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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.
Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date. In 2024, the Green Party's presidential ticket, appeared on the ballot in 39 states, with write-in status in 7 others including the Distric of Columbia. [1] [2]
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 ]
Two-time Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein announced Thursday she plans to seek the party’s nomination for the White House in 2024. “The political system is broken.
Presidential candidate Jill Stein at the March on Washington for Gaza rally in D.C. on Jan. 13, 2024. ... previously ran as the Green Party candidate for President in 2012 and 2016, ...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court kept Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins off the ballot in 2020 after the elections commission deadlocked on whether he filed proper nominating signatures.
According to the Green Party, states have different methods of nominating candidates such as a primary or a nominating convention.The party's standing committee for nomination, the Presidential Campaign Support Committee (PCSC), list certain requirements to be a recognized candidate; when the requirements are met the PCSC will give the candidates support to get their names on primary and ...
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]