Steve Kramer (politician)
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Green politician and is a former co-Chair of the Green Party of the United States
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Kramer was pursuing a career in computer
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engineering
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when he first entered politics in an ill-fated independent run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (Maryland
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, 5th District) in 1992. Later he moved to Howard County, Maryland
Howard County, Maryland
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*62.2% White*17.5% Black*0.3% Native American*14.4% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.6% Two or more races*2.0% Other races*5.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
and became involved with the local Green Party.
In 2003, he became an Alternate Delegate from Maryland to the Green Party's Coordinating Committee (later Green National Committee), and was elected as a full Delegate in 2004. In 2005, he was elected to the Steering Committee of that body, serving as a co-Chair of the national party. He was also asked to help lead a group working to reform the Presidential nominating process of the Green Party
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in the same year.
He is currently one of the Green Party's leading advocates for the impeachment of George W. Bush
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, having appeared at conferences in Washington, D.C.
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and New York
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in 2007 to speak on the topic. The Green National Committee passed a resolution in favor of impeachment of George W. Bush (and Vice President
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Dick Cheney
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) in 2003.
In addition to his technical and political careers, Kramer has a number of eclectic pursuits. As an active sportsman and game hobbyist, he is a former soccer
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coach and co-authored a rule book for the Hero System
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. As an academic, he is Listmaster Emeritushttp://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fotwhist.html of the Flags of the World
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mailing list. Kramer is also involved in community theater, both as an actor and as a one time director on the corporate board of a theater troupe in Prince George's County, Maryland
Prince George's County, Maryland
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After his term as co-Chair ended, Mr. Kramer began a political podcast
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in 2007, and served as Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson (politician)
Jesse C. Johnson, Jr. is an Executive Committee member and former chair of the environmentalist Mountain Party, the West Virginia affiliate of the Green Party. He has twice been his party's candidate for Governor of West Virginia, and once for a Senate seat...
's Presidential campaign manager in 2008.
Kramer was married in 1991, and has two daughters.