Tom Abram for State Representative

Abram on WCIA Morning Show

Tom Abram will be on the WCIA Morning Show October 31st at 7am.

Abram on Focus 580

Tom Abram will appear on WILL's Focus 580 at 10:06am on October 31st.

Rebroadcast League of Women Voters Debate

UPTV will be rebroadcasting the League of Women Voters debate from October 27th.

The dates and times are below:

10/31 - 7 pm

11/1 - 2 pm

11/4 - 2 pm

11/5 - 12 pm

League of Women Voters Forum

The League of Women Voters of Champaign County, the Champaign County Farm Bureau, and the Junior League of Champaign-Urbana will be sponsoring a candidate forum on Friday, October 27 from 7pm to 8pm. It will be held at the Champaign County Farm Bureau Auditorium at 801 N. Country Fair Drive in Champaign. Please come and support Tom in this last forum of the election!

WILL-TV Forum Online

If you missed the October 6th forum for the State Representative race, it is now posted online at:

http://www.will.uiuc.edu/community/election2006.htm

Tom Abram on Education Policy: Sustainable Funding for our Schools

On Tuesday, September 26th, Tom Abram, Green Party candidate for State

Representative District 103, appeared at the Association of School Board's forum along

with other candidates for 103rd House and 52nd Senate races. His remarks were warmly

received by an audience frustrated with talk and little action on funding education.

Democratic incumbent Naomi Jakobsson was notably absent from the proceedings.

Read the rest of the press release...

Rich Whitney in Champaign-Urbana

Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for governor, will be in Champaign-Urbana on Monday, October 16th for a series of events. Tom Abram and County Board candidates Kostas Yfantis and Joe Futrelle will also be speaking.

Noon - Rally on the Quad

6 pm - Campaign Speech and Discussion at 151 Everitt, 1406 W Green St

7:30 pm - Reception and Fundraiser at Jerusalem Restaurant, 601 S Wright St

Illinois Student Senate - Ice Cream Social

Tom Abram will participate in the UIUC Student Senate's Ice Cream Social. The event is Tuesday, October 17th at 8pm in the Illini Union - Illini Room A. Stop by and discuss university issues with Tom and other local candidates.

Union of Professional Employees Candidate Forum

On Thursday, October 19th, the Union of Professional Employees is having candidate forum on issues relating to the University of Illinois and higher education in Illinois.

The event will be at 7pm on the third floor of the Levis Faculty Center.

Tom Abram will participate with other candidates for the the 103rd State Representative and the 52nd State Senate races.

For more information, visit the UPE website.

WILL-TV Debate This Friday

On Friday, October 6th, WILL-TV will be broadcasting a debate between Tom and other candidates in the 103rd State Representative race. The debate will be broadcast live at 8pm and rebroadcast Saturday afternoon at 5pm on AM 580.

Call in and ask a question: 217.333.1070

Tom Abram on Education Policy: Sustainable Funding for our Schools

On Tuesday, September 26th, Tom Abram, Green Party candidate for State

Representative District 103, appeared at the Association of School Board's forum along

with other candidates for 103rd House and 52nd Senate races. His remarks were warmly

received by an audience frustrated with talk and little action on funding education.

Democratic incumbent Naomi Jakobsson was notably absent from the proceedings.

Read the rest of the press release...

Sierra Club - Political Forum on the Environment

Thanks to everyone who came to the forum. If you missed the event, it will be rebroadcast on UPTV on:

9/15 10pm

9/16 2pm

9/17 4pm, 11pm

9/18 2pm

9/25 2pm

9/27 7pm

9/29 1pm

9/30 10am

10/1 10pm

Abram in the Media

Abram has been included in some stories about youth and politics in the Daily Illini recently:

"One young person is becoming even more involved in the local political scene this year.

Tom Abram, a May 2005 graduate of the University, is the Green Party candidate for the 103rd Assembly District."

Read the rest of the Daily Illini article...

"Green Party candidate Tom Abram has used his University alumni profile to promote his campaign in addition to a traditional Web site.

"Using Facebook is an integral part to getting messages to college students," Abram said. "Political candidates need to reach out to youth voters. Our generation has to deal with the issues going on now because they will affect our lives in the future."

Read the rest of the Daily Illini article...

Tom Abram Will Appear on November Ballot

Tom Abram will officially appear on the November ballot as the Green Party candidate for State Representative in the 103^rd District. On June 26, Abram submitted 4,290 petition signatures of local voters – well beyond the legal requirement of 2,260 - in order to run as the Green Party candidate in the November general election. As of 5 PM on Monday, July 3, 2006 - the filing deadline for petition challenges - no objections were filed against Abram's candidacy.

Read the rest of the press release...

Tom Abram and other Green candidates at a press conference, June 26th in Springfield.

From left to right: Tom Abram, Rich Whitney (Governor), Charlie Howe (115th State Representative), Alicia Snyder (Comptroller), and Dan Rodriguez-Schlorff (Treasurer)

Congratulations! We Made it!

Thanks to everyone who circulated and signed petitions. We collected 4,290 signatures - well above the legal requirement of 2,260 - and are confident we will survive any challenge.

Now that the petitioning period has ended, we will focus on the campaign. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Susan Rodgers at SusanRaeRodgers@gmail.com

The Illinois Green Party statewide slate has also exceeded its signature requirement and expect to appear on the November ballot. Thanks to everyone who collected for both.

The six-person slate includes: Rich Whitney (Carbondale) for Governor; Julie Samuels (Oak Park) for Lieutenant Governor; David Black (Belvidere) for Attorney General; Karen Young (Chicago) for Secretary of State; Rev. Dan Rodriguez-Schlorff (Chicago) for Treasurer; and Alicia Snyder (Centralia) for Comptroller.

Iraq War Issues to be on Ballots

"In Cunningham Township, residents will vote on a third advisory referendum. Green Party member Tom Abram, a candidate for state representative in the 103rd District, put forward a proposal that, after it was amended slightly, asks whether voters support having the governor of Illinois, to the extent of his authority, "resist the mobilization of Illinois National Guard units for service in Iraq, on the grounds that the ongoing Iraq war/occupation is illegal, immoral and harmful to the well-being of the people of this state.""

Read the rest of the News-Gazette article...

Green Candidate for State Representative

Tom Abram, a recent graduate of the University of Illinois is running on the Green ticket for State Representative in the 103rd District. He faces incumbent Democrat Naomi Jakobsson and Republican Rex Bradfield. Tom advocates a sustainable and aggressive energy policy, equality in education funding, and the preservation of pension funds for state and University employees.

Tom currently works for the University as an energy engineer. He has spent the last four years working with local and national Green Party campaigns, along with several other campus activist groups. To get on the ballot, Tom will need over 2,200 petition signatures between March 28 and June 26. Anyone interested in volunteering or petitioning for the campaign should contact Tom at 217-417-7118 or email him at tom@tomabram.org.

Campaign/Petitioning Kickoff Rally

The Prairie Green Party will host a rally on Tuesday, March 28th at 6pm at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center to launch campaigns for Champaign County Board, State Representative, and Governor. March 28th is the first day Greens can collect signatures for several nominating petition campaigns, including UIUC graduate Tom Abram for State Representative and Carbondale lawyer Rich Whitney for Governor. The rally will give the public a chance to meet local candidates, discuss issues, and hear about our grassroots campaigns.