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{{Short description|American political party}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Green Party of the United States
| logo             = Green Party of the United States Logo (2014).svg
| colorcode        = {{party color|Green Party (United States)}}
| leader1_title    = [[Party chair|Co-chairs]]
| leader1_name     = {{ubl|Craig Cayetano ([[Green Party of New Jersey|NJ]])|Darryl Moch ([[D.C. Statehood Green Party|DC]])|Alfred Molison ([[Green Party of Texas|TX]])|{{nowrap|Justin Paglino ([[Green Party of Connecticut|CT]])}}|{{nowrap|Cassandra Lems ([[Green Party of New York|NY]])}}|Charles Ostdiek ([[Green Party of Nebraska|NE]])|Joseph Naham ([[Green Party of New York|NY]])}}
| founders         = [[Howie Hawkins]]<br />[[John Rensenbrink]]
| governing_body     = [[Green National Committee]]
| split            = [[Greens/Green Party USA]]
| ideology         = [[Green politics]]<br />[[Progressivism in the United States|Progressivism]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tait |first=Robert |date=2023-11-22 |title=Jill Stein formally launches 2024 White House bid as Green party candidate |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/21/jill-stein-2024-presidential-election-blue-party-candidate |access-date=2024-06-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />[[Eco-socialism]]<ref name="tnr-atkin">{{cite web|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/153127/democrats-stole-green-partys-best-idea|title=The Democrats Stole the Green Party's Best Idea|author=Atkin, Emily|date=February 22, 2019|publisher=[[The New Republic]]|accessdate=August 30, 2024}}</ref><ref name="NewpolCornelWest">{{cite web|url=https://newpol.org/issue_post/cornel-west-jill-stein-and-the-green-party/|title=Cornel West, Jill Stein, and the Green Party|author=Hawkins, Howie|work=[[New Politics (magazine)|New Politics]] |date=February 18, 2024|publisher=NewPolitics|accessdate=August 30, 2024}}</ref><br>[[Libertarian socialism]]<ref name=Libcom2024/>
| headquarters     = [[Takoma Park, Maryland]]
| position         = [[Left-wing]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Resnikoff|first=Ned|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/6/23/green-party-candidate-jill-stein-announces-2016-presidential-run.html|title=Green Party's Jill Stein Running for President|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=June 23, 2015|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626004340/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/6/23/green-party-candidate-jill-stein-announces-2016-presidential-run.html|archive-date=June 26, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| international    = [[Global Greens]] (formerly)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vela |first=Jakob Hanke |last2=Sheftalovich |first2=Zoya |date=2024-11-01 |title=Europe’s Greens ask Jill Stein to pull out of US election to prevent Trump victory |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-greens-tell-jill-stein-to-pull-out-of-us-election-to-defeat-trump/ |access-date=2025-10-26 |work=[[Politico]] |quote=Friday’s statement from the European Greens highlighted the “divergent values and policies” of the European and U.S. Greens, noting “there is no link between the two as the US Greens are no longer a member of the global organization of Green parties.”}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Niranjan |first=Ajit |date=2024-11-02 |title=European Greens ask Jill Stein to stand down and endorse Kamala Harris |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/01/european-greens-ask-jill-stein-to-stand-down-and-endorse-kamala-harris |access-date=2025-10-26 |work=[[The Guardian]] |quote=The parties said there was “no link” between the Greens in Europe and the US. “The US Greens are no longer a member of the global organisation of Green parties,” they wrote.}}</ref>
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| seats3_title     = [[List of current United States governors#State governors|State governorships]]
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| seats4_title     = [[List of U.S. state senators|Seats]] in [[State legislature (United States)|state upper chambers]]
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| seats9_title     = Other elected officials
| seats9           = '''163 {{as of|2025|06|alt=(June 2025)}}'''<ref name="Green Officeholders"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=How many politicians are there in the USA? (Infographic) |url=https://poliengine.com/blog/how-many-politicians-are-there-in-the-us |access-date=June 9, 2025 |website=PoliEngine |language=en}}</ref>
| website          = {{Official URL}}
| membership_year  = July 2025
| membership       = {{increase}} 261,091<ref name="Membership, July 2025">{{cite web |title= 2025 Green Party Media Kit |url= https://www.gp.org/2025_media_kit |website= Green Party of the United States |access-date= September 16, 2025}}</ref>
| country          = the United States
}}
{{Politics of the United States}}
The '''Green Party of the United States''' ('''GPUS''') is a federation of [[Green party|Green]] state [[political parties in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Green Party|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Green_Party|publisher=ballotpedia.org|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> The party promotes [[green politics]], specifically [[environmentalism]], [[nonviolence]], [[social justice]], [[participatory democracy]], [[anti-war]], and [[anti-racism]]. {{as of|2023|post=,}} it is the fourth-largest [[political party in the United States]] by [[Voter registration in the United States|voter registration]], behind the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]].<ref name="2021 membership">{{cite web |last=Winger |first=Richard |title=March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition |url=http://ballot-access.org/2021/03/28/march-2021-ballot-access-news-print-edition/ |access-date=April 1, 2021 |website=Ballot Access News|date=March 28, 2021}}</ref>

The direct predecessor of the GPUS was the [[Association of State Green Parties]] (ASGP). In the late 1990s, the ASGP, which formed in 1996,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saos.fec.gov/aodocs/989440.pdf|title=AOR 2011–13: Advisory Opinion Request (AOR) Seeking Recognition of the Coordinating Committee of the Green Party of the United States as the National Committee of the Green Party |publisher=Federal Election Commission|date=August 9, 2001|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> had increasingly distanced itself from the [[Greens/Green Party USA]] (G/GPUSA),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saos.fec.gov/aodocs/989436.pdf|title=Coordinating Committee for the Greens/Green Party USA National Committee Governing Body of the "Green Party", Greens/Green Party USA|publisher=Federal Election Commission|date=September 7, 2001|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> America's then-primary [[Green party|green organization]] which had formed in 1991 out of the Green Committees of Correspondence, a collection of local green groups active since 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saos.fec.gov/aodocs/2001-13.pdf|title=Advisory Opinion 2001–13|publisher=Federal Election Commission|date=November 8, 2001|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> In 2001, the GPUS was officially founded as the ASGP split from the G/GPUSA. After its founding, the GPUS soon became the primary national green organization in the country, surpassing the G/GPUSA. [[John Rensenbrink]] and [[Howie Hawkins]] were co-founders of the Green Party.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/green-party-convention-goers-are-ready-to-take-on-president-obama-mitt-romney/2012/07/15/gJQA9rIKnW_story.html |title=Green Party convention-goers are ready to take on President Obama, Mitt Romney |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-07-15 |accessdate=2022-05-26}}</ref>

The Greens (as ASGP) first gained widespread public attention during the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]], when the ticket composed of [[Ralph Nader]] and [[Winona LaDuke]] won 2.7% of the popular vote, raising questions as to [[Ralph Nader 2000 presidential campaign#Spoiler controversy|whether they spoiled the election]] in favor of [[George W. Bush]].<ref name=":5">{{cite news |last=Dao |first=James |date=November 9, 2000 |title=The 2000 Elections: The Green Party; Angry Democrats, Fearing Nader Cost Them Presidential Race, Threaten to Retaliate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/09/us/2000-elections-green-party-angry-democrats-fearing-nader-cost-them-presidential.html |access-date=June 9, 2025 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Joel |date=July 27, 2004 |title=Nader to crash Dems' party? |work=[[CBS News]] |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nader-to-crash-dems-party/}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last=Burden |first=Barry C. |title=Models of Voting in Presidential Elections: The 2000 U.S. Election |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-8047-4856-8 |editor-last=Weisberg |editor-first=Herbert F. |pages=206–227 |chapter=Chapter 11: Minor Parties in the 2000 Presidential Election |editor-last2=Wilcox |editor-first2=Clyde}}</ref><ref name="spoiler-myth-ucla">{{Cite journal |last1=Herron |first1=Michael C. |last2=Lewis |first2=Jeffrey B. |date=April 24, 2006 |title=Did Ralph Nader spoil Al Gore's Presidential bid? A ballot-level study of Green and Reform Party voters in the 2000 Presidential election |journal=[[Quarterly Journal of Political Science]] |publisher=Now Publishing Inc. |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=205–226 |doi=10.1561/100.00005039}} [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080216081328/http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/lewis/pdf/greenreform9.pdf Pdf.]</ref> Nader has dismissed the notion that he and other Green candidates are [[Spoiler effect|spoilers]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nader|first1=Ralph|date=June 2, 2016|title=I was not a 'spoiler' in 2000. Jill Stein doesn't deserve that insulting label, either|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ralph-nader-i-was-not-a-spoiler-in-2000-jill-stein-doesnt-deserve-that-insulting-label-either/2016/09/02/02df0e74-6fa3-11e6-993f-73c693a89820_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref>

== History ==
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{{Main|History of the Green Party of the United States}}

=== Early years ===
The political movement that began in 1985 as the decentralized Committees of Correspondence<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.greens.org/s-r/14/14-03.html|title=A Historical Look at Green Structure: 1984 to 1992|access-date=August 15, 2019|author=Marks, Jodean|journal=Synthesis/Regeneration|volume=14|year=1997|archive-date=August 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818003650/http://www.greens.org/s-r/14/14-03.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="britannica.com">Matthias, Meg. "Green Party of the United States". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Aug. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Green-Party-of-the-United-States. Accessed 4 September 2024.</ref> evolved into a more centralized structure by 1990, opening a national clearinghouse and forming governing bodies, bylaws and a platform as the Green Committees of Correspondence;<ref name="britannica.com"/> by 1990, it was known simply as The Greens. The organization conducted grassroots organizing efforts, educational activities and electoral campaigns.

