Welcome to our Candidates page!!

This page will give you information about Green Party Candidates around the USA. This is year the Green Party has more candidates running than ever before!

Thanks to Mike Feinstein for compiling this list!

Interesting Green Party Election Stats:
(Sept. 2000)

Greens now holding elected office: 73
City Council: 37 in 16 states
Mayor: 2 in 1 state (Nevada City & Ojai, CA)
Vice Mayor: 3 in 1 state (Santa Cruz, Arcata, Sebastopol, CA)
City Treasurer: 1 in 1 state (Alameda, CA)
School Boards: 7 in 6 states
County Board of Sups: 8 in 2 states
Other Boards, Commissions, etc: 12 in 2 states
Parks and Rec: 2 in 1 state (Minneapolis, MN)
Judge: 1 (Santa Fe, NM)

Greens running for office November 7th: 260

Green Party Candidates, US - 2000

Federal

Ralph Nader, National President
Winona LaDuke, National Vice President
(nominated at Green Party national convention, Denver, June 23rd-25th)

Alaska (9)

October 3rd municipal elections (3)

• Patty Zimmerman, Mayor, Juneau
  (3rd/4, 442 votes, 4.4%)
• Amy K. Smith, City Assembly, Sitka
  (4th/4 for 3 seats, 758 votes, 18.6%, 284 votes short of winning a seat)
• Maryalice Montoya-Bighinatti, Board of Education, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
  (2nd/2, 4,497 votes, 32.3%)

November 7th general election (10)

• Anna Young, U.S. House of Representatives
• Bill Bartee, State Senate, Seat E (Kenai, Nikiski, Klatt & Bayshore)
• Greg Garcia, State Senate, Seat M (Wasilla through Eagle River)
• Jed Whittaker, State Senate, Seat G (Northeast Anchorage, Gov’t Hill, Elmendorf, downtown, Spenard, Turnagain)
• R.D. Levno, State House, District 13 (Inlet View, Turnagain, W. Spenard)
• Fryderyk (Fred) Mieszko Frontier, State House, District 20-J (Midtown Anchorage)

American Samoa (1)

• Tisa (Barefoot) Faamuli, Governor

Arizona (14)

September 12th primary (1)

• Alva d'Orgeix, Mayor, Bisbee (4th/6 for 2 seats to advance to November run-off 170 10.6%).

November 7th general election (13)

• Vance Hansen, U.S. Senate
• Michael Jay Green, U.S. House of Representatives, District 5
• Daniel Patterson, State Senator, District 11 (write-in)
• William Crosby,State Representative, District 9
• Jack Strasburg, State Representative, District 10
• Bill Moeller, State Representative, District 11
• Katie Bolger,State Representative, District 14
• John Scudder, State Representative, District 25
• Eli Manders, State Representative, District 26 Tempe/Scottsdale, Maricopa County)
• Peter Hormel, County Attorney, Pima County
• William Zaffer, County Recorder/Assessor, Pima County
• Dave Croteau, County Sheriff, Pima County
• Susan K. Campbell, County Superintendent of Schools, Pima County

Arkansas (1)

• Randy Zurcher, City Council, Fayetteville

California (51)

March 7th general election (5 candidates, 1 advances to November run-off):

• Dan Fortson, Board of Supervisors, District 2 (Humboldt County) (2nd/2 candidates for one seat, 1,242 votes, 27.5%; non-partisan race)
• Christine Chris Malan, Board of Supervisors, District 4, Napa County (3rd/ 3 candidates for one seat, 681 votes, 10.2%, non-partisan race)
• Louis Nuyens, Board of Supervisors, District 4, Marin County (2nd/2 for one seat 5,079 votes, 38.4%, non-partisan race)
• Rebecca Kaplan, City Council, at-large, Oakland (Alameda County) (2nd/5 candidates for one seat, 17,696 votes, 26.1% advances to November run-off)
• Gary Waayers, City Council, District 5, San Diego (San Diego County) (5th/7 candidates for one seat, 1,351 votes, 4.5% non-partisan race)

March 7th primary election (12 candidates, 2 contested races with 4 candidates, 8 uncontested races; contested races listed below only)

• Jan Tucker, U.S. Senate (lost primary to Media Benjamin 74% to 26%
• Joel Kovel, President (lost primary to Ralph Nader 91.8% to 8.2%)

April 11th general election (1)

• William Rothman, City Council, Belvedere
  (4th/4 for three seats, 205 votes, 28.3%)

November 7th general election (44)

