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'''LeAlan Marvin Jones''' (born 1979) |
'''LeAlan Marvin Jones''' (born 1979) was the [[Illinois Green Party|Green Party]]'s 2010 nominee for [[United States Senate]] from [[Illinois]]. Jones lives in [[Chicago]]'s [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood community]] where he is the legal guardian for his nephew and the [[linebackers coach]] for the [[Simeon Career Academy]] football team. |
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Jones' [[radio documentary|radio documentaries]] have received critical acclaim and numerous awards |
Jones' [[radio documentary|radio documentaries]] have received critical acclaim and numerous awards.<ref>McClelland, Edward. [http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/LeAlan-Jones-Interview-96481349.html From "Ghetto Life 101" to Senator? An Interview With LeAlan Jones.] ''NBC Chicago.'' June 16, 2010.</ref> |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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At the height of the [[Rod Blagojevich]] scandal, Jones made the decision to run for [[United States Senate]].<ref>Ford, Gina. [http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/news/local/93893124.html Green Party U.S. Senate Candidate Visits Peoria.] ''WEEK News 25.'' May 16, 2010.</ref> In 2009, he announced his candidacy in the [[United States Senate elections in Illinois, 2010|2010 election]] for the seat currently held by [[Roland Burris]]. Burris, who was appointed by [[Governor of Illinois|Governor]] Blagojevich to fill the seat vacated by [[Barack Obama]] following Obama's [[United States presidential election, 2008|election]] as [[President of the United States]], chose not to seek reelection. |
At the height of the [[Rod Blagojevich]] scandal, Jones made the decision to run for [[United States Senate]].<ref>Ford, Gina. [http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/news/local/93893124.html Green Party U.S. Senate Candidate Visits Peoria.] ''WEEK News 25.'' May 16, 2010.</ref> In 2009, he announced his candidacy in the [[United States Senate elections in Illinois, 2010|2010 election]] for the seat currently held by [[Roland Burris]]. Burris, who was appointed by [[Governor of Illinois|Governor]] Blagojevich to fill the seat vacated by [[Barack Obama]] following Obama's [[United States presidential election, 2008|election]] as [[President of the United States]], chose not to seek reelection. |
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Jones ran unopposed in the Green Party primary and gained the nomination. He |
Jones ran unopposed in the Green Party primary and gained the nomination. He was running to support [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Mark Kirk]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Alexi Giannoulias]] and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] [[United States Senate election in Illinois, 2010#Candidates 3|Mike Labno]] in the general election scheduled for November 2010. |
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An early May poll saw Jones taking 5% of the vote.<ref>[http://weaskamerica.com/2010/05/03/report-of-death-exaggerated/ Senate: Democrat Alexi Giannoulias vs Republican Mark Kirk vs Green Party’s LeAlan Jones. (Incumbent: Roland Burris).] ''We Ask America.'' May 3, 2010.</ref> Following the controversy over Mark Kirk embellishing his military record, Jones saw a spike in his poll numbers.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/16/lealan-jones-illinois-gre_n_615035.html LeAlan Jones, Illinois Green Party Senate Candidate, Sees Spike In Poll Numbers Following Mark Kirk Scandal.] ''[[Huffington Post]].'' June 16, 2010.</ref> A June survey made by [[Public Policy Polling]] saw Jones picking up 14% of the vote,<ref>[http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/06/green-senatorial-candidate-in-illinois-polls-14/ Green Senatorial Candidate in Illinois Polls 14%] ''Independent Political Report.'' June 15, 2010.</ref> behind Mark Kirk's 30% and Alexi Giannoulias with 31%.<ref>[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7500075 More candidates enter Ill. Senate race.] ''ABC News.'' June 16, 2010.</ref> |
An early May poll saw Jones taking 5% of the vote.<ref>[http://weaskamerica.com/2010/05/03/report-of-death-exaggerated/ Senate: Democrat Alexi Giannoulias vs Republican Mark Kirk vs Green Party’s LeAlan Jones. (Incumbent: Roland Burris).] ''We Ask America.'' May 3, 2010.</ref> Following the controversy over Mark Kirk embellishing his military record, Jones saw a spike in his poll numbers.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/16/lealan-jones-illinois-gre_n_615035.html LeAlan Jones, Illinois Green Party Senate Candidate, Sees Spike In Poll Numbers Following Mark Kirk Scandal.] ''[[Huffington Post]].'' June 16, 2010.</ref> A June survey made by [[Public Policy Polling]] saw Jones picking up 14% of the vote,<ref>[http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/06/green-senatorial-candidate-in-illinois-polls-14/ Green Senatorial Candidate in Illinois Polls 14%] ''Independent Political Report.'' June 15, 2010.</ref> behind Mark Kirk's 30% and Alexi Giannoulias with 31%.<ref>[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7500075 More candidates enter Ill. Senate race.] ''ABC News.'' June 16, 2010.</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:11, 5 November 2010
LeAlan Jones | |
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| Green candidate for United States Senator from Illinois | |
| Election date November 2, 2010 | |
| Opponent(s) | Mark Kirk (R), Alexi Giannoulias (D) |
| Incumbent | Roland Burris |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Green |
| Residence(s) | Englewood, Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Journalist, football coach |
| Website | LeAlan Jones for U.S. Senate |
LeAlan Marvin Jones (born 1979) was the Green Party's 2010 nominee for United States Senate from Illinois. Jones lives in Chicago's Englewood community where he is the legal guardian for his nephew and the linebackers coach for the Simeon Career Academy football team.