Internal divisions arose between members who saw electoral politics as ultimately corrupting and supported the notion of an "anti-party party" formed by [[Petra Kelly]] and other leaders of the [[Alliance '90/The Greens|Greens]] in [[Germany]]<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.greens.org/s-r/28/28-18.html|title=On Morality and Human Dignity (excerpts)|access-date=August 15, 2019|author=Kelly, Petra|journal=Synthesis/Regeneration|volume=28|year=2002}}</ref> vs. those who saw electoral strategies as a crucial engine of social change. A struggle for the direction of the organization culminated in a "compromise agreement", ratified in 1990 at the Greens National Congress in [[Elkins, West Virginia]], in which both strategies would be accommodated within the same [[527 organization|527 political organization]] renamed the [[Greens/Green Party USA]] (G/GPUSA). It was recognized by the [[Federal Election Commission|FEC]] as a national political party in 1991.

The compromise agreement subsequently collapsed and two [[Green party|Green Party]] organizations co-existed in the United States until 2019 when the Greens/Green Party USA was dissolved. The Green Politics Network was organized in 1990 and the National Association of Statewide Green Parties formed by 1994. Divisions between those pressing to break onto the national political stage and those aiming to grow roots at the local level continued to widen during the 1990s. The [[Association of State Green Parties]] (ASGP) encouraged and backed Nader's presidential runs in 1996 and 2000. By 2001, the push to separate electoral activity from the G/GPUSA issue-based organizing led to the Boston Proposal and the subsequent rise of the Green Party of the United States. The G/GPUSA lost most of its affiliates in the next few months and dropped its FEC national party status in the year 2005.

=== 2020s ===
[[Howie Hawkins]] announced his candidacy for President in the [[2020 United States presidential election]] on April 3, 2019, seeking the Green nomination,<ref>{{cite web |date=28 May 2019 |title=Howie Hawkins, Syracuse resident, exploring run for Green Party presidential nod |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Howie-Hawkins-will-seek-Green-nomination-for-13900737.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529005905/https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Howie-Hawkins-will-seek-Green-nomination-for-13900737.php |archive-date=2019-05-29 |access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref> and later became the nominee.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harding|first1=Robert|date=Jul 12, 2020|title=Syracuse's Howie Hawkins, a lifelong activist, is Green Party's nominee for president|work=Auburnpub|url=https://auburnpub.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/syracuses-howie-hawkins-a-lifelong-activist-is-green-partys-nominee-for-president/article_d592c686-3440-51da-abcd-df569564e258.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824023905/https://auburnpub.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/syracuses-howie-hawkins-a-lifelong-activist-is-green-partys-nominee-for-president/article_d592c686-3440-51da-abcd-df569564e258.html|archive-date=2020-08-24}}</ref>

On August 17, 2024, Jill Stein and [[Butch Ware]] officially became the 2024 Green Party's nominees for President and Vice President, winning 267 out of the 287 Green delegate votes at their national convention.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-19 |title=Green Party Nominates Jill Stein and Butch Ware for 2024 Presidential Race |url=https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2024/08/green-party-delegates-nominate-jill-stein-and-butch-ware-for-2024-presidential-race/ |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=Independent Political Report |language=en-US}}</ref> Their campaign primarily focused on social justice reforms, labor rights, healthcare, economic restructuring, and demilitarizing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Platform |url=https://www.jillstein2024.com/platform |access-date=2025-08-28 |website=Stein / Ware 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The party also campaigned heavily on ending [[United States support for Israel in the Gaza war|American aid to Israel]] during the [[Gaza war]] and particularly attacked Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDiSfbinP4 |title=Jill Stein: Both Democrats and Republicans serve the oligarchy {{!}} The InnerView |date=2025-01-27 |last=[[TRT World]] |access-date=2025-08-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> 

The Stein/Ware ticket came in third place, securing 862,049 votes.<ref name="fec">{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2025 |title=2024 Presidential Election Results |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.pdf |access-date=January 16, 2025 |publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]]}}</ref> 

On February 3, Butch Ware announced that he would be campaigning to become the [[Governor of California]] in the [[2026 California gubernatorial election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=C-Note |date=2025-03-09 |title=Butch Ware announces campaign for governor of California |url=https://sfbayview.com/2025/03/butch-ware-announces-campaign-for-governor-of-california/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=San Francisco Bay View |language=en-US}}</ref> 

On August 29, former presidential candidate Jill Stein spoke at and attended the second annual [[People's Conference for Palestine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-01 |title=Pro-terror rhetoric, anti-US sentiments at Palestine event {{!}} The Jerusalem Post |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-866008 |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}</ref> She spoke in favor of the UN imposing an arms embargo, trade boycott, divestment, and utilizing the [[United Nations Protection Force]].

== Structure and composition ==
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=== Committees ===
The Green Party has two national committees recognized by the [[Federal Election Commission]] (FEC):
* The [[Green National Committee]] (GNC)
* The [[Green Senatorial Campaign Committee]] (GSCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenscc.org/|title=The Green Senatorial Campaign Committee|publisher=Greenscc.org|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115062754/https://www.greenscc.org/|archive-date=January 15, 2011|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>

==== Green National Committee ====
{{Main|Green National Committee}}
The GNC is composed of delegates elected by affiliated state parties. The state parties also appoint delegates to serve on the various standing committees of the GNC. The National Committee elects a steering committee of seven co-chairs, a secretary and a treasurer to oversee daily operations. The National Committee performs most of its business online, but it also holds an annual national meeting to conduct business in person.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gpus.org/|title=#WeAreGreen|website=Green Party of the United States}}</ref>

=== Caucuses ===
Five Identity Caucuses have achieved representation on the GNC:
* National Black Caucus<ref>{{cite web|last=Grigsby|first=Karen|url=https://gpblackcaucus.blogspot.com/|title=Green Party Black Caucus Journal|publisher=Gpblackcaucus.blogspot.com|date=October 21, 2010|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
* Latinx Caucus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gpus.org/latinx-caucus/|title=Latinx Caucus of The Green Party of the United States|publisher=Green Party US|date=August 17, 2019|access-date=June 13, 2018|archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805003853/https://gpus.org/latinx-caucus/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Lavender Greens Caucus<ref name=WHWQ>{{cite web|url=https://www.lavendergreens.net/|title=LGBTQIA+ – National Lavender Greens Caucus Green Party of the United States|work=Green Party of the United States|access-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref> ([[LGBTQIA+]])
* National Women's Caucus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greens.org/gp-uswomen/|title=National Women's Caucus: Green Party|publisher=Greens.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210062019/http://greens.org/gp-uswomen/gp-uswomen/Main.html|archive-date=February 10, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
* Young Ecosocialists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yesgp.org/|title=Young Ecosocialists|publisher=yesgp.org|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>

Other caucuses have worked toward formal recognition by the GNC:
* Disability Caucus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://immuneweb.org/dg/|title=Disability Caucus of the USGP|publisher=Immuneweb.org|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
* Labor Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Green Labor Network|url=https://www.gp.org/labor/|website=Green Party of The United States|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615212041/http://www.gp.org/labor/|archive-date=June 15, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
* Indigenous Caucus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenpartywatch.org/tag/indigenous-caucus/|title=Indigenous Caucus – Green Party Watch|website=greenpartywatch.org|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222050939/http://www.greenpartywatch.org/tag/indigenous-caucus/|archive-date=December 22, 2017|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
* Elder Caucus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greenpartyelderscaucus.wordpress.com/|title=Green Party Elders Caucus|website=Greenpartyelderscaucus Wordpress|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>

== Ideology ==
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=== Values ===
The Green Party of the United States follows the ideals of [[green politics]], which are based on the [[Four pillars (green politics)|Four Pillars]], namely:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gp.org/the_four_pillars|title=The Four Pillars|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name="britannica.com"/>
# [[Ecosophy|Ecological wisdom]],
# [[Social justice]],
# [[Grassroots democracy]], and
# [[Nonviolence]].