• Medea Susan Benjamin, U.S. Senate
• Ken Adams, U.S. House of Representatives, District 5 (Sacramento County)
• Justin 'Justo' Moscoso, U.S. House of Representatives District 6 (Marin & Sonoma Counties)
• E. Craig Coffin, U.S. House of Representatives, District 17 (Monterrey & Santa Cruz Counties)
• Krista Lieberg Wong, US House of Representatives, District 31 (Los Angeles County)
• Jan Louis Bergeron, State Assembly, District 9 (Sacramento County)
• Gloria Purcell, State Assembly, District 21 (San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties)
• Sara Amir, State Assembly, District 42 (Los Angeles County)
• Chuck Reutter, State Assembly, District 66 (Riverside County)
• Colby Crotzer, Mayor, Morro Bay (San Luis Obispo County)
• Jay Baggi, Board of Supervisors, District 5, City/County of San Francisco
• Creighton Bell, City Council, Cotati (Sonoma County)
• Scott Bugental, City Council, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County)
  Mike Feinstein, City Council, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County), incumbent
• Leslie Dalhoff, City Council, Point Arena (Mendocino County) incumbent
• Dwain Goforth, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County)
• Jim Guthrie, City Council, Arroyo Grande (San Luis Obispo)
• Pia Jensen, City Council, Cotati (Sonoma County) incumbent
• Rebecca Kaplan, City Council, Oakland (Alameda County) advances from March primary
• Tom Kelly, City Council, District 5, Berkeley (Alameda County)
• Arnie Leff, City Council, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County)
• Craig Litwin, City Council, Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
• Will McAfee, City Council, Cotati (Sonoma County)
• Christene Mulholland, City Council, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo County)
• Robert (Bob) Nanninga, City Council, Encinitas (San Diego County)
• Michel Nemeth, City Council, Cotati (Sonoma County)
• Bob Ornelas, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County), incumbent
• Bill Patterson, City Council, Windsor (Sonoma County)
• Joey Racano, City Council, Huntington Beach (Orange County)
• Ernest Smith, City Council, Port Hueneme (Ventura County)
• Marc Solomon, Board of Supervisors, District 6, City/County of San Francisco
• Sam Spooner, City Council, Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
• Paul D. Stutrud, City Council, Rohnert Park (Sonoma County)
• Jon Stevens, City Council, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County)
• Robert "Roy" van de Hoek, City Çouncil, Malibu, (Los Angeles County)
• Tim Fitzgerald, Mammoth Lakes Unified School Board of Trustees
• Seth Kroger, Board of Education, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo)
• Duane J. Roberts, Board of Trustees, Anaheim Union High School, Anaheim (Orange County)
• John Selawsky, School Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
  Cynthia Strecker, Monte Rio Union School District Board of Trustees, Sonoma County
• George C. Nelson, Jr., Board of Education, Moreno Valley (Riverside County)
• Jeff Sklar, Rent Control Board, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County)
• Craig Combes, Board of Trustees, Resource Conservation District (Nevada & Sierra Counties)
• Lloyd Strecker, Community Oversight Committee on Russian River Development (Sonoma County)
• Rent Control Board, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County)

Colorado (5)

April 4th general election (2 candidates, 2 wins)

• Jim Lamb, Town Council, Breckenridge WIN (3rd/5 candidates for three seats, 124 votes 20.8%; partisan race)
• Robert Kelly-Goss, Town Council, Minturn (Eagle County) WIN (3rd/5 candidates for four seats, 72 votes, 19.7%)

November general election (2)

• Ron Forthofer, U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
• Art Goodtimes, County Commissioner, San Miguel County (incumbent)
• Judy (Che') Davies, County Commissioneer Delta County (write-in) .

Connecticut (7)

• Audrey Cole, U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
• Mike DeRosa, State Senator, District 1 (Hartford & Wethersfield)
• Timothy Bowles, State Senate, District 18
• Thomas Sevigny, State Representative, District: 17 (Canton & Avon)
• Thomas Ethier, State Representative, District: 65
• Tony Santini, State Representative District: 92 (New Haven West Side)
• Paul Bassler, State Representatives, District 142

Delaware (1)

Craig Shumaker , County Chief Executive, New Castle County

District of Columbia (6)

• Martin Thomas, U.S. House of Representatives (shadow position)
• Arturo Griffiths, City Council, At Large, Washington, DC
• Tom Briggs, City Council, Ward 2, Washington, DC
• Renee Bowser, City Council, Ward 4, Washington, DC
• Thomas E. Smith, Board of Education, Wards 1 & 2, Washington, DC
• Gail Dixon, Board of Education, Wards 5 & 6, Washington, DC

