FOR IMMEDIAT RELEASE Monday, March 13, 2006 San Francisco Green Party http://www.sfgreenparty.org Contact: Susan King: 415-823-5524 Erika McDonald: 415-337-1499 Green Candidates Vie For Endorsement; San Francisco Green Party Hosts Candidate Forum SAN FRANCISCO--The political campaign season is again fast approaching, and the San Francisco Green Party (SFGP) has scheduled its first candidate forum of 2006 for Wednesday, March 15 at 7 PM. The candidates appearing, all registered Greens running for state or federal office, will be vying for the endorsement of the SF Greens. The following declared candidates have been given questionnaires and invited to speak at the forum, which will be held at the SFGP office, located at 1028 A Howard Street: Peter Camejo, Governor http://www.votecamejo.com/ Donna Warren, Lt. Governor http://www.donnawarren.com/ Forrest Hill, Secretary of State http://www.voteforrest.org/ Mehul Thakker, Treasurer http://www.votethakker.com/ Mike Wyman, Attorney General http://votewyman.org/ (site under construction) Laura Wells, Controller http://www.laurawells.org/ Sarah Knoop, Superintendent of Public Instruction Larry Cafiero, Insurance Commissioner http://www.votecafiero.com/ State Assembly District 12: Barry Hermanson http://www.barryhermanson.org Congressional District 8: Krissy Keefer http://www.krissyforcongress.com/ US Senate: Todd Chretian, Tian Harter, and Kent Mesplay http:// www.Todd4Senate.org, http://www.tianharter.org/index.shtml Deliberations regarding endorsement will begin immediately after the forum, with final decisions to be made by the end of a March 22 follow-up meeting. ##END