The Ten Key Values, which expand upon the Four Pillars, are as follows:<ref name="Key">{{cite web|url=https://www.gp.org/ten_key_values_2016|title=Ten Key Values|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903042803/https://www.gp.org/ten_key_values_2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="britannica.com"/>
# [[Grassroots democracy]],
# [[Social justice]] and [[equal opportunity]],
# [[Ecosophy|Ecological wisdom]],
# [[Nonviolence]],
# [[Decentralization]],
# [[Community-based economics]],
# [[Feminism]] and [[gender equity]],
# [[Multiculturalism|Respect for diversity]],
# [[Social responsibility|Personal and global responsibility]], and
# Future focus and [[sustainability]].

The Green Party doesn't accept donations from corporations, [[political action committee]]s (PACs), [[527 organization|527(c) organizations]] or [[soft money]]. The party's [[Party platform|platforms]] and rhetoric harshly criticize corporate influence and control over government, media, and society at large.<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Register as a Green – Green Party Website|url=http://www.gp.org/what-we-believe/why-register-as-a-green|publisher=Green Party|access-date=November 9, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112190059/https://www.gp.org/what-we-believe/why-register-as-a-green|archive-date=November 12, 2014}}</ref>

=== Eco-socialism ===
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In 2016, the Green Party passed a motion in favor of rejecting both [[capitalism]] and [[state socialism]], supporting instead an "alternative economic system based on ecology and decentralization of power".<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|website=gp.org|at=A. Ecological Economics |title=IV. Economic Justice & Sustainability |accessdate=May 21, 2021 |url=https://www.gp.org/economic_justice_and_sustainability#ecosoc}}</ref> The motion states the change that the party says could be described as promoting "[[ecological socialism]]", "[[Communalism (Bookchin)|communalism]]", or perhaps the "cooperative commonwealth".<ref name="auto1" /> The Green Party rejection of both state socialism and capitalism and their promotion of communalism which was created by libertarian socialist [[Murray Bookchin]] places the Green Party into the ideology of [[libertarian socialism]].<ref name=Libcom2024>{{cite web|author=Bookchin, Murray|title=Social Ecology and Communalism|publisher=AK Press. Oakland|year=2006|accessdate=May 20, 2021|url=http://new-compass.net/sites/new-compass.net/files/Bookchin%27s%20Social%20Ecology%20and%20Communalism.pdf|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124111812/http://new-compass.net/sites/new-compass.net/files/Bookchin%27s%20Social%20Ecology%20and%20Communalism.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The eco-socialist economy the Green Party of the United States wants to create is similar to the market socialist [[Mutualism (economic theory)|mutualist]] economics of [[Proudhon]] which consists of a large sector of democratically controlled public enterprises, a large sector of cooperative enterprises, and a smaller sector of small businesses and self-employed.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|website=howiehawkins.us|title=What's Wrong With Capitalism And Why We Need EcoSocialism. Ecosocialism.|date=March 2, 2020|accessdate=May 28, 2021|url=https://howiehawkins.us/whats-wrong-with-capitalism-and-why-we-need-ecosocialism/}}</ref><ref>Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph. ''General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century''. New York: Cosimo, Inc. 2007. pp 218–219.</ref> Consumer goods and services would be sold to consumers in the market by cooperatives, public enterprises, and small businesses.<ref name="auto2" /> Services that would be for free include health care, education, child care, and urban mass transit. Goods and services that would be available at low cost would include public housing, power, broadband, and water.<ref name="auto2" /> [[Howie Hawkins]] who was nominated by the Green Party to run for president of the United States in 2020 identifies as a [[libertarian socialist]].<ref>{{cite web|title=''Green Party's Howie Hawkins on Anarchism.'' PRIMO NUTMEG #175|website=youtube.com|date=May 30, 2019|accessdate=June 1, 2021|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onpeJZUHh68&ab_channel=PrimoNutmeg}}</ref>

== Political positions ==
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=== Economic and social issues ===
==== Healthcare ====
The Green Party supports the implementation of a [[single-payer healthcare]] system and the abolition of private health insurance in the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=June 27, 2022 |title=Green Party Calls For Mass Mobilizations To Protect Reproductive Rights |url=https://www.gp.org/green_party_calls_for_mass_mobilizations_to_protect_reproductive_rights |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www.gp.org}}</ref> They have also called for [[Birth control in the United States|contraception]] and [[Abortion in the United States|abortion]] procedures to be available on demand.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gp.org/social_justice_2016/#sjHealthCare|title=II. Social Justice – Health Care|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805094627/https://www.gp.org/social_justice_2016#sjHealthCare|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Green Party has called for the repeal of the [[Hyde Amendment]], an act that prohibits the use of federal taxpayer funds for abortions, unless in the cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.<ref name=":0" />

==== Education ====
The Green Party calls for providing [[free education|tuition-free college]] at [[Public university#United States|public universities]] and [[Vocational education in the United States|vocational schools]], increasing funding for [[After-school activity#United States|after-school]] and [[child care|daycare]] programs, cancelling all [[student loan debt]], and repealing the [[No Child Left Behind Act]]. They are strongly against the dissolution of public schools and the [[Independent school#United States|privatization of education]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gp.org/social_justice_2016/#sjEconJustive|title=II. Social Justice – Economic Justice|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805094627/https://www.gp.org/social_justice_2016#sjEconJustive|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Green New Deal ====
In 2006, the Green Party developed a [[Green New Deal]] that would ultimately serve as a transitional plan to a 100% [[Sustainable energy|clean]], [[Renewable energy in the United States|renewable energy]] including solar and wind energy by 2030 utilizing a [[carbon tax]], [[Job guarantee|jobs guarantee]], tuition-free college, [[single-payer healthcare]] and a focus on using public programs.<ref name="tnr-atkin" /><ref>{{cite web|title=The 'Green New Deal' isn't really that new|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-green-new-deal-isnt-really-that-new-2019-02-11|publisher=MarketWatch|date=February 12, 2019|last=Schroeder|first=Robert|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>

[[Howie Hawkins]] focused his gubernatorial campaign on the Green New Deal, which was the first time the policy was introduced.<ref>{{cite web |date=2020-08-20 |title=Whatever Happened to the Green New Deal? |url=https://howiehawkins.us/whatever-happened-to-the-green-new-deal/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |publisher=Howie Hawkins for our Future |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Jill Stein]] also developed her presidential campaign based on the Green New Deal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein is calling for a 'Green New Deal' |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2016-10-16/green-party-presidential-candidate-dr-jill-stein-calling-green-new-deal |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=The World from PRX |date=October 8, 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Criminal justice ====
The Green Party favors the [[Capital punishment in the United States|abolition of the death penalty]], repeal of [[three-strikes law]]s, [[private prisons in the United States|banning of private prisons]], [[legal history of cannabis in the United States|legalization of marijuana]], and [[Drug liberalization|decriminalization of other drugs]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gp.org/social_justice_2016/#sjCriminalJustice|title=II. Social Justice – Criminal Justice|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805094627/https://www.gp.org/social_justice_2016#sjCriminalJustice|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Racial justice ====
The Green Party advocates for "complete and full" [[reparations for slavery|reparations]] to the [[African Americans|African American community]], as well the [[Modern display of the Confederate battle flag|removal of the Confederate flag from all government buildings]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.gp.org/social_justice|title=II. Social Justice – Civil Rights and Equal Rights|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref>

==== LGBT+ rights ====
The party supports [[same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]], the [[Health care in the United States|right of access]] to [[gender-affirming hormone therapy|medical]] and [[gender-affirming surgery|surgical]] treatment for [[transgender]] and [[gender-nonconforming]] people, and withdrawing [[United States foreign aid|foreign aid]] to [[LGBT rights by country or territory|countries with poor LGBT+ rights records]]. The party opposes [[gender-critical feminism]].<ref name="auto" />

==== Youth rights ====
The party supports [[youth rights]]. They reject the idea that young people are property of their parents or guardians. They support providing mothers with [[prenatal care]]. They oppose [[child abuse]] and [[child neglect|neglect]] and support young people's rights to [[right to food|food]], [[right to housing|shelter]], [[right to health|healthcare]], and [[right to education|education]]. They support [[democratic education|greater student input]] into their education and [[sex education]] and oppose [[advertisements in schools in the United States|advertisements in schools]]. They support lowering the [[voting age]] to 16.<ref name="auto" />

