Jill Stein
Born: May 14, 1950
Birthplace: Chicago
Current home: Lexington
Education: Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1973; Harvard Medical School in 1979
Current job: Co-chair of the Green-Rainbow Party, physician
Resume highlights: Candidate for Massachusetts governor, 2002. Candidate for Massachusetts House, 2004. Candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of State, 2006. Serves on the boards of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and MassVoters for Fair Elections.
Elective offices: None
Family: Husband, Richard Rohrer, and two sons, Ben and Noah
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Stein’s grass-roots campaign planted in Fields Corner
They wore green armbands, some with white polka dots, and ate cake with green frosting, intermittently chanting “Jill, Jill, Jill.’’ As they opened Green-Rainbow Party gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein’s campaign headquarters in Fields Corner yesterday, supporters were urged to look to an unlikely source of inspiration: Republican Scott Brown. (Globe Correspondent, 5/15/10)
Green party hopeful taps anger
Lexington doctor Jill Stein launched her second long-shot campaign for governor yesterday with a forceful attempt to tap the populist anger that propelled Republican Scott Brown into the US Senate last month. (Globe Staff, 2/9/10)