Jill Stein

Jill Stein (J-Lexington) is a physician and Green-Rainbow Party activist residing in Lexington, Massachusetts. She serves on the boards of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and MassVoters for Fair Elections, and has been active recently with the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities.

Campaign for Governor, 2002
She was the Green-Rainbow Party candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2002. She gained widespread approval for her strong performance in the debates, but this failed to translate into success at the ballot box, coming third in the field of five with 76,530 votes and about 3.5% of the vote.

Campaign for Massachusetts House of Representatives, 2004
Following her defeat to Mitt Romney, she ran for state representative in 2004 for the Ninth Middlesex District, with the endorsement of State Representative Jay R. Kaufman. Stein received 21.3% of the vote, ahead of Republican Linda Fosburg, with 18.9% of the vote, but behind  Democratic incumbent Thomas M. Stanley, who received 59.6% of the vote.

Elected to Town Meeting Seat, 2005
Stein was elected to the Town Meeting Seat, Precinct 2 (N. Waltham, Middlesex County) in march 2005 local elections. She finished first of 16 candidates running for 7 seats receiving 539 votes, for 20.6% of the total vote.

Campaign for Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, 2006
She was nominated for Secretary of the Commonwealth on March 4, 2006, at the Green-Rainbow Party state-wide nominating convention. Dr. Stein was the sole challenger to three-term incumbent Democrat Bill Galvin for the post. The general election was held on November 7, 2006. Jill Stein was able to capitalize of this head to head match up and received 353,551 votes for 18% of the total vote. Jill's 18% marks the best finish for a Green Party candidate running for Secretary of State in any state to date.