List of state Green Parties in the United States explained

The Green Party of the United States, also known as GPUS, is one of the two minor contemporary political parties in the United States with a sustained national presence, the other being the Libertarian Party. The Green Party has affiliated state parties in most states. However, not all state Green Parties are affiliated with GPUS, with those parties included separately in the following list.

Organizations of GPUS

State/Territorial Party!scope="col"
ChairLocal Officeholders[1] Upper House SeatsLower House SeatsWebsite
Green National CommitteeCollective Leadership>110 Total[2]
Alabama Green Party0
Alaska (unaccredited)n/a
Arizona Green Party0[3]
Green Party of Arkansas1[4]
Green Party of CaliforniaMimi Newton41[5] [6]
Green Party of ColoradoAndrea Mérida Cuéllar
& Dave Bell
1[7]
Connecticut Green Party11[8]
Green Party of Delaware0[9]
Green Party of FloridaRandy Toler
& Laura Potts
0[10]
Georgia (unaccredited)n/a
Green Party of HawaiiSusan Robertsemery
& Budd Dickinson
0[11]
Idaho Green Party
(inactive)[12]
n/a[13]
Illinois Green PartySheldon Shafer
& A. J. Reed
9[14]
Indiana Green PartyPluto Brand0[15]
Iowa Green PartyErin Young0[16]
Kansas Green PartyTeresa Wilke
& Kent Rowe
0[17]
Kentucky Green Party0[18]
Green Party of LouisianaChris Stella1[19]
Maine Green Independent PartyCollective Leadership4[20]
Maryland Green PartyOlivia Romano2[21]
Green-Rainbow Party of MassachusettsCollective Leadership7[22]
Green Party of MichiganAmanda Slepr
& Tom Mair
4[23]
Green Party of MinnesotaTrahern Crews3[24]
Green Party of Mississippi0[25]
Missouri Green PartyDon Fitz1[26]
Green Party of Montana0[27]
Nebraska Green Party0Nebraska Legislature
[28]
Green Party of Nevada0[29]
New Hampshire (unaccredited)n/a
Green Party of New JerseyCollective Leadership1[30]
Green Party of New Mexico0[31]
Green Party of New YorkGloria Mattera
& Peter LaVenia
4[32]
North Carolina Green PartyTommie James
& Tony Ndege
0[33]
North Dakota (unaccredited)n/a
Green Party of OhioNathaniel Lane
& Philena Farley
1[34]
Green Party of Oklahoma0[35]
Pacific Green Party of OregonCollective Leadership5[36]
Green Party of PennsylvaniaBeth Scroggin
& Tina Olson
14[37]
Rhode Island (unaccredited)n/a
South Carolina Green PartyCollective Leadership2[38]
South Dakota Green PartyShaun Little Horn0[39]
Green Party of Tennessee0[40]
Green Party of TexasWesson Gaige
& Laura Palmer
1[41]
Green Party of UtahJessica Bronson
& Dee Taylor
2[42]
Vermont Green Party (inactive)n/a
Green Party of VirginiaRyan Wesdock
& Tina Rockett
2[43]
Green Party of Washington StateCollective Leadership0[44]
West Virginia Mountain PartyDenise Binion2[45]
Wisconsin Green PartyJo' Nathan Kingfisher
& Dave Schwab
2[46]
Wyoming Green Party (inactive)n/a[47]
D.C. Statehood Green PartyDarryl Moch1Council of the District of Columbia
[48]
Green Party of the Virgin Islands
(inactive)
n/aLegislature of the Virgin Islands
[49]

Standalone state parties

Alaska

See main article: Green Party of Alaska. The Green Party of Alaska[50] is a political party in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was the Alaska affiliate of the national state Green Party, from its creation until 2021, but the state party broke the party rules when it refused to recognize the nominated presidential candidate, Howie Hawkins in the 2020 presidential election.[51] [52] Alaska was the first state to gain Green Party ballot access, in 1990, when Jim Sykes ran for governor. Sykes had previously filed a ballot access lawsuit, citing an earlier case, Vogler v. Miller.

Like the Alaska Libertarian Party, the Green Party organizes local affiliate groups by regions of the state rather than election districts. It is known for calling these groups bioregions. The organized bioregions of the GPAK include the Southcentral Bioregion (Anchorage area) and the Tanana-Yukon Bioregion (the Interior, around the Tanana and Yukon River areas).

Georgia

See main article: Georgia Green Party. The Georgia Green Party[53] is a state-level political party in Georgia. Their candidate for president in 2016 was Dr. Jill Stein.[54] Stein was denied access to the ballot. The party sued and won at the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[55] The state chapter was disaffiliated by the Green Party of the United States on June 26, 2021 due to the state chapter drafting and passing a platform amendment against the rights of transgender people, counter to the GPUS platform.

Rhode Island

OSGP

The Ocean State Green Party (OSGP) is a Green party in the United States. The party was founded in summer 2020, originally as a small group of supporters of the Hawkins-Walker 2020 campaign in Rhode Island. After the older Green Party of Rhode Island refused to support the presidential campaign,[56] these supporters opted to reject this decision and collect signatures to gain a ballot line for the Green Party ticket. They then proceeded to file a complaint with the Accreditation Committee of the Green Party of the United States.[57]

GPRI

See main article: Green Party of Rhode Island. The Green Party of Rhode Island (GPRI) is one of the oldest active Green parties in the United States. The party was founded on March 6, 1992, at a meeting of 40 activists from Rhode Island. In November 1996, GPRI was one of 12 founding parties in the Association of State Green Parties, renamed the Green Party of the United States in 2001. Several Rhode Island party leaders have served as officers of the national Green Party. The party's candidates run for municipal councils in several cities and towns, such as running for Mayor of Providence, the State Senate and the State House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, and for Lieutenant governor. The Green Party of Rhode Island was involved in nationwide Green politics, until 2020 when the state party leadership took the rogue position to refuse to place the Green nominee for President, Howie Hawkins, on the ballot. Rather than face deaccreditation, the state party ended its affiliation with GPUS.