==== Fundraising and position on Super PACs ====
In the early decades of Green organizing in the United States, the prevailing American system of money-dominated elections was universally rejected by Greens, so that some Greens were reluctant to have Greens participate in the election system at all because they deemed the [[campaign finance in the United States|campaign finance]] system inherently corrupt. Other Greens felt strongly that the Green Party should develop in the electoral arena and many of these Greens felt that adopting an alternative model of campaign finance, emphasizing self-imposed contribution limits, would present a wholesome and attractive contrast to the odious campaign finance practices of the money-dominated major parties.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Over the years, some state Green parties have come to place less emphasis on the principle of self-imposed limits than they did in the past. Nevertheless, it is safe to say that Green Party fundraising (for candidates' campaigns and for the party itself) still tends to rely on relatively small contributions and that Greens generally decry not only the rise of the [[Political action committee|Super PACs]], but also the big-money system, which some Greens criticize as [[plutocracy]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Some Greens feel that the Green Party's position should be simply to follow the laws and regulations of campaign finance.<ref>{{cite web |author=Garecht, Joe |date=December 8, 2011 |title=7 Creative Political Fundraising Ideas |url=http://www.localvictory.com/fundraising/creative-political-fundraising-ideas.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316233902/http://www.localvictory.com/fundraising/creative-political-fundraising-ideas.html |archive-date=March 16, 2015 |access-date=August 19, 2019 |publisher=Localvictory.com}}</ref> Other Greens argue that it would injure the Green Party not to practice a principled stand against the anti-democratic influence of money in the political process. Candidates for office, like [[Jill Stein]], the 2012<ref>{{cite news |last=Becker |first=Colleen |date=February 9, 2012 |title=Long Shots |work=The Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/colleen-becker/long-shots_b_1263720.html |access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref> and 2016 Green Party nominee for the President of the United States, typically rely on smaller donations to fund their campaigns.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

=== Foreign policy ===
The Green Party calls on the United States to join the [[International Criminal Court]], and sign the [[Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty]] and [[Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons|Non-Proliferation Treaty]]. Additionally, it supports cutting the [[Military budget of the United States|defense budget]] in half, as well as prohibiting all [[United States Foreign Military Financing|arms sales to foreign countries]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gp.org/democracy_2016#demForeignPolicy|title=I. Democracy – Foreign Policy|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805094859/https://www.gp.org/democracy_2016#demForeignPolicy|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Green Party supports the 2015 [[Iran nuclear deal]] to decrease sanctions while limiting [[Iran]]'s capacity to make [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gp.org/iran_nuclear_deal|title=Green Party Condemns Trump's Withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Deal|date=May 9, 2018|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>

The Green Party advocates for the [[Palestinian right of return]] and cutting all [[US aid to Israel|U.S. aid to Israel]]. It has also expressed support for the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] (BDS) movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gpus.org/other/press/pr-national.php?ID=907|title=Greens, Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel|date=November 28, 2005|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805002656/https://gpus.org/other/press/pr-national.php?ID=907|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Green Party supports "...the creation of one secular, democratic state for Palestinians and Israelis on the land between the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the River Jordan as the national home of both peoples, with Jerusalem as its capital."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel-Palestine |url=https://www.gp.org/israel_palestine |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www.gp.org}} (website Green Party U.S.A.)</ref>

The Green Party called for a ceasefire in the [[Gaza war]] and condemned [[Israeli war crimes]] in the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>{{cite news |title=New US presidential candidate demands probe into Netanyahu's 'war crimes' in Gaza |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/new-us-presidential-candidate-demands-probe-into-netanyahus-war-crimes-in-gaza/3049221 |work=Anadolu Agency |date=November 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.org/greens_stand_up_for_peace_and_gaza|title=Greens Stand up for Peace and Gaza|website=www.gp.org}}</ref>

== Membership ==
{{independent sources|date=June 2024|section}}
{| class="wikitable" | style="float:right; margin:0em 1em 0em .5em"
|+Registered voters
!Party
!Percentage (2022)<ref name="2022 membership">{{cite web |last=Winger |first=Richard |title=December 2022 Ballot Access News Print Edition |url=https://ballot-access.org/2022/12/27/December-2022-ballot-access-news-print-edition/ |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=Ballot Access News|date=December 27, 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|38.73%
|-
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|29.6%
|-
|[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|0.6%
|-
|[[Green Party (United States)|'''Green''']]
|'''0.19%'''
|-
|[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]
|0.11%
|}
{{Clear}}
The Green Party's membership encompasses the fourth-highest percentage of registered voters in the United States, with a total membership of 261,091 in July 2025.<ref name="Membership, July 2025"/>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greens.org/elections/|title=2010 Election Database|publisher=Greens.org|access-date=August 17, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106011800/http://greens.org/elections/|archive-date=January 6, 2009}}</ref> {{As of|June 2007}}, Californians have elected 55 of the 226 office-holding Greens nationwide. Other states with high numbers of Green elected officials include [[Pennsylvania]] (31), [[Wisconsin]] (23), [[Massachusetts]] (18) and [[Maine]] (17). Maine has the highest per capita number of Green elected officials in the country and the largest Green registration percentage with more than 29,273 Greens comprising 2.95% of the electorate {{as of|November 2006|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|last=Winger|first=Richard|url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/26/maine-green-registration-rises-again/|title=Maine Green Registration Rises Again|access-date=August 17, 2019|publisher=Ballot Access News|date=March 26, 2007}}</ref> [[Madison, Wisconsin]] is the city with the most Green elected officials (8), followed by [[Portland, Maine]] (7).
[[File:GPUS membership.svg|thumb|Membership in the Green Party of the United States by year (1986–2020)]]
The 2016 [[Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016|presidential campaign]] of [[Jill Stein]] got substantive support from counties and precincts with a high percentage of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] population. For instance, in [[Sioux County, North Dakota|Sioux County]] (North Dakota, 84.1% Native American), Stein gained her best county-wide result: 10.4% of the votes. In [[Rolette County, North Dakota|Rolette County]] (also North Dakota, 77% Native American), she got 4.7% of the votes. Other majority Native American counties where Stein did above state average are [[Menominee County, Wisconsin|Menominee]] (WI), [[Roosevelt County, Montana|Roosevelt]] (MT) and several precincts in [[Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://decisiondeskhq.com/data-dives/creating-a-national-precinct-map/|title=Creating a National Precinct Map – Decision Desk HQ|website=decisiondeskhq.com|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820073655/https://decisiondeskhq.com/data-dives/creating-a-national-precinct-map/|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

At its peak in 2004, the Green Party had 318,931 registered members in states allowing party registration and tens of thousands of members and contributors in the rest of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.greens.org/stats/|title=Green Party Ballot Status and Voter Registration Totals (United States)|access-date=August 17, 2019|publisher=Green Party of California|date=May 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526183505/http://web.greens.org/stats/|archive-date=May 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Green Party Voter Registration Statistics|url=https://registergreenparty.org/|access-date=2020-10-07|website=registergreenparty.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Number of registered Green Party members by year (nationally)<ref name="registergreenparty">{{Cite web |title=Green Party Voter Registration Statistics |url=https://www.registergreenparty.org/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |date=October 21, 2024|website=www.registergreenparty.org}}</ref>
!Year
!Number of members
|-
|2024
|249,276
|-
|2023
|242,882
|-
|2022
|238,552
|-
|2021
|246,088
|-
|2020
|248,071
|-
|2019
|258,028
|-
|2018
|257,939
|-
|2017
|260,874
|-
|2016
|258,444
|-
|2015
|256,929
|-
|2014
|251,900
|-
|2013
|252,328
|-
|2012
|251,976
|-
|2011
|243,226
|-
|2010
|248,488
|-
|2009
|249,542
|-
|2008
|262,050
|-
|2007
|273,938
|-
|2006
|297,285
|-
|2005
|298,031
|-
|2004
|318,931
|-
|2003
|302,226
|-
|2002
|277,241
|-
|2001
|232,651
|-
|2000
|204,321
|-
|1999
|129,183
|-
|1998
|123,650
|-
|1997
|110,229
|-
|1996
|113,440
|-
|1995
|88,505
|-
|1994
|92,094
|-
|1993
|96,113
|-
|1992
|102,830
|-
|1991
|101,286
|-
|1990
|9,552
|-
|1989
|142
|-
|1988
|109
|-
|1987
|24
|-
|1986
|24
|}

=== State and territorial parties ===
{{Main|List of state Green Parties in the United States}}
The following is a list of accredited state parties which comprise the Green Party of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |year=2015 |title=Green Party – State Parties |url=https://www.gp.org/state_parties |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926090547/http://www.gp.org/state_parties |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |access-date=August 17, 2019 |publisher=Green Party US}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* <s>[[Green Party of Alaska]]</s>
** Disaffiliated since January 12, 2021 due to nominating [[Jesse Ventura]] as its presidential candidate for the [[2020 United States presidential election]].
* [[Arizona Green Party]]
* [[Green Party of Arkansas]]
* [[Green Party of California]]
* [[Green Party of Colorado]]
* [[Connecticut Green Party]]
* [[Green Party of Delaware]]
* [[D.C. Statehood Green Party]]
* [[Green Party of Florida]]
* <s>[[Georgia Green Party|Green Party of Georgia]]</s>
** Deaccredited on July 26, 2021, due to the adoption of the Declaration on Women's [[sex-based rights]] in its party platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2021/06/georgia-green-party-closer-to-being-deaccredited/|title=Georgia Green Party closer to being deaccredited|date=June 2021}}</ref>
* [[Green Party of Montana]]
* [[Green Party of Hawaii]]
* [[Idaho Green Party]]
* [[Illinois Green Party]]
* [[Indiana Green Party]]
* [[Iowa Green Party]]
* [[Kansas Green Party]]
* [[Kentucky Green Party]]
* [[Green Party of Louisiana]]
* [[Maine Green Independent Party]]
* [[Maryland Green Party]]
* [[Green-Rainbow Party]] (Massachusetts)
* [[Green Party of Michigan]]
* [[Green Party of Minnesota]]
* [[Green Party of Mississippi]]
* [[Green Party of New York]]
* [[Nebraska Green Party]]
* [[Green Party of New Jersey]]
* [[North Carolina Green Party]]
* [[Green Party of Ohio]]
* [[Green Party of Oklahoma]]
* [[Pacific Green Party]] (Oregon)
* [[Green Party of Pennsylvania]]
* <s>[[Green Party of Rhode Island]]</s>
** Disaffiliated since December 29, 2020 due to endorsing [[Joe Biden]] for president during the 2020 United States presidential election.
* Ocean State Green Party
* [[South Carolina Green Party]]
* [[Green Party of Texas]]
* Green Party of Utah
* [[Vermont Green Party]]
* [[Green Party of Virginia]]
* [[Green Party of Washington State]]
* [[Mountain Party]] (West Virginia)
* [[Wisconsin Green Party]]
{{div col end}}

