Green Party's Jill Stein Exploring Run for the White House

The heir to Ralph Nader’s legacy will consider running again, after poor showing in 2012.
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Dr. Jill Stein, the heir to Ralph Nader’s legacy, will announce Friday morning that she is launching an exploratory committee to seek the Green Party’s nomination to run for president. Yes, of the United States.

“The voices of resistance and transformation deserve to be heard loud and clear in this election,” read her prepared remarks. “That’s why I am announcing today the formation of an exploratory committee for the 2016 presidential election.”