Georgia (6)

• Jeff Gates, U.S. Senate
• Kerrie Dickson, State House, District 8
• Rovene Askren, State House, District 109
• Reverend Zack Lyde, State House, District 173
• Gladys Lydem, County Commissioner
• James Bethea, Board of Education

Hawai’i (7)

• Ginny Aste, State House of Representatives, District 4
• Shaun Stenshol, State House of Representatives, District 11, Maui,
• Keiko Bonk, Mayor, Island/County of Hawai'i
• Steve Hirakami, County Council, District 5, Island/County of Hawai'i
• Julie Jacobson, County Council, District 6, Island/County of Hawai'i (incumbent)
• Puna (Kurtistown, Mt. View, Volcano), Kau (Pahala, Naalehu, HOVE), & South Kona (Milolii, Hookena, and portions of Honaunau).
• Tanny Cazimero, County Council, District 9, Island/County of Hawai'i
• Nikhilananda, County Council, Maui

Illinois (1)

• Martin Hippie, US House of Representatives, District 16 (Northern Illinois), write-in

Iowa (2)

• Russell Lovetinsky, State Representative, District 46 (Iowa City)
• Jay Robinson, State Representative, District 90 (Warren and Marion counties)

Kentucky (1)

• Ken Sain, U.S. House of Representatives, District 4 (Northern Kentucky)

Maine (5)

• Nancy Oden, State Senate, District 4 (Washington County)
• Matt Scease, State Senate, District 19 (Sagadahoc County and Harpswell)
• Derrick Grant, State House District 31 (Portland, West End)
• David Palmer, State House, District 37 (Portland, Greater Woodford)
• Jane Scease, State House, District 52 (Topsham)

Maryland (1)

• Dave Gross, U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, (Eastern Shore, parts of Anne Arundel County & Baltimore).

Michigan (15)

• Matthew Abel,U.S. Senate

• Alan Gamble, U.S. House of Representatives, District 4

• Bonnie Bucqueroux, U.S. House of Representatives, District 8

• Marilyn MacDermaid, U.S. House of Representatives, District 11

• Tom Ness, U.S. House of Representatives, District 12

• Scott Trudeau, University of Michigan Board of Regents

• James J. Nicita, Wayne State University Board of Governors

• Jon Den Herder, State Representative, District 90

• Roger McClary, Kent County Commissioner, District 15

• William D. Zoyes, Oakland County Commissioner, District 24

• JoAnne Bier-Beemon, Drain Commissioner, Charlevoix County

• William Banny Bishop, Drain Commissioner, Hillsdale County

• Gaia L. M. Kile, Washtenaw County Sherriff

• Terry Link, Victor Township Trustee (Clinton County)

• Christie L. Nowak, Ann Arbor City Council, Ward 4

Minnesota (1)

• Holle Brian, State Representative, District 62B (Minneapolis)

Missouri (17)

• Evaline Taylor, U.S. Senate

• Lavoy (Zaki Baruti) Reed, Governor

• Ben Kjelshus, Lt. Governor

• Paula Elias, Secretary of State

• Ray Vanlandingham, Treasurer

• Brenda (Ziah) Reddick, U.S. House of Representatives, District 1 (St Louis County)

• Mike Odell, U.S. House of Representatives, District 2 (St Louis County)

• Mary Maroney, U.S. House of Representatives, District 3 (St Louis County)

• Charles Reitz, U.S. House of Representatives, District 5 (Jackson County)

• Tom Sager, U.S. House of Representatives, District 8 (Phelps County)

• Devin M. Scherubel, U.S. House of Representatives, District 9 (Boone County)

• Mary A. Auer, State Senate, District 3 (St Louis County)

• Charles Winters, State Representatives, District 39 (Jackson County)

• Patricia A. Turek, State Representatives, District 66 (City of St Louis)

• Jason R. Toon, State Representatives, District 67 (City of St Louis)

• Peter M. Coogan, State Representatives, District 68 (St Louis County)

• Frank Eller, Jr., State Representative, 87th District

Nevada (2)

• Kathy Rusco, U.S. Senate
• Charles Laws, U.S. House of Representatives

New Jersey (17)

• Bruce Afran (Princeton), U.S. Senate

• Catherine Parrish,U.S. House of Representatives, District 1 (Camden County)

