for Justice
WBAI: October 1, 2018
The audio is in the WBAI archive at https://www.wbai.org/archive.php. The show was aired at 5 pm on Monday, October 1, 2018
UNLOCKED: Anders Interviews Green Party Gov Candidate Howie Hawkins
Pod Damn America: October 1, 2018
Anders interviews Green Party New York gubernatorial candidate and activist Howie Hawkins. Recorded last week, behind the patreon paywall, but we decided to release it so the man can get proper exposure!
Max & Murphy: Hawkins, Miner Offer Alternative Visions in Race for Governor
City Limits: September 27, 2018
BRIC TV, City of Syracuse
Howie Hawkins and Stephanie Miner
Nearly a quarter of the votes in New York’s last race for governor did not go to the Republican or Democratic line. A lot of those votes went to the major candidates running on other ballot lines, like the Conservatives’ or the Working Families Party’s. Some were blank, or write-ins. But more than 200,000 people voted for actual third-party candidates, the vast majority of those for Howie Hawkins, who in his second run for governor as the Green Party nominee netted nearly 5 percent of the vote.
Hawkins, a former construction worker and UPS worker, is on the ballot for a third time. He told WBAI’s Max & Murphy on Wednesday that he feels his strong showing in 2014 helped push the state left. And given the increasing leftward tilt of state politics, Hawkins is hopeful that this year the Greens will eclipse the vote total for the Conservatives, who have cross-nominated Republican Marc Molinaro, and move into the third slot on future ballots behind the Democrats and Republicans. His pitch to voters includes ideas like new public housing and a guaranteed minimum income.
If Hawkins, 21 times an unsuccessful candidate for office as a Green, has been fighting on the outside for years, Stephanie Miner has moved from the inside out. A two-term Democratic mayor of Syracuse who once co-chaired the state Democratic Party, she considered challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination this year, but opted instead for an independent bid on the newly crafted Serve America line. Miner told Ben Max and I about her nuanced views on the process behind the SAFE Act, her plans to go beyond rent regulation in protecting affordable housing and whether she worries that she will draw votes from the Democrats (she is still registered with them) and help boost the chances for Molinaro to return Republicans to the governor’s mansion for the first time in a dozen years.
The full show and individual interviews are below.
Max & Murphy Podcast: Howie Hawkins, Green Party Nominee for Governor
Gotham Gazette, WBAI: September 26, 2016
September 26, 2018 - Max & Murphy Podcast: Howie Hawkins, Green Party Nominee for Governor
For the third straight election cycle, Howie Hawkins is the Green Party nominee for Governor. He's improved the Green Party vote total each of his previous two runs, earning 5% of the vote in 2014, and is hoping to eclipse prior totals this year. Arguing that he is the true progressive alternative to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Hawkins is running on a socialist, "Green New Deal" agenda that includes single-payer health care, an aggressive shift to clean energy, and much more, as well as raising taxes on top earners. He joined the show to discuss his candidacy and the race.