Howie Hawkins will probably be the Green Party’s 2020 nominee
He looks unlikely to play spoiler, as Jill Stein did in 2016
HOWIE HAWKINS, the front-runner for the Green Party’s presidential nomination, is inclined to look on the bright side. Munching on oatmeal during a recent campaign visit to Chicago, the genial, white-bearded 67-year-old lists reasons for his optimism. First comes his record of pursuing seemingly lost causes. The ex-Marine, construction worker, lorry-unloader and member of the Teamsters says, “I’ve been on the unpopular side that proved right in the end several times.”
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Zowie Howie”
United States March 28th 2020
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