Alison Duncan

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website = [http://www.alisonduncan.org/ www.alisonduncan.org]
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Alison Duncan ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the Green Party line in the 2006 gubernatorial election. She was the running mate of Malachy McCourt. McCourt and Duncan received 42,166 votes for 0.95% of the total vote. [ [http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=36&year=2006&f=0&off=5&elect=0 2006 Gubernatorial General Election Results - New York ] ] She is a member of Hotel Trades Council, Local 1, which is part of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union. She is a lesbian and is active in promoting LGBTIQ rights and interests.

Biography

Duncan was born on May 4, 1975 in Long Beach, California. Her family moved to Niskayuna, a suburb of Schenectady, New York when she was four years old.cite web
last = Duncan
first = Alison
title = Alison Duncan > About Alison
publisher = Official site
url = http://alisonduncan.org/blog/?page_id=2
accessdate =2008-07-18 ] cite web
title = Alison Duncan Bio
publisher = Green Party
url = http://www.gp.org/speakers/detail.php?ID=14
accessdate =2008-07-18 ] Duncan attended Rosendale Elementary School, Iroquois Middle School and Niskayuna High School. She was co-editor of opinion on the "Warrior", the school newspaper and Secretary of Student Political Interest Forum (SPIF), a club for discussing political news. [Citation
last = Moore
first = Kathleen
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title = Events Sparked Duncan to Go "Green"
newspaper = Schenectady Daily Gazette
pages = 1
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date = 2006-10-22
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In 1999, she received a B.F.A. in Music Theater and a B.A. in Economics from the Hartt School of Music and the University of Hartford.

In the late 1998 she moved to New York City. She became a member and a board member of WOW Café and has produced and directed several plays there, some of which she wrote. [cite web
title = Wires For Fingers
publisher = theatermania.com
url = http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/20384
accessdate =2008-07-18 ] She works at the Crowne Plaza on Broadway as an Audio-Visual Technician. [cite web
title = Voter Information for Alison Duncan
publisher = smartvoter.org
date = 2006
url = http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/11/07/ny/state/vote/duncan_a/
accessdate =2008-07-18 ] Within a month of being hired at the hotel she was elected the union delegate for her shop.

In 2006, Duncan became the first openly gay candidate for New York Lieutenant Governor. [cite web
title = Interview: Alison Duncan, Green Party Candidate for Lt. Governor
publisher = gayalliance.org
date = 2006-10-02
url = http://gayalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=669&Itemid=46
accessdate =2008-07-18 ] [Citation
last = Eleveld
first = Kerry
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title = Why Green Is Good for Gays
newspaper = The New York Blade
pages = 1
date = 2006-10-23
url =http://nyblade.com/2006/10-23/news/localnews/green.cfm
accessdate = 2008-07-18 ] [cite news|last=Jordan|first=Susan|title=The Empty Closet: Interview with Alison Duncan, Green Party Candidate for Lt. Governor|pages=1|language=English|publisher=The Empty Closet|date=2006-10-02] At an appearance with McCourt and Green Party candidate for Attorney General of New York Rachel Treichler in Buffalo, New York, she sang campaign songs with an Irish American band. [Citation
last = Bunting
first = Josh
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title = Third Party Candidates to Run for Office Nov. 7
newspaper = The Spirit
pages = 1
date = 2006-11-06
url = ]

Duncan is Co-Chair along with Charles Pillsbury of the Green Party's Dispute Resolution Committee. [cite web
title = Workshops - Green Party 2008 National Convention
publisher = Green Party
date = 2008
url = http://www.greenparty2008.org/wiki/index.php/Workshops
accessdate =2008-07-18 ]

References

ee also

*Green Party of the United States

External links

* [http://www.alisonduncan.org/ Official site]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=YLF5imt838U YouTube video of Alison Duncan campaigning]