=== List of national conventions and annual meetings ===
The [[Green National Convention]] is scheduled in presidential election years and the Annual National Meeting is scheduled in other years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cagreens.org/history/archives-project|title=Green Party Archives Project - Hosted at Stanford Universities Library &#124; Green Party of California (GPCA)|website=www.cagreens.org}}</ref> The [[Green National Committee]] conducts business online between these in-person meetings.
* 1996 – [[Los Angeles]], California
* [[2000 Green National Convention|2000]] – [[Denver]], Colorado
* 2001 – [[Santa Barbara, California]]
* 2002 – [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania
* 2003 – [[Washington, D.C.]]
* [[2004 Green National Convention|2004]] – [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin
* 2005 – [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]
* 2006 – [[Tucson, Arizona]]
* 2007 – [[Reading, Pennsylvania]]
* [[2008 Green National Convention|2008]] – [[Chicago]], Illinois
* 2009 – [[Durham, North Carolina]]
* 2010 – [[Detroit]], Michigan
* 2011 – [[Alfred (village), New York|Alfred, New York]]
* [[2012 Green National Convention|2012]] – [[Baltimore]], Maryland
* 2013 – [[Iowa City, Iowa]]
* 2014 – [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
* 2015 – [[St. Louis]], Missouri
* [[2016 Green National Convention|2016]] – [[Houston]], Texas
* 2017 – [[Newark, New Jersey]]
* 2018 – [[Salt Lake City]], Utah
* 2019 – [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], Massachusetts
* [[2020 Green National Convention|2020]] – Virtual Online ''(originally planned for [[Detroit]], Michigan prior to COVID-19 pandemic)''

== Officeholders ==
{{Main|List of Green politicians who have held office in the United States}}
{{independent sources|date=June 2024|section}}
[[File:Jello Biafra talks about California politicsCC.jpg|thumb|Musician [[Jello Biafra]] ran for the Green Party's presidential nomination in 2000, and has run for other offices with the Green Party.]]
[[File:Malik rahim (cropped).JPG|thumb|[[Malik Rahim]], former [[Black Panther Party]] activist, ran for Congress in 2008 with the Green Party.]]
[[File:Jill Stein (25740592525).jpg|thumb|2012, 2016 and 2024 Green presidential nominee, [[Jill Stein]], served from 2005 to 2010 as a member of [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington's]] [[Representative town meeting|Town Meeting]].]]
{{As of|2024|7}}, 143 officeholders in the United States were affiliated with the Green Party.<ref name="Green Officeholders">{{cite web |date=December 2024 |title=Greens in Office |url=https://www.gpelections.org/greens-in-office/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |website=Green Party of the United States}}</ref> The party has not had any representation in federal or statewide offices.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Featured Elected Officials |url=https://www.gp.org/featured_officeholders |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=www.gp.org}}</ref>

Previously in 2016, the majority of them were in [[California]], several in [[Illinois]], [[Connecticut]], [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Oregon]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[Wisconsin]], with five or fewer in ten other states. These included one mayor and one deputy mayor and fourteen county or city commissioners (or equivalent). The remainder were members of school boards, clerks and other local administrative bodies and positions.<ref name="GPUSofficeholders">{{cite web |title=Officeholders |url=https://www.gp.org/officeholders |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170217200126/http://www.gp.org/officeholders |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |access-date=August 17, 2019 |publisher=Green Party of the United States}}</ref>

Several Green Party members have been elected to state-level office, though not always as affiliates of the party. [[John Eder]] was elected to the [[Maine House of Representatives]], re-elected in 2004, but defeated in 2006. [[Audie Bock]] was elected to the [[California State Assembly]] in 1999, but switched her registration to independent seven months later<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ca.rand.org/statebulls/bulletins/statebull218aa.html|title=Sole Green Party Legislator Makes Switch|access-date=August 17, 2019|publisher=RAND California Policy Bulletin|date=October 18, 1999|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813010425/https://ca.rand.org/statebulls/bulletins/statebull218aa.html|archive-date=August 13, 2011}}</ref> running as such in the 2000 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courtadmin/aoc/documents/capcon1100.pdf|title=Ca 2000 Election Night Returns|access-date=August 17, 2019|publisher=The Capital Connection|date=November 8, 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201224907/http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courtadmin/aoc/documents/capcon1100.pdf|archive-date=February 1, 2010}}</ref> [[Richard Carroll (politician)|Richard Carroll]] was elected to the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] in 2008, but switched parties to become a Democrat five months after his election.<ref name="San Francisco Chronicle">{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-green-party-042909-2009apr29-story.html|title=Nation's highest-ranking Green switching parties|access-date=August 18, 2019|newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=April 29, 2009}}</ref> [[Fred Smith (Arkansas politician)|Fred Smith]] was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|last=Hardy|first=Ronald|url=https://www.greenpartywatch.org/2012/11/07/fred-smith-elected-to-arkansas-state-house-on-green-party-ticket/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111202828/http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2012/11/07/fred-smith-elected-to-arkansas-state-house-on-green-party-ticket/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 11, 2012|title=Fred Smith Elected to Arkansas State House on Green Party Ticket|publisher=Green Party Watch|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> but re-registered as a Democrat in 2014.<ref name="reelection">{{cite web|url=https://www.ballot-access.org/2014/02/arkansas-representative-fred-smith-elected-as-a-green-party-nominee-in-2012-files-for-re-election-as-a-democrat/|title=Arkansas Representative Fred Smith, Elected as a Green Party Nominee in 2012, Files for Re-Election as a Democrat|author=Winger, Richard|publisher=Ballot Access News|date=February 26, 2014|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> In 2010, former Green Party leader [[Ben Chipman]] was elected to the Maine House of Representatives as an [[Independent politician|unenrolled]] candidate and was re-elected in 2012 and 2014. He has since registered as a Democrat, and is serving in the Maine Senate.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hardy|first=Ronald|url=https://www.greenpartywatch.org/2012/11/08/maine-greens-elect-three-plus-independent-to-state-assembly/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111202737/http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2012/11/08/maine-greens-elect-three-plus-independent-to-state-assembly/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 11, 2012|title=Maine Greens Elect Three; Plus Independent to State Assembly|publisher=Green Party Watch|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://legislature.maine.gov/District-27|title=District 27 – State Senator Benjamin Chipman (D – Cumberland) &#124; Maine State Legislature|website=legislature.maine.gov|access-date=September 6, 2019|archive-date=September 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906150004/https://legislature.maine.gov/District-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Gayle McLaughlin]] was twice elected mayor of [[Richmond, California]], defeating two Democrats in 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=977|title=Official Results of the 2006 Municipal Election Held on November 7, 2006|access-date=August 18, 2019|date=January 25, 2012|publisher=Richmond City Clerk's Office}}</ref> and then reelected in 2010; and elected to City Council in 2014 after completing her second term as mayor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Results of 2010 midterm elections are mixed bag for Mayor Bloomberg|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York|date=November 7, 2010|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/results-2010-midterm-elections-mixed-bag-mayor-bloomberg-article-1.455215|access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> With a population of over 100,000 people, it was the largest American city with a Green mayor. [[Fairfax, California]]; [[Arcata, California]]; [[Sebastopol, California]]; and [[New Paltz, New York]] are the only towns in the United States to have had a Green Party majority in their [[town councils]]. Twin Ridges Elementary in [[Nevada County, California]] held the first Green Party majority school board in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gp.org/elections/officeholders/most-leg-body.shtml|title=Most Greens holding elected office at the same time on a single legislative body|access-date=August 18, 2019|publisher=Green Party of the United States|date=September 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916234322/http://www.gp.org/elections/officeholders/most-leg-body.shtml|archive-date=September 16, 2012}}</ref>

On September 21, 2017, [[Ralph Chapman (politician)|Ralph Chapman]], a member of the Maine House of Representatives, switched his party registration from unaffiliated to Green, providing the Green Party with their first state-level representative since 2014.<ref name="bangordailynews.com">{{cite web|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2017/09/22/politics/lawmakers-party-switch-gives-greens-a-seat-in-the-maine-house/|title=Lawmaker's party switch gives Greens a seat in the Maine House|date=September 22, 2017|last=Cousins|first=Christopher|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> [[Henry John Bear]] became a member of the Green Party in the same year as Chapman, giving the Maine Green Independent Party and GPUS its second currently-serving state representative, though Bear is a nonvoting tribal member of the Maine House of Representatives.

