Camejo for Governor Launches TV, Radio Campaign

Green Party of California
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Camejo for Governor
www.votecamejo.com 

October 26, 2006

Camejo for Governor campaign launches first-ever TV, radio blitz; Camejo declares race 'over,' asks voters to vote for him, not Angelides 

SACRAMENTO - The Camejo for Governor Campaign announced here today it has launched - for the first time ever in a Green Party gubernatorial race - a statewide radio and television campaign. 

In the spots, Green Party candidate Peter Camejo, urges voters to not vote for Democratic Party candidate Phil Angelides.

"The race for governor is over. Once again the democrats have handed the governorship to the republicans," said Camejo in one of the spots, directed at Democratic Party and other voters, who often say they want to vote for Camejo and other Greens but don't want to hurt the chances of democrat candidates. 

"You're (now) free to vote who whoever you want. A vote for the Green Party, which opposes war, the Patriot Act, that is against the death penalty and three strikes, that will tax the rich and corporations. It would be a powerful message...to vote for peace, fair taxes, funding education, universal healthcare and to save our planet," Camejo said. 

The modest buy will include network and cable television, and radio time, in the Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento markets. Radio spots have already begun, and television ads are expected to begin early next week.   

Contributions for the advertising campaign - unlike the democratic and republican parties, who received obscene special interests monies - come entirely from small donations from individuals. The spots were created using volunteers. 

The Camejo campaign is not alone in pioneering mass media buys this election season. Dr. Forrest Hill, the Green Secretary of State candidate, already has television and radio spots running statewide, and many other Green candidates are running radio campaigns' for the first time.