• Robert "Gabe" Gabrielsky,U.S. House of Representatives, District 2

• Aaron M. Kromash,U.S. House of Representatives, District 3

• Stuart Chaifetz,U.S. House of Representatives, District 4 (Brick Township)

• Michael "MJ" King, U.S. House of Representatives, District 5 (Brick Township)

• Earl Gray, U.S. House of Representatives, District 6 (Red Bank)

• Jerry L. Coleman, U.S. House of Representatives, District 7

• Joseph Fortunato, U.S. House of Representatives, District 8 (Montclair)

• Lewis Pell,U.S. House of Representatives, District 9

• John Piekarski, U.S. House of Representatives, District 11 (Denville)

• Carl Mayer, U.S. House of Representatives, District 12 (Princeton)

• Claudette Meliere, U.S. House of Representatives, District 13 (Jersey City)

• Susan Deckert, Freeholder, Mercer County (Hamilton)

• Dan Martin, Freeholder, Mercer County (Titusville)

• Paul Silberman, Freeholder, Mercer County (Trenton)

• Thomas "Reggie" Regrut, Freeholder, Warren County

New Mexico (11)

March 7th election (2 candidates, 2 wins)

• Fran Gallegos, Municipal Judge, Santa Fe (incumbent) WIN (1st/3 candidates, 49%, incumbent, non-partisan race)
• Miguel Chavez, City Council, Santa Fe, District 3 WIN (1st/4 candidates, 976 votes 39.4%, non-partisan race)

November general election (9)

• Marvin Gladstone, Statewide Court of Appeals (position 3)
• Ann Gleason, State Senate, District 25 (Santa Fe County)
• Richard Allen Winecoff, State Representative, District 8
• Alan Cooper, State Representative, district 12(Bernalillo County
• Cliff Bain, Public Regulatory Commission, District 3
• Xubi Wilson, County Commission, District 5 (Santa Fe County)
• Melissa MacDonald, County Commission, District 2 (Santa Fe County)
• Geraldine Amato, District Attorney, District 2 (Bernalillo County)
• Dan Kerlinsky, US House of Representatives, 1st District (Albuquerque)

New York (38)

March 7th presidential primary election (4)

• Ralph Nader 455 70.6%
• Jello Biafra 86 13.4%
• Joel Kovel 79 12.3% (withdrew after primary)
• Stephen Gaskin 24 3.7%

May 2nd special election (1)

• Ben Zwirn, County Legislature, District 11, Nassau County (3rd/3 in partisan race, 2,278 votes, 19%)

September 12th primary election (5 running in 2 contested races)

• Mark Dunau, US Senate 439 38.61% advances to November general election
• Ronnie Dugger, US Senate 360 31.66%
• Al Lewis, US Senate 338 29.73%
• Mark Jacobs, U.S. House of Representatives, District 19 (Westchester)
• 28 56% advances to November general election
• Joseph Dubovy, U.S. House of Representatives, District 19 (Westchester)
• 22 44%

November 7th general election (34)

• Mark Dunau, US Senate
• Paul Gilman, U.S. House of Representatives, District 7 (Queens & Bronx)
• Dan Wentzel, U.S. House of Representatives, District 8 (Manhattan & Brooklyn)
• Sandy Stevens, U.S. House of Representatives, District 14. (Manhattan)
• Dean Loren, U.S. House of Representatives, District 15 (Manhattan)
• Mark Jacobs, U.S. House of Representatives, District 19 (Westchester)
• Howie Hawkins, U.S. House of Representatives, District 25 (Onondaga County)
• Eve Hawkins, U.S. House of Representatives, District 28 (Monroe County)
• Becky N. Shaw, State Senate, District 1 (Suffolk County)
• Noah Landon, State Senate, District 4 (Suffolk County)
• Dorothy Williams-Pereira, State Senate, District 15 (Queens)
• Josephine Clay Jones , State Senate, District 16 (Queens )
• Hank Bardel, State Senate, District 24 (Staten Island) also on Working Families and Independence ballot lines
• Craig Seeman, State Senate, District 25 (Brooklyn)
• Ellen Connett, State Sentate District 46
• Mark Naef, State Senate, District 48 (Onondaga County)
• Jacob Roberts, State Senate, District 49 (Onondaga County)
• Roy B. Chamberlin , State Senate, District 50 (Tomplins, Cortland, Otsego, Chenango, Schoharie & Herkimer counties)
• Van Buren D. Howell, State Assembly, District 2 (Suffolk County)
• Pierre (Pete) Mercier, State Assembly, District 8 (Suffolk County)
• Roger Snyder, State Assembly, District 9 (Suffolk County)
• Jeffrey Peress, State Assembly, District 13 (Nassau County)
• Elizabeth Henley, State Assembly District 17 (Nassau County)
• Javier Enriquez, State Assembly, District 50 (Kings County)
• Raymond J. Dowd, State Assembly, District 62 (Manhattan)
• Stephen M. Edelglass, State Assembly, District 93 (Rockland County)
• Vincent A. Ferri, State Assembly, District 95 (Sullivan and Orange Counties)
• Jason West, State Assembly, District 101 (Ulster County)
• Kimberly Audi-Desorbo, State Assembly, District 107 (Albany & Saratoga Counties)
• Mark A. Dunlea, State Assembly, District 108 (Saratoga & Rensselaer Counties)
• Don Hassig, State Assembly District 112
• Margo Whitney, State Assembly, District 119 (Onondaga County)
• Jon Greenbaum, State Assembly, District 131 (Monroe County)
• Tom Gillespie, County Executive, Broome County