Though several Green congressional candidates have topped 20%, no nominee of the Green Party has been elected to office in the federal government. In 2016, Mark Salazar set a new record for a Green Party nominee for Congress. Running in the Arizona 8th district against incumbent Republican Congressman [[Trent Franks]], Salazar received 93,954 votes or 31.43%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballot-access.org/2016/12/10/green-party-nominee-for-u-s-house-in-arizona-sets-a-new-record-for-green-candidates-for-congress/|title=Green Party Nominee for U.S. House in Arizona Sets a New Record for Green Candidates for Congress – Ballot Access News|first=Richard|last=Winger|date=December 10, 2016|publisher=Ballot Access News|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>

=== Legislative caucuses ===
With exception to state legislatures and major city councils, all other legislative bodies included in the following chronological table had/have more than two affiliated members simultaneously serving in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpelections.org/greens-in-office/most-greens-on-a-legislative-body/|title=Most Greens on a Legislative Body|publisher=GP Elections|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpelections.org/greens-in-office/greens-in-state-legislatures/|title=Greens in State Legislatures|publisher=GP Elections|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Years
!Government position
!Jurisdiction
!State
!Notes
|-
|2001–2022
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(1/13 seats)<br />{{small|2001–2005: (2/13 seats)}}
|[[Minneapolis City Council]]
|{{flag|Minnesota}}
|
|-
|2018–2019
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />([[Shane Robinson (politician)|1]]/141 seats)
|[[Maryland House of Delegates]]
|{{flag|Maryland}}
|
|-
|2017–2018
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/154* seats){{efn|Includes the three non-voting elected members to the Maine House of Representatives. [[Henry John Bear]], a non-voting member, joined the Green Party along with Representative [[Ralph Chapman (politician)|Ralph Chapman]].}}
|rowspan=2|[[Maine House of Representatives]]
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Maine}}
|rowspan=2|
|-
|2002–2006
|{{partial|}}Minority<br />([[John Eder|1]]/151 seats)
|-
|2016–2017
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/5 seats)
|[[Water District|Anoka Water Conservation District]]
|{{flag|Minnesota}}
|
|-
|2013–2015
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(1/100 seats)
|rowspan=2|[[Arkansas House of Representatives]]
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Arkansas}}
|rowspan=2|
|-
|2008–2009
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(1/100 seats)
|-
|2002–2014
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />''{{small|Fluctuated}}''<br />(3–4 out of 9 seats)
|[[Berkeley, California|Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board]]
|{{flag|California}}
|
|-
|2009–2013
|{{yes2}} Majority<br />(3/5 seats)
|rowspan=2|[[Fairfax, California|Fairfax Town Council]]
|rowspan=2|{{flag|California}}
|rowspan=2|
|-
|2004–2008
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/5 seats)
|-
|1990–2012
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />''{{small|Fluctuated}}''<br />(2–5 out of 30 seats)
|[[Douglas County, Wisconsin|Douglas County Board of Supervisors]]
|{{flag|Wisconsin}}
|
|-
|2001–2009
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />''{{small|Fluctuated}}''<br />(2–4 out of 20 seats)
|[[Madison Common Council]]
|{{flag|Wisconsin}}
|
|-
|1998–2008
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />''{{small|Fluctuated}}''<br />(2–4 out of 39 seats)
|[[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County Board of Supervisors]]
|{{flag|Wisconsin}}
|
|-
|2004–2008
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />''{{small|Fluctuated}}''<br />(3–4 out of 29 seats)
|[[Portage County, Wisconsin|Portage County Board of Supervisors]]
|{{flag|Wisconsin}}
|
|-
|2000–2008
|{{yes2}} Majority<br />(3/5 seats)
|[[Sebastopol, California|Sebastopol City Council]]
|{{flag|California}}
|
|-
|2004–2007
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />''{{small|Fluctuated}}''<br />(2–4 out of 9 seats)
|[[Portland, Maine|Portland Board of Education]]
|{{flag|Maine}}
|
|-
|2003–2007
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/7 seats)
|[[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo City Commission]]
|{{flag|Michigan}}
|
|-
|2004–2006;<br />1996–1998
|{{yes2}} Majority<br />(3/5 seats)
|rowspan=2|[[Arcata, California|Arcata City Council]]
|rowspan=2|{{flag|California}}
|rowspan=2|
|-
|2002–2004;<br />1998–2000
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/5 seats)
|-
|2002–2006
|{{yes2}} Majority<br />(3/5 seats)
|[[Nevada County, California|School Board of Twin Ridges Elementary]]
|{{flag|California}}
|
|-
|2003–2004
|{{yes2}} Majority<br />(3/5 seats)
|[[New Paltz, New York|New Paltz Village Council]]
|{{flag|New York}}
|
|-
|2002–2004
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />([[Matt Ahearn|1]]/80 seats)
|[[New Jersey General Assembly]]
|{{flag|New Jersey}}
|
|-
|1998–2004
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/7 seats)
|[[Santa Monica City Council]]
|{{flag|California}}
|
|-
|2001–2003
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/30 seats)
|[[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven Board of Aldermen]]
|{{flag|Connecticut}}
|
|-
|2000–2002
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/8 seats)
|[[Salem, Oregon|Salem City Council]]
|{{flag|Oregon}}
|
|-
|2000–2002
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/8 seats)
|[[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe City Council]]
|{{flag|New Mexico}}
|
|-
|1995–2002
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/5 seats)
|[[Point Arena, California|Point Arena Town Council]]
|{{flag|California}}
|
|-
|1999
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />([[Audie Bock|1]]/80 seats)
|[[California State Assembly]]
|{{flag|California}}
|
|-
|1996–1998
|{{partial|}} Minority<br />(2/8 seats)
|[[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville City Council]]
|{{flag|Arkansas}}
|
|}
{{Notelist}}

=== Other notable people ===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Ellen Brown]]
* [[Tom Clements (politician)|Tom Clements]]
* [[Mike Feinstein]]
* [[Margaret Flowers]]
* [[Paul Glover (activist)|Paul Glover]]
* [[Daniel Hamburg]]
* [[Howie Hawkins]]
* [[Dario Hunter]]
* [[Brent McMillan]]
* [[Ross Mirkarimi]]
* [[Ralph Nader]]
* [[Efia Nwangaza]]
* <!-- Kent Warner Smith -->
* [[Dona Spring]]
* [[Charlene Spretnak]]
* [[Jill Stein]]
* [[Kevin Zeese]]{{div col end}}

