2012 presidential campaign of Jill Stein was announced on October 24 , 2011 . Jill Stein , a physician from Massachusetts , gave indication in August 2011 that she was considering running for President of the United States with the Green Party in the 2012 national election . She wrote in a published questionnaire that she had been asked to run by a number of Green activists and felt compelled to consider the possibility after the U.S. debt-ceiling crisis which she called " the President 's astounding attack on Social Security , Medicare and Medicaid – a betrayal of the public interest . " Stein received the presidential nomination of Green Party at its nominating convention in Baltimore on July 14 , 2012 . The campaign received enough contributions to qualify for primary season federal matching funds from the Federal Election Commission , and on July 11 , 2012 , Stein selected anti-poverty activist Cheri Honkala as her running mate for the Green vice-presidential nomination
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2012 Green National Convention
Jill Stein 2012 presidential campaign