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This is a list of the candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the Green Party of the United States.Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed.
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 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.
Former Green Party presidential nominee and 2004 independent candidate Ralph Nader [49] announced in early 2008 that he would seek the presidency for the fourth time, running with San Francisco lawyer and Green politician Matt Gonzalez as his running mate. However, Nader and Gonzalez declined to seek the Green Party's nomination. [50]
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]
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.
NC Green Party. Rejection of the N.C. Green Party’s petition for its candidates to appear on the November ballot was clearly a partisan decision by the Democratic Party. It wanted to block a ...
At various points prior to the American Civil War, the Federalist Party, the Democratic-Republican Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party were major parties. [1] These six parties have nominated candidates in the vast majority of presidential elections, though some presidential elections have deviated from the normal pattern ...