Green Senatorial Campaign Committee

The Green Senatorial Campaign Committee (GSCC) is the Green Party committee

Committee

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 for the United States Senate

United States Senate

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, working to elect Greens to that body. The GSCC filed with the FEC for official recognition in September 2006, it was received in February 2007 http://ao.nictusa.com/ao/no/060036.html. This is the first time a party other than the Democrats

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

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 or Republicans

National Republican Senatorial Committee

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 have had a Senatorial Campaign Committee recognized by the FEC

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.

During the 2006 elections the party created the GSCC in June 2006, and it's based in Minneapolis. But without official recognition, the committee had to operate like a political action committee. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2663.html

The Green Senatorial Campaign Committee (GSCC) is a seven-member committee elected by the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). It presently has one vacancy, and its current members including its nonvoting Treasurer are:

• Teresa Keane, Chair: (Portland, Oregon)
• Anita Wessling, Vice-Chair: (Omaha, Arkansas)
• Brent White, Secretary: (Seattle, Washington)
• Dave Jette, Treasurer and Webmaster: (Seattle, Washington)
• Eric Oines, Assistant Treasurer: (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Jim Lendall
  Jim Lendall
  Jim Lendall is an American politician, activist, and nurse. Lendall was the 2010 Green Party candidate for Arkansas governor.Lendall, a former State Representative, from Little Rock was elected to four terms in the state legislature as both a Democrat and an independent...
  
  , (Mabelvale, Arkansas)
• Marc Sanson, (Springfield, Illinois)

Former Members

• Roger Snyder, (Founding Member) (New York)
• Dean Myerson
  Dean Myerson
  Dean Myerson is a prominent member of the American Green Party.He joined the Green Party in 1991 when he was living in Boulder, Colorado, and was active at the local level initially. He first attended a national gathering in 1995, and in 1997 was elected Secretary of the new Association of State...
  
  , (Founding Member) nonvoting Treasurer: (Washington)

During the 2006 elections the GSCC contributed $1,809 to 9 Green Senatorial Campaigns.http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/com_supopp/2005_C00428664