On July 11 , 2012 , Jill Stein , then the presumptive nominee of the Green Party for President in the 2012 U.S. presidential election , announced that she had selected Honkala as her vice-presidential running mate . Said Stein : " My running mate has been on the front lines fighting for the American poor , taking on the banks , taking on foreclosures , standing up for children most at risk . " Stein and Honkala were officially nominated by the Green Party at its national convention in Baltimore on Saturday , July 14
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2012 Green National Convention
Cheri Honkala