Jones' radio documentaries have received critical acclaim and numerous awards.[1]
Early life
Jones grew up on the South Side of Chicago, a block from the Ida B. Wells housing project. He was raised by his grandparents, Gus and June Jones, in the same house his family had lived in since the 1930s. Jones has never met his father. He was a junior spokesperson for the No Dope Express Foundation, a youth education and anti-drug organization.[2]
At the age of 13, Jones and his friend Lloyd Newman created a radio documentary for National Public Radio entitled Ghetto Life 101.[3] Jones was contacted by David A. Isay, who was producing a piece on poverty for Chicago Public Radio. The documentary illustrated life in the South Side of Chicago in 1993. The recordings made by the duo centered around interviews with the boys' families, friends, and members of the community.[4] The broadcast was well received, and praised for its raw portrayal of life in the projects in Chicago. It won several awards, including the Sigma Delta Chi Award, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Awards for Excellence in Documentary Radio and Special Achievement in Radio Programming.[4]
Jones and Newman made a second documentary in 1994, The 14 Stories of Eric Morse, which explored the backgrounds of the people involved with Eric Morse, a five-year-old boy who was tragically thrown from a fourteenth-story window in the Chicago projects by two older boys.[5] The documentary premiered on NPR's All Things Considered in 1996. It won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and a Peabody Award.[6]
The two documentaries and further footage from when Jones and Newman were nearing high school graduation were condensed into a book published in 1997 entitled Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago.
Jones graduated from Chicago's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory High School in 1997.[6] He studied criminology at Florida State University before transferring to Barat College in Lake Forest where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.[7] He received a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in Social Science.
2010 U.S. Senate campaign
At the height of the Rod Blagojevich scandal, Jones made the decision to run for United States Senate.[8] In 2009, he announced his candidacy in the 2010 election for the seat currently held by Roland Burris. Burris, who was appointed by Governor Blagojevich to fill the seat vacated by Barack Obama following Obama's election as President of the United States, chose not to seek reelection.
Jones ran unopposed in the Green Party primary and gained the nomination. He was running to support Republican Mark Kirk, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Libertarian Mike Labno in the general election scheduled for November 2010.
An early May poll saw Jones taking 5% of the vote.[9] Following the controversy over Mark Kirk embellishing his military record, Jones saw a spike in his poll numbers.[10] A June survey made by Public Policy Polling saw Jones picking up 14% of the vote,[11] behind Mark Kirk's 30% and Alexi Giannoulias with 31%.[12]
Political views
Jones has called for the immediate ratification of UNICEF's Convention on the Rights of the Child, a ban on land mines and complete nuclear disarmament.[13] He supports troop withdrawal from, and ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.[14]
He has been critical of credit default swaps, derivatives trading and the financial industry as a whole, saying "a bunch of guys on Wall Street have done more to devastate the white community than any black man ever could."[15] He is in favor of the decriminalization and taxation of marijuana and the creation of cooperatives and credit unions as measures to bolster the economy.[16]
Bibliography
- Ghetto Life 101. 1993. National Public Radio.
- Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse. 1996. National Public Radio.
- Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago (with co-authors Lloyd Newman, David Isay and John Anthony Brooks) Simon and Schuster. 1998. ISBN 9780671004644
- Out of the Ghetto. 2008. BBC World Service.
References
- ^ McClelland, Edward. From "Ghetto Life 101" to Senator? An Interview With LeAlan Jones. NBC Chicago. June 16, 2010.
- ^ Ghetto boys heard far beyond slum. The News. February 24, 1995.
- ^ Chaplin, Heather. Vox populi: An interview with "Sound Portraits'" mike-shy producer, David Isay. Salon.com October 12, 1999.
- ^ a b Ghetto Life 101 at Sound Portraits. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- ^ Ghetto Life 101 & Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse at audible.com. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- ^ a b Terry, Don. Graduation Ends a Partnership Born in a Chicago Ghetto. The New York Times. June 8, 1997.
- ^ Biography - LeAlan Jones. Teaching Multicultural Literacy.
- ^ Ford, Gina. Green Party U.S. Senate Candidate Visits Peoria. WEEK News 25. May 16, 2010.
- ^ Senate: Democrat Alexi Giannoulias vs Republican Mark Kirk vs Green Party’s LeAlan Jones. (Incumbent: Roland Burris). We Ask America. May 3, 2010.
- ^ LeAlan Jones, Illinois Green Party Senate Candidate, Sees Spike In Poll Numbers Following Mark Kirk Scandal. Huffington Post. June 16, 2010.
- ^ Green Senatorial Candidate in Illinois Polls 14% Independent Political Report. June 15, 2010.
- ^ More candidates enter Ill. Senate race. ABC News. June 16, 2010.
- ^ Foreign Policy. LeAlan for Senate!
- ^ Green Change: 8 Young Greens to Watch. Green Party Watch. May 18, 2010.
- ^ Hedges, Chris. So Much for the Promised Land. Truthdig. August 3, 2009.
- ^ Economy. LeAlan for Senate!
External links
- LeAlan Jones for U.S. Senate official campaign site
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
- An interview with the authors of "Our America" on Charlie Rose (1997)
- Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse Radio documentary at Sound Portraits