== Presidential ballot access ==
{{independent sources|date=June 2024|section}}

=== 2004 to present ===
{|class=wikitable
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="7"|'''Ballot Access of the Green Party of the United States'''
|- {{thickborder}}
!
!style="text-align:center;" |[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2004/1104.html |title=2004 Ballot Status for President |last=Winger |first=Richard |work=Ballot Access News |date=November 4, 2004 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/2004pres.pdf |title=Official General Election Results for United States President November 2, 2004 |work=Federal Elections 2004 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |pages=27–39 |date=May 2005 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>
!style="text-align:center;" |[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/110108.html |title=2008 Ballot Status for President |last=Winger |first=Richard |work=Ballot Access News |date=November 1, 2008 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/2008pres.pdf |title=Official General Election Results for United States President November 4, 2008 |work=Federal Elections 2008 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |pages=27–40 |date=July 2009 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>
!style="text-align:center;" |[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2012/10/27/ballot-access-news-october-2012-print-edition/ |title=2012 Ballot Status for President |last=Winger |first=Richard |work=Ballot Access News |date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pres.pdf |title=Official General Election Results for United States President November 6, 2012 |work=Federal Elections 2012 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |pages=27–40 |date=July 2013 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>
!style="text-align:center;" |[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/12/03/november-2016-ballot-access-news-print-edition/ |title=Ballot Status for President, Including Write-In Status |last=Winger |first=Richard |work=Ballot Access News |date=November 1, 2016 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf |title=Official General Election Results for United States President November 8, 2016 |work=Federal Elections 2016 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |pages=25–44 |date=December 2017 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>
!style="text-align:center;" |[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://howiehawkins.us/ballotaccess/|title=Ballot Access|date=June 29, 2019|publisher=Howie Hawkins 2020|access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref>
!style="text-align:center;" |[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]<ref name="Ballot">{{cite web|url=https://www.gp.org/ballotaccess|title=Ballot Access|publisher=Green Party US|access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |'''Number of states + D.C.'''<br />(number of write-in states)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''28'''<br />(14)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''33'''<br />(10)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''37'''<br />(6)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''45'''<br />(3)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''30'''<br />(17)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''39'''
(1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |'''Possible electoral votes'''<br />(possible write-in electoral votes)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''294'''<br />(201){{efn-la|Electoral vote allocation for 2004 and 2008 based on 2000 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2008/allocation.html |title= U.S. Electoral College: Distribution of 2004 and 2008 Electoral Votes |work=Federal Register |date= May 20, 2019 |publisher=U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>}}
|style="text-align:center;" |'''413'''<br />(68)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''439'''<br />(47){{efn-la|Electoral vote allocation for 2012, 2016 and 2020 based on 2010 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/allocation.html |title= U.S. Electoral College: Distribution of Electoral Votes |work=Federal Register |date= September 19, 2019 |publisher=U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>}}
|style="text-align:center;" |'''480'''<br />(42)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''381'''<br />(133)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''+420'''<br />(68){{efn-la|Electoral vote allocation for 2024 based on 2020 census}}
|- {{thickborder}}
|[[Alabama]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;" colspan="2"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Alaska]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in){{efn-la|Green Party of Alaska, despite having ballot access, did not place the GPUS nominee Howie Hawkins on the ballot.}}
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Arizona]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="3" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2023 |title=Green Party becomes Recognized Party in Arizona |url=https://azsos.gov/about-office/media-center/press-releases/1585 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229191448/https://azsos.gov/about-office/media-center/press-releases/1585 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |website=Arizona Secretary of State}}</ref>
|-
|[[Arkansas]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[California]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Colorado]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Connecticut]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" colspan="2"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="3" |On ballot
|-
|[[Delaware]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Florida]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" colspan="5"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Hawaii]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6"|On ballot
|-
|[[Idaho]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" colspan="2"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="3" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|-
|[[Illinois]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="4" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|-
|[[Indiana]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" colspan="5"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[Iowa]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="5"|On ballot
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[Kansas]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" colspan="3"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;"|On ballot<ref name="IVN">{{cite web|url=https://ivn.us/2016/08/02/jill-stein-ballot-access-gains/|title=Jill Stein's Ballot Access Campaign Gets Major Boost from Bernie Defectors|publisher=Independent Voter News|date=August 2, 2016|last=Bullington|first=Kathryn|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[Kentucky]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;" colspan="2"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Louisiana]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="4" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Maine]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Maryland]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Massachusetts]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="5" |On ballot
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[Michigan]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Minnesota]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Mississippi]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Missouri]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="3" |On ballot
|-
|[[Montana]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Nebraska]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[Nevada]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;" colspan="3"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center;" |TBD<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howe |first=Amy |date=2024-09-20 |title=Supreme Court rejects Green Party bid to appear on 2024 Nevada ballot |url=https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/09/supreme-court-rejects-green-party-bid-to-appear-on-2024-nevada-ballot/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=SCOTUSblog |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[New Hampshire]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" colspan="2"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[New Jersey]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[New Mexico]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="4" |On ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|-
|[[North Carolina]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" colspan="2"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2"|On ballot
|-
|[[North Dakota]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;" colspan="2"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[Ohio]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="5" |On ballot
|-
|[[Oklahoma]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;" colspan="5"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[Oregon]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Rhode Island]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="4" |On ballot<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballot-access.org/2016/09/09/rhode-island-secretary-of-state-says-three-independent-presidential-petitions-have-enough-valid-signatures/|title=Rhode Island Secretary of State Says Three Independent Presidential Petitions Have Enough Valid Signatures|publisher=Ballot Access News|date=September 9, 2016|last=Winger|first=Richard|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[South Carolina]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[South Dakota]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;" colspan="5"|Not on ballot
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[Tennessee]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="5" |On ballot
|-
|[[Texas]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="5" |On ballot
|-
|[[Utah]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="5" |On ballot
|-
|[[Vermont]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" colspan="2"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|-
|[[Virginia]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="3" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="6" |On ballot
|-
|[[West Virginia]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="5" |On ballot
|-
|[[Wisconsin]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="4" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Wyoming]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;" colspan="3"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|style="text-align:center; |TBD
|}
{{Notelist}}

=== 1996 and 2000 ===
{|class=wikitable
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|'''Ballot Access of the Association of State Green Parties'''{{efn-la|1996 and 2000 presidential campaigns were prior to formation of GPUS but campaign was endorsed by existing state Green Parties and predecessors ASGP and G/GPUSA.}}
|- {{thickborder}}
!
!style="text-align:center;" |[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballot-access.org/1996/0909.html |title=Presidential Status |last=Winger |first=Richard |work=Ballot Access News |date=September 9, 1996 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe1996/presge.htm |title=1996 Presidential General Election Results |work=Federal Elections 96 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |date=June 1997 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>
!style="text-align:center;" |[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2000/1001.html |title=Presidential Ballot Status |last=Winger |first=Richard |work=Ballot Access News |date=October 1, 2000 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/2000presge.htm |title=2000 Presidential General Election Results |work=Federal Elections 2000 |publisher=Federal Election Commission |date=June 2001 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |'''Number of states + D.C.'''<br />(number of write-in states)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''22'''<br />(14)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''44'''<br />(4)
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |'''Possible electoral votes'''<br />(possible write-in electoral votes)
|style="text-align:center;" |'''239'''<br />(200){{efn-la|Electoral vote allocation for 1996 and 2000 based on 1990 census.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2000/allocation.html |title= U.S. Electoral College: 1992, 1996, and 2000 List Of States And Votes |work=Federal Register |date= May 20, 2019 |publisher=U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>}}
|style="text-align:center;" |'''481'''<br />(32)
|- {{thickborder}}
|[[Alabama]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Alaska]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Arizona]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Arkansas]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[California]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Colorado]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Connecticut]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Delaware]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Florida]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|-
|[[Hawaii]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2"|On ballot
|-
|[[Idaho]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" |(write-in)
|-
|[[Illinois]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Indiana]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;" colspan="2"|(write-in)
|-
|[[Iowa]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2"|On ballot
|-
|[[Kansas]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Kentucky]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Louisiana]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Maine]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Maryland]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Massachusetts]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Michigan]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Minnesota]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Mississippi]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Missouri]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Montana]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Nebraska]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Nevada]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[New Hampshire]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[New Jersey]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[New Mexico]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[North Carolina]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
|-
|[[North Dakota]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Ohio]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Oklahoma]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;" colspan="2"|Not on ballot
|-
|[[Oregon]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Pennsylvania]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Rhode Island]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[South Carolina]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[South Dakota]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;" colspan="2"|Not on ballot
|-
|[[Tennessee]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Texas]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Utah]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Vermont]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Virginia]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[West Virginia]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" |On ballot
|-
|[[Wisconsin]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#88ee88;" colspan="2" |On ballot
|-
|[[Wyoming]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#eaa;"|Not on ballot
| style="text-align:center; background:#ff9;"|(write-in)
|}
{{Notelist}}

== Electoral results ==
[[File:2016 United States presidential election - Percentage of votes cast for Jill Stein by county.svg|thumb|alt=|400x400px|This map shows the percentage of the popular vote Jill Stein received in each county (2016) (with a max vote share of 4.5%).]]

