8/1 Presidential Candidates Debate In Sacramento At Peace and Freedom Party Convention

OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Contact: Debra Reiger (916) 698-8131 C.T. Weber (916) 320-9186
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org

ATTENTION: Daybook/Political News Assignment Desks

First Presidential Debate for progressive nominees
for President scheduled Friday in Sacramento;
Peace and Freedom convention follows

SACRAMENTO In what will be a first in this year's Presidential Race, the
nation's progressive candidates for President of the United States will
hold a Presidential Debate Friday at 7 p.m. at the Hawthorne Suites (321
Bercut Drive) in Sacramento.

A news conference to announce details about the debate will be held FRIDAY,
at 11 a.m. (North Steps, State Capitol). The Peace and Freedom Party is
hosting the debate prior to its presidential nominating convention this
weekend in Sacramento.

Attending the debate Friday evening will be independent candidate Ralph
Nader, former U.S. Congressperson and Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney,
Socialism and Liberation Party nominee Gloria La Riva and Socialist Party
USA nominee Brian Moore. All hope to garner the Peace and Freedom Party
nomination this weekend.

The convention begins at 10 a.m. Saturday. A final vote on who will carry
the party's banner for President is expected late Saturday afternoon.

The results of the party's presidential preference primary in California
are not binding: Nader (41 percent), McKinney (21 percent), La Riva (20
percent) and Moore (11 percent).

Candidate background:

Gloria La Riva is the 2008 presidential candidate of the Party for
Socialism and Liberation, and the 1994 and 1998 PF Party candidate for
governor of California.

Cynthia McKinney is the 2008 presidential candidate for the Green Party and
served 12 years in the U.S. Congress as a Democratic Representative from
Georgia.

Brian Moore has been selected as the Socialist Party USA presidential
nominee for 2008. He is a former Peace Corps volunteer, anti-war and labor
rights organizer.

Ralph Nader is the 1996 and 2000 Green Party presidential nominee. The
consumer rights icon ran an independent presidential campaign in 2004, and
is doing so in 2008.
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