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Eugene Puryear
Eugene Puryear was a Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate for vice president of the United States in 2016. He was the running mate of Gloria La Riva.[1]
Puryear was a 2014 D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate for an at-large seat on the city council of Washington, D.C.
Biography
Puryear is the co-founder of the Jobs Not Jails Coalition in D.C. He is also the author of the book, Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America.[2]
Elections
2016
Puryear was a Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate for vice president of the United States in 2016.
2014
- See also: Washington, D.C. Council elections, 2014
Washington, D.C. held elections for two at-large city council seats on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on April 1.
Incumbent Anita Bonds defeated Nate Bennett Fleming, Kathy Henderson, Chantel Mapp, Pedro Rubio, John Settles, II and Kevin Valentine Jr. in the Democratic primary. Eugene Puryear defeated G. Lee Aikin in the D.C. Statehood Green Party primary.[3][4] Bonds and Elissa Silverman (I) defeated Puryear, Michael D. Brown (I), Frederick Steiner (L), Eric J. Jones (I), Kishan Putta (I), Wendell Felder (I), Courtney R. Snowden (I), Brian Hart (I), Robert White (I), Calvin H. Gurley (I), Graylan Scott Hagler (I) and Khalid Pitts (I) in the general election.[5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Anita Bonds Incumbent |
24.1% | 85,575 | |
| Independent | Elissa Silverman |
11.6% | 41,300 | |
| Independent | Michael D. Brown | 8.1% | 28,614 | |
| Libertarian | Frederick Steiner | 1.1% | 3,766 | |
| Independent | Eric J. Jones | 1.2% | 4,405 | |
| Independent | Kishan Putta | 1.7% | 6,135 | |
| Independent | Wendell Felder | 0.8% | 2,964 | |
| Green | Eugene Puryear | 3.5% | 12,525 | |
| Independent | Courtney R. Snowden | 5.5% | 19,551 | |
| Independent | Brian Hart | 2.5% | 8,933 | |
| Independent | Robert White | 6.3% | 22,198 | |
| Independent | Calvin H. Gurley | 1.3% | 4,553 | |
| Republican | Marc Morgan | 2.8% | 9,947 | |
| Independent | Graylan Scott Hagler | 3% | 10,539 | |
| Independent | Khalid Pitts | 2.9% | 10,392 | |
| Other | Write-in | 0.4% | 1,472 | |
| Other | Over and Under Votes | 23.1% | 81,847 | |
| Total Votes | 354,716 | |||
| Source: Washington, D.C. Board of Elections - General Election Results | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Anita Bonds Incumbent |
53.2% | 43,586 | ||
| Nate Bennett Fleming | 22.3% | 18,232 | ||
| Pedro Rubio | 7.4% | 6,082 | ||
| John Settles, II | 13.2% | 10,775 | ||
| Kevin Valentine Jr. | 3.1% | 2,560 | ||
| Write-in | 0.8% | 624 | ||
| Total Votes | 81,859 | |||
| Source: Washington D.C. Board of Elections |
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Campaign themes
2014
On his campaign website, Puryear highlighted the following issues:[7]
Jobs
- Excerpt: "Fighting for equality requires, first and foremost, a commitment to allowing all people to have decent work at living wages, period. The D.C. Council should commit right away to full employment."
Minimum wage
- Excerpt: "In a locality that is in the top five in income inequality, the only way to truly narrow this gap is for working people to have a true living wage. We say raise the wage and fight poverty!"
Marijuana
- Excerpt: "Eight in 10 arrests in D.C. are of Black males, many for petty marijuana possession; that is, for non-violent "crimes." Data clearly shows that Blacks and whites use drugs at roughly the same rate, yet the racial disparities in arrests are off the charts. These drug war policies are ravaging whole communities, restricting the work, education, and housing options of thousands of Black residents of the District. This racist policing and its accompanying policies must stop immediately!"
Affordable housing
- Excerpt: "The rising cost of housing in D.C. is turning formerly poor neighborhoods into playgrounds for the rich. Gentrification has resulted in a median rent of over $1,400! With tens of thousands on affordable housing waiting lists, even those with decent work are being squeezed by the thirst for profits among developers and rental companies. Housing is a right, and every D.C. resident should have access to it at a price affordable to them. While we develop approaches to solving the crises in housing and homelessness, we must freeze rents, halt evictions and declare a moratorium on foreclosures."
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Gloria La Riva for President, "Home," accessed February 22, 2016
- ↑ Eugene Puryear, "About," accessed September 24, 2014
- ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Official primary candidate list," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ DC Board of Elections, "November 4, 2014 General Election Sample Ballot," accessed October 13, 2014
- ↑ Washington, D.C. Board of Elections, "2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Eugene Puryear, "Issues," accessed September 24, 2014
