Greg Pason
{{Short description|American socialist activist}}
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|name = Greg Pason
|image = Greg Pason.jpg
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|4|19|mf=yes}}
|birth_place = Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.
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|office1 = National Secretary of the Socialist Party USA
|vicepresident1 =
|term_start1 = October 14, 1995
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|office2 = State Secretary of the
Socialist Party of New Jersey
|alongside2 =
|term_start2 = December 1, 2015
|term_end2 = March 5, 2017
|predecessor2 = Pat Noble
|successor2 = Pat Noble
|office3 = State Co-Chair of the Socialist Party of New Jersey
|alongside3 = Stephanie Gussin
|term_start3 = July 10, 2011
|term_end3 = December 1, 2015
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 = Stephanie Gussin {{small|(as State Chair)}}
|residence = Montclair, New Jersey
|party = Socialist
|occupation = Political writer, activist
|spouse = Andrea Pason
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|children = Trevor
|website =
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Gregory Pason (born April 19, 1966) is an American political candidate, activist, and National Secretary of the Socialist Party USA, a position he has held for over 20 years. Additionally, Pason has served in various positions in the Socialist Party of New Jersey and Northern New Jersey Socialist Party, currently serving as treasurer of the former and chair of the latter.{{cite web |url=http://socialistparty-usa.org/states/newjersey.html |title=Socialist Party USA |publisher=Socialist Party USA |date= |accessdate=2011-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004052112/http://socialistparty-usa.org/states/newjersey.html |archive-date=2011-10-04 |url-status=dead}}
Career
Pason joined the Party in 1989, shortly after joining the Party's official youth arm, the Young People's Socialist League (YPSL).
As the National Secretary, Pason runs the day-to-day business of the Party, out of the national office in New York City.
He has run for several public offices in the past two decades, including two campaigns for Governor of New Jersey and four campaigns for the United States Senate. He has achieved ballot status for all seven of his campaigns, a rarity for perennial candidates.{{Cite web|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/socialist-party-candidate-in-new-jersey-calls-his-platform-not-so-radical/|title=Socialist Party Candidate Calls His Platform Not So Radical|last=Medina|first=Daniel A.|date=2012-11-05|website=City Room|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2016/02/nj-socialist-leader-irritated-by-sanderss-democratic-party-prez-run/|title=NJ Socialist Leader Irritated by Sanders's Democratic Party Prez Run|date=2016-02-04|website=Observer|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-02}}
Campaign history
- 2012 US Senate election:{{Cite web|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/socialist-party-candidate-in-new-jersey-calls-his-platform-not-so-radical/|title = Socialist Party Candidate Calls His Platform Not So Radical|date = 5 November 2012}} 2,249 votes (0.07%){{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2012&fips=34&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=1|title=2012 Senatorial General Election Results - New Jersey}}
- 2009 Gubernatorial election:{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/nyregion/leftist-parties-in-new-york-have-new-appeal.html|title=Workers of the World, Please See Our Web Site|first=Joseph|last=Berger|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 23, 2011}} 2,085 votes (0.09%){{Cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/09-official-general-election-gov-lt-gov-tallies-120109.pdf|title=November 3, 2009 - General Election}}
- 2006 US Senate election: 2,490 votes (0.1%)
- 2002 US Senate election: 2,702 votes (0.13%){{Cite web|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/nj-supreme-court/1385317.html|title=FindLaw's Supreme Court of New Jersey case and opinions}}
- 2000 US Senate election:{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/17/nyregion/on-politics-400-million-man-a-socialist-don-t-tell-that-to-a-socialist.html|title=ON POLITICS; $400 Million Man a Socialist? Don't Tell That to a Socialist|first=David|last=Kocieniewski|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 17, 2000}} 3,365 votes (0.11%){{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm |title=2000 ELECTION STATISTICS |publisher=Clerk.house.gov |date= |accessdate=2011-12-02}}
- 1997 Gubernatorial election: 2,800 votes (0.12%){{Cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/1997-general-election-results-governor.pdf|title=November 4, 1997 Election Results}}
- 1994, District 9 Congressional election: 1,490 votes (0.93%){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/10/us/1994-elections-house-representatives-who-won-where-results-435-races-for-house.html|title=THE 1994 ELECTIONS: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Who Won Where: Results In the 435 Races for the House|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 10, 1994}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.socialistparty-usa.org/ SPUSA Official Website]
- [http://www.socialistparty-nj.org SPNJ Official Website]
- [http://northjerseysocialistparty.org/ Socialist Party of Northern New Jersey]
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