Oregon (8)

• Tre Arrow, U.S. House of Representatives, District 3

• Lloyd Marbet, Secretary of State

• Whitney Smith, State Senate District 8 (Portland)

• David Tillemans, State House District 16

• Barry Joe Stull, State House District 18

• Christina Alexander, State House, District 47

• Mike Beilstein, County Commissioner, Position 2 (Benton County)

• Lori Burton, County Commissioner, Position 2, Linn County

Pennsylvania (8)

• Tom Linzey, Attorney General

• Anne Goeke, Auditor General

• Barbara Knox, State Treasurer

• William Belitskus, U.S. House of Representatives, District 5

• Jennaro Pullano, State Senate, District 11 (Reading, Berks County)

• Curt Larson, State Representative, District 27 (Pittsburgh)

• John Stith, State Representative, District 77 (Philipsburg/State College)

• Eric Prindle, State Representative, District 85 (Selinsgrove/Lewisburg/Mifflinburg)

Rhode Island (6)

• Bill Martin, State Senate, District 33

• Paul Degaitas, State Representative, District 19

• Gregg Stevens, State Representative, District 45

• Jeff Johnson, State Represenative, District 48

• John Martin, State Representative, District 67

• Karen Johnson, Town Council, South Kingstown

Tennessee (1)

• Tom Burrell, U.S. Senate

Texas (5)

May 2nd special election (1)

• Aaron Dolson, Mayor, Denton (2nd/2 against incumbent, 545 votes, 17%, non-partisan race)

November general election (4)

• Doug Sandage, U.S. Senate
• Gary Dugger, Texas Railroad Commissioner (full term)
• Charlie Mauch, Texas Railroad Commissioner (vacant unexpired term)
• Ben Levy, State Supreme Court

Washington (2)

• Joe Szwaja, U.S. House of Representatives, District 7 (Seattle& Vashon)

• Kara Ceriello, State Representative (Position 1), District 36 (Seattle - Ballard, Fremont, Magnolia, Queen Anne) write-in

Wisconsin (7)

April 4th election (7)

• John Hendricks, Board of Supervisors, Dane County WIN (1st/1, ran unopposed)
• Thomas Powell, Board of Supervisors, District 5, Dane County (incumbent) WIN (1st/2 candidates, 412 votes, 69.1%, won all three precincts, non-partisan race)
• Echnaton Vedder, Board of Supervisors, District 8, Dane County (incumbent) WIN (1st/2 candidates, 569 votes, 65.2%, won all three precincts, non-partisan race)
• Bob Browne, Board of Supervisors, District 20, Douglas County WIN (1st/1, ran unopposed)
• David Conley, Board of Supervisors, District 25, Douglas County WIN (1st/1, ran unopposed)
• Kathryn McKenzie, Board of Supervisors, District 2, Dane County (incumbent) WIN (1st/2 candidates, 178 votes, 60.9%)
• Larry Harding, Town Supervisor 4, Somers (Kenosha County) WIN (1st/2 candidates, 593 votes 53.8%, non-partisan race)

Wyoming (3)

• John Hanks, U.S. House of Representatives, District 1 (statewide) write-in

• Amy Moon, City Council, Laramie (9th/22 for 10 seats in primary, advances to November general election for 5 seats)

• Mike Oxley, City Council, Laramie (16th/22 for 10 seats in primary, does not advances to November general election)