SUPPORT DOUBLES for GREEN Gubernatorial Candidate, Rich Whitney!!!

Whitney Support Doubles, Beating Blago Among Independents
Reply-To: communicationsdirector@whitneyforgov.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 24, 2006

CONTACT:
Dave Sacks, Office Manager
Whitney for Governor, 773-557-9411
office@whitneyforgov.org

Despite refusing all corporate campaign contributions, and facing widespread media bias, Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, is now polling at 14% support, according to the most recent independent SurveyUSA poll, conducted on October 20-22.

This figure is double Whitney's results in the last SurveyUSA poll, released on September 20th. Whitney is the only candidate to have gained support--his opponents' numbers have both decreased.

The poll showed Rich Whitney's strongest support coming from Independent voters, with 29% supporting Whitney, compared to 27% for Blagojevich.

A civil rights attorney from Carbondale, Whitney is also polling as high as 20% in the Chicago collar counties and 23% amongst those age 18-34.

"This is an encouraging sign that a people driven campaign can be successful in this day and age without the necessity of raising and spending millions of dollars. People in Illinois, as elsewhere, are tired of politics dominated by big money and this is a sign of popular rebellion against it," said Whitney.

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