The Green-Rainbow Party is fielding three statewide candidates for the November ballot in an effort to re-establish major party status in Massachusetts and to give voters a choice for badly needed reforms.

Since we last reported, MK Merelice has joined the statewide campaign as the GRP’s candidate for State Auditor. She joins Danny Factor who is running for Secretary of the Commonwealth, and State Treasurer candidate Ian Jackson. Notably, Merelice’s campaign team is bolstered by former State Representative and Rainbow Coalition founder Mel King as her campaign manager, and Nat Fortune, the 2010 Green-Rainbow Party candidate for State Auditor as her treasurer.

The three candidates kicked off their mini-slate campaign by filing papers in Pittsfield, MA and launching a listening tour across Berkshire County. Though the three candidates were promoting their big ideas for transforming our economic, health care, and regional transportation systems, they wanted to spend their time listening to the unique concerns of an often-neglected region.

Check out some of the local coverage their listening tour received:

Green-Rainbow Statewide Candidates Launch ‘Listening’ Tour (iBerkshires.com)

Green-Rainbow Party Candidates For Statewide Offices Tour Berkshires (WAMC radio)

Merelice interviewed by Good Morning Pittsfield

You can follow all 3 candidates on social media via their Facebook pages for MK Merelice, Danny Factor, and Ian Jackson.