Virginia

See main article: Independent Greens of Virginia. The Independent Greens of Virginia, (also known as the Indy Greens), was the state affiliate of the Independence Party of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It became a state party around 2003 when a faction of the Arlington local chapter of the Green Party of Virginia (GPVA) split from the main party. As of 2011, it bills itself as a "fiscally conservative, socially responsible green party", with an emphasis on rail transportation and "more candidates".[58] In support of wider ballot participation, it endorses many independent candidates who are not affiliated with the party.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greens in Office.
  2. https://gpus.org/ GNC site
  3. http://www.azgp.org/ AZ site
  4. http://www.greenpartyofarkansas.org/ AR site
  5. Web site: California Greens Holding Elected Office. Green Party of California. March 2021. July 27, 2021.
  6. http://www.cagreens.org/ CA site
  7. http://www.coloradogreenparty.org/ CO site
  8. https://www.ctgreenparty.org/ CT site
  9. http://www.gpde.us/ DE site
  10. http://gpfl.org/ FL site
  11. https://www.greenpartyofhawaii.org/ HI site
  12. Web site: Green Party of the United States – National Committee Voting – Proposal Details. gp.org. April 13, 2017.
  13. http://idgreens.org/ ID site
  14. https://www.ilgp.org/ IL site
  15. Web site: Coordinating Committee – Indiana Green Party .
  16. http://www.iowagreens.org/ IA site
  17. https://kansasgreenparty.org/ KS site
  18. https://kygreenparty.org/ KY site
  19. https://www.lagreens.org/LA site
  20. http://www.mainegreens.org/ ME site
  21. http://www.mdgreens.org/ MD site
  22. https://www.green-rainbow.org/ MA site
  23. https://www.migreenparty.org/ MI site
  24. Web site: MN site . 2021-07-27 . 2011-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110517101457/http://www.mngreens.org/ . dead .
  25. http://www.greenpartyms.com/ MS site
  26. https://www.missourigreenparty.org/ MO site
  27. https://mtgreenparty.org/ MT site
  28. https://www.nebraskagreens.org/ NE site
  29. https://nvgreenparty.org/ NV site
  30. https://www.gpnj.org/ NJ site
  31. https://greenpartyofnm.org/ NM site
  32. https://www.gpny.org/ NY site
  33. https://www.ncgreenparty.org/ NC site
  34. http://www.ohiogreens.org/ OH site
  35. https://okgreens.wordpress.com/ OK site
  36. http://www.pacificgreens.org/ OR site
  37. http://www.gpofpa.org/ PA site
  38. http://www.scgreenparty.org/ SC site
  39. http://www.greenpartysd.org/ SD site
  40. http://www.greenpartyoftennessee.org/ TN site
  41. https://www.txgreens.org/ TX site
  42. https://www.greenpartyutah.com/ UT site
  43. https://vagreenparty.org/ VA site
  44. https://greenpartywashington.org/ WA site
  45. http://www.mountainpartywv.net/ WV site
  46. https://www.wisconsingreenparty.org/ WI site
  47. http:// WY site
  48. http://statehoodgreensofdc.org/ DC site
  49. http://votegreenvi.com/ VI site
  50. Book: Schreurs, Miranda. Elim Papadakis. The A to Z of the Green Movement. Sacrecrow Press, Inc.. 2007. 978-0-8108-6878-6. en.
  51. Web site: Alaska Directory of Political Groups. Elections.alaska.gov. State of Alaska : Division of Elections. September 17, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021094445/https://www.elections.alaska.gov/pi_pg.php. October 21, 2016. dead.
  52. News: Downing. Suzannie. January 11, 2021. Alaska Green Party decertified by [the] national [Green Party] over going rogue]. Must Read Alaska. January 17, 2021.
  53. Web site: Green Party's Jill Stein nixed for Georgia's presidential ballot. Torres. Kristina. Aaron Gould Sheinin. August 16, 2016. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. January 8, 2017.
  54. Web site: Georgia Green Party Barred From State Ballot, Considering Lawsuit. Darnell. Tim. August 18, 2016. patch.com. en. February 15, 2017.
  55. News: Court upholds ruling for third-party presidential hopefuls in Georgia. Torres. Kristina. February 1, 2016. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. en. February 15, 2017.
  56. Green Party of RI . RIGreens . 1266073229640314881 . May 28, 2020 . R.I. GREENS WON'T RUN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE - Citing the danger of Trump's re-election, the Green Party of Rhode Island says it won't put a Green candidate on the state's presidential ballot, breaking ranks with the national party. . en . July 26, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210615025856/https://twitter.com/rigreens/status/1266073229640314881 . June 15, 2021 . live.
  57. Web site: Gpus Ri Accreditation Committee Complaint.
  58. Web site: Policy Endorsements. October 2, 2014. September 1, 2013. Independent Greens of Virginia.