From Vanity to Vision:

When I first ran for governor in 2022, I’ll admit it: I was driven more by ego than by earnest purpose. As the late Cody Hannah—an indefatigable dynamo and once my fiercest sparring partner—aptly described it, my bid was little more than a “vanity campaign.” Reflecting now, I see how underappreciative I was of Cody’s talents and how unfairly I dismissed voices that didn’t simply echo my own fire.

In the wake of the Jesse Ventura–Cynthia McKinney ticket’s narrow state nomination in 2020, I felt the Green Party’s weight bearing down on me. Punished for our bold stand in Alaska—where I secured nomination for Jesse Ventura and Cynthia McKinney—I found myself ostracized: banned from the national Green Party Facebook group long before national primary had even concluded with the online convention. Yet still, some chalked my 2022 actions up as unprovoked. The truth was, I was still smarting from my 2020 partial loss and hungry to prove myself.

Enter 2022, when I enthusiastically circulated “Independent–Green Party” petitions and openly challenged the unrecognized Arizona Green Party. I wanted to flex my muscles, to show those who rejected me what I was truly capable of. Even a single conversation with Cody—when he urged me not to attack—couldn’t quell my zeal. His tactical brilliance, however, soon became evident: he organized a panel featuring my Green opponent Liana West alongside my former friend Sabby Sabs, mere moments after I had been on stage promoting my own campaign. Sabby Sabs once argued to me that Jill Stein told her she found Howie “disappointing” — a verdict that stung, given how late it came. By the time I made a formal appeal to Jill before the presidential nominating convention, urging her to rally behind the Ventura–McKinney ticket in 2020, her allegiance had already shifted to Howie Hawkins. In other words, her critique of Howie was too little, too late to help the team she’d already declined to support when it mattered most.


Despite being the only third-party candidate whom a major party opponent, Kari Lake’s team, was willing to debate, my campaign ultimately faltered. Relegated to write‑in status, I finished a disappointing fifth. But, if nothing else, I got the challenge I sought.

Looking back, I recognize how tragically I failed to appreciate Cody’s talents, and how misplaced my anger was. In 2024, I refused to support Jill Stein—who didn't support me in 2020—to back Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai instead. I believed then, as I do now, that Dr. Shiva’s oversight of the 2020 Maricopa County audit brought a needed measure of integrity to our elections. "Governor" Katie Hobbs' dirty work in kicking me off the ballot back when she served as chief elections officer made that alliance all the more personal.

Today, I stand once again before the Arizona Green Party—this time as a candidate in the 2026 gubernatorial primary. I come not with resentment, but with reconciliation. I seek to run under Green Party name and to chart a new course grounded not in scarcity-driven ideologies—socialism or capitalism—but in a visionary, resource‑based economy that elevates every Arizonan.

And in that spirit, I asked the late Cody Hannah—whose GoFundMe tragically and inexcusablly never reached its goal—to join me as my running mate. Though fate intervened before an answer of " HELL YES!" or "go fuck yourself", it’s a testament to the respect I had for his strategic mind and his unwavering commitment to his principles. I wish I’d been gentler with him back then; now, I honor him by carrying forward values he championed.

My history with the Arizona Green Party has been tumultuous: from bans and battles to petitions and social media duels. I know I’m not the establishment’s favorite son. But imagine what could happen if we broke the cycle of division. Imagine a Green Party that embraces bold experimentation in energy dividends, free speech protections, and the automated circular cities of the Venus Project. Imagine an Arizona where political loyalty gives way to collaborative problem‑solving.

Wouldn’t it be something to see what we can achieve, together, if you lend me your support—just this once? Let’s end the endless squabbles of the past and launch a campaign built on unity, innovation, and shared prosperity. The Arizona of tomorrow depends on decisions we make today.

Join me. Let’s break the cycle. Let’s build the future.