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The Green Party's membership encompasses the fourth-highest percentage of registered voters in the United States, with a total membership of 234,120. [58] The Green Party has its strongest popular support on the Pacific Coast, Upper Great Lakes, and Northeast, as reflected in the geographical distribution of Green candidates elected. [59]
As of April 18, 2023, eleven Green Party members have been elected to mayor-level positions in local offices. Gayle McLaughlin was twice elected mayor of Richmond, California , defeating two Democrats in 2006, [ 21 ] [ 22 ] and reelected in 2010, and elected to City Council in 2014 after completing her second term as mayor. [ 23 ]
The Green National Committee (GNC) is the central governing body of the Green Party of the United States. The committee is composed of over 150 delegates from every affiliated state party and recognized caucus. The GNC oversees all national party functions and elects a steering committee to oversee day-to-day operations.
The Green Party has run candidates for president in every election since 1996.Consumer advocate Ralph Nader was the party's nominee in 1996 and 2000.Political activist David Cobb was nominated in 2004; former U.S. congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was the nominee in 2008; physician and activist Jill Stein was nominated in 2012 and 2016; and activist Howie Hawkins was the Green nominee in 2020.
In response, Green Party officials said they had relied on an email from a state election official that included a form for petition drives that did not require signers to attest they were ...
The Green Party of Minnesota hosted a Green Party Presidential Forum on Saturday January 5 in Minneapolis. [46] It was followed by a January 13 presidential debate in San Francisco, co-sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County, the San Francisco Green Party and the National Delegates Committee of the Green Party of California. [47]
Stein was the Green Party nominee for president in 2012 and 2016. Her 2016 candidacy drew the ire of Democrats, who blamed her for drawing traditionally Democratic voters away from their ...
The Supreme Court rejected Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s last-ditch request to be included on the ballot in Nevada, a key swing state.