=== Presidential elections ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
![[President of the United States|Presidential]]/[[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] candidate
!Popular votes
!Percentage
![[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral votes]]
!Image
|-
|colspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | '''GPUS'''
|-
|[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]
|'''[[Jill Stein]]'''/'''[[Butch Ware]]'''<br />([[Jill Stein 2024 presidential campaign|campaign]])
|868,963
|0.6%<br>(Third)
|0 EV
|[[File:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|100px]] [[File:Butch Ware in 2024.jpg|100px]]
|-
|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]
|'''[[Howie Hawkins]]'''/'''[[Angela Nicole Walker|Angela Walker]]'''<br />([[Howie Hawkins 2020 presidential campaign|campaign]])
|407,068
|0.3%<br>(Fourth)
|0 EV
|[[File:Howie Hawkins.jpg|100px]] [[File:Angela Walker (cropped).jpg|101px]]
|-
|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]
|'''[[Jill Stein]]'''/'''[[Ajamu Baraka]]'''<br />([[Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016|campaign]])
|1,457,218
|1.1%<br>(Fourth)
|0 EV{{efn-la|While Stein and Baraka did not receive any electoral votes, Green [[Winona LaDuke]] received one vote for Vice President from a Washington [[faithless elector]]; the presidential vote went to [[Faith Spotted Eagle]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].}}
|[[File:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore (1).jpg|100px]] [[File:Ajamu Baraka at Oct 2016 Berkeley rally for Jill Stein - 4 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|96px]]
|-
|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]
|'''[[Jill Stein]]'''/'''[[Cheri Honkala]]'''<br />([[Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2012|campaign]])
|469,627
|0.4%<br>(Fourth)
|0 EV
|[[File:JillStein Tar Sands Blockade (cropped).jpg|100px]] [[File:Cheri Honkala.jpg|105px]]
|-
|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]
|'''[[Cynthia McKinney]]'''/'''[[Rosa Clemente]]'''<br />([[Cynthia McKinney presidential campaign, 2008|campaign]]){{efn-la|Ralph Nader and [[Matt Gonzalez]], a Green, ran [[Ralph Nader presidential campaign, 2008|an independent campaign]] and received 0.6% of the vote, but they were not affiliated with the Green Party.}}
|161,797
|0.1%<br>(Sixth)
|0 EV
|[[File:Cynthia McKinney.jpg|100px]] [[File:Rosa Clemente Laura Flanders Show 2017.jpg|101px]]
|-
|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]
|'''[[David Cobb (activist)|David Cobb]]'''/'''[[Pat LaMarche]]'''<br />([[David Cobb presidential campaign, 2004|campaign]]){{efn-la|Ralph Nader and [[Peter Camejo]], a Green, ran [[Ralph Nader presidential campaign, 2004|an independent campaign]] and received 0.4% of the vote; however, they were not affiliated with the Green Party.}}
|119,859
|0.1%<br>(Sixth)
|0 EV
|[[File:David Cobb at Oct 2016 Berkeley rally for Jill Stein - 1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|100px]] [[File:Blank.png|100px]]
|-
|colspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | '''ASGP'''
|-
|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]
|'''[[Ralph Nader]]'''/'''[[Winona LaDuke]]'''<br />([[Ralph Nader presidential campaign, 2000|campaign]])
|2,882,897
|2.7%<br>(Third)
|0 EV
|[[File:Naderspeak (cropped).JPG|100px]] [[File:Reception (4099192018) (cropped).jpg|101px]]
|-
|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]
|'''[[Ralph Nader]]'''/'''[[Winona LaDuke]]'''<br />([[Ralph Nader presidential campaign, 1996|campaign]]){{efn-la|Nader was not formally nominated by the party itself, but he did receive the endorsement of a large number of state parties and is considered as the ''de facto'' Green Party candidate.}}{{efn-la|In [[Iowa]] and [[Vermont]], Anne Goeke was Nader's running mate, in New Jersey it was Madelyn Hoffman and in New York it was [[Muriel Tillinghast]].}}
|684,902
|0.7%<br>(Fourth)
|0 EV
|[[File:Naderspeak (cropped).JPG|100px]] [[File:Reception (4099192018) (cropped).jpg|101px]]
|}
{{Notelist}}

=== Congress ===
==== House of Representatives ====
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Election year
!No. of overall general<br />election votes
!% of overall vote
!No. of overall seats won
!+/-
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | '''G/GPUSA'''
|-
![[1992 United States House of Representatives elections|1992]]
|134,072
|0.14
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[1994 United States House of Representatives elections|1994]]
|52,096
|0.07
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | '''ASGP'''
|-
![[1996 United States House of Representatives elections|1996]]
|42,510
|0.05
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[1998 United States House of Representatives elections|1998]]
|70,932
|0.11
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2000 United States House of Representatives elections|2000]]
|260,087
|0.26
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | '''GPUS'''
|-
![[2002 United States House of Representatives elections|2002]]
|297,187
|0.40
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2004 United States House of Representatives elections|2004]]
|344,549
|0.30
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2006 United States House of Representatives elections|2006]]
|243,391
|0.29
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2008 United States House of Representatives elections|2008]]
|580,263
|0.47
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2010 United States House of Representatives elections|2010]]
|252,688
|0.29
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2012 United States House of Representatives elections|2012]]
|372,996
|0.30
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2014 United States House of Representatives elections|2014]]
|246,567
|0.30
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2016 United States House of Representatives elections|2016]]
|515,263<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballot-access.org/2016/12/25/u-s-house-national-totals-by-party-2016/|title=U.S. House National Totals by Party, 2016|publisher=Ballot Access News|last=Winger|first=Richard|date=December 25, 2016|access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref>
|0.42?
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2018 United States House of Representatives elections|2018]]
|276,877
|0.22
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2020 United States House of Representatives elections|2020]]
|90,121
|0.06
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2022 United States House of Representatives elections|2022]]
|69,802
|0.06
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2024 United States House of Representatives elections|2024]]
|182,841
|0.12
|{{composition bar|0|435|hex=Green}}
|
|}

==== Senate ====
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Election year
!No. of overall general<br />election votes
!% of overall vote
!No. of overall seats won
!+/-
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | '''ASGP'''
|-
![[2000 United States Senate elections|2000]]
|685,289
|0.90
|{{composition bar|0|34|hex=Green}}
|
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | '''GPUS'''
|-
![[2002 United States Senate elections|2002]]
|94,702
|0.20
|{{composition bar|0|34|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2004 United States Senate elections|2004]]
|157,671
|0.20
|{{composition bar|0|34|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2006 United States Senate elections|2006]]
|295,935
|0.50
|{{composition bar|0|33|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2008 United States Senate elections|2008]]
|427,427
|0.70
|{{composition bar|0|33|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2010 United States Senate elections|2010]]
|516,517
|0.80
|{{composition bar|0|37|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2012 United States Senate elections|2012]]
|212,103
|0.20
|{{composition bar|0|33|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2014 United States Senate elections|2014]]
|152,555
|0.32
|{{composition bar|0|33|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2016 United States Senate elections|2016]]
|695,604<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballot-access.org/2016/12/22/democrats-outpoll-republicans-in-u-s-senate-races-by-10498786-votes-but-republicans-win-22-of-the-34-seats/|title=Democrats Outpoll Republicans in U.S. Senate Races by 10,512,669 Votes, but Republicans Win 22 of the 34 Seats|publisher=Ballot Access News|last=Winger|first=Richard|date=December 22, 2016|access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref>
|0.72
|{{composition bar|0|33|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2018 United States Senate elections|2018]]
|200,599{{efn|Does not include 30,992 votes from [[2018 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia]]}}
|0.22
|{{composition bar|0|33|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2020 United States Senate elections|2020]]
|258,348
|0.03
|{{composition bar|0|33|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2022 United States Senate elections|2022]]
|87,964
|0.10
|{{composition bar|0|35|hex=Green}}
|
|-
![[2024 United States Senate elections|2024]]
|288,495
|0.??
|{{composition bar|0|34|hex=Green}}
|
|}

=== Best results in major races ===
{{Original research section|date=August 2024}}{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2024}}
'''''Bold''' indicates race where Green candidate was elected to office''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Office
!Percent
!District
!Year
!Candidate
|-
|rowspan="3"|President
|align=right|10.07%
|Alaska
|[[2000 United States presidential election in Alaska|2000]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Ralph Nader]]
|-
|align=right|6.92%
|Vermont
|[[2000 United States presidential election in Vermont|2000]]
|-
|align=right|6.42%
|Massachusetts
|[[2000 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2000]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|US Senate
|align=right|20.5%
|Arkansas
|[[2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas|2008]]
|Rebekah Kennedy
|-
|align=right|15.4%
|District of Columbia
|[[2018 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia|2018]]{{efn|Not recognized as a Senate election by the federal government, and [[shadow senator]]s do not serve in Congress in any capacity.}}
|Eleanor Ory
|-
|align=right|14.3%
|District of Columbia
|[[2006 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia|2006]]{{efn|Not recognized as a Senate election by the federal government, and shadow senators do not serve in Congress in any capacity.}}
|Joyce Robinson-Paul
|-
|rowspan="3"|US House
|align=right|31.5%
|Arizona District 8
|[[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 8|2016]]
|Mark Salazar
|-
|align=right|27.5%
|California District 34
|[[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 34|2018]]
|[[Kenneth Mejia]]
|-
|align=right|23.2%
|Arkansas District 2
|[[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas#District 2|2008]]
|Deb McFarland
|-
|rowspan="3"|Governor
|align=right|10.4%
|Illinois
|[[2006 Illinois gubernatorial election|2006]]
|[[Rich Whitney]]
|-
|align=right|10.3%
|New Mexico
|[[1994 New Mexico gubernatorial election|1994]]
|[[Roberto Mondragón]]
|-
|align=right|9.5%
|Maine
|[[2006 Maine gubernatorial election|2006]]
|[[Pat LaMarche]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|Other statewide
|align=right|32.7%
|New Mexico State Treasurer
|1994
|Lorenzo Garcia
|-
|align=right|32.4%
|Arkansas State Treasurer
|2010
|Bobby Tullis
|-
|align=right|26.7%
|Arkansas Attorney General
|2010
|Rebekah Kennedy
|-
|rowspan="3"|State Legislature
|align=right|'''67.1%'''
|'''Maine District 38'''
|'''2002'''
|rowspan="3"|'''[[John Eder]]'''
|-
|align=right|'''50.9%'''
|'''Maine District 118'''
|'''2004'''
|-
|align=right|48.4%
|Maine District 118
|2006
|}

== Criticism and controversies ==
=== Spoiler campaigns ===
Campaigns run by the Green Party have been seen by some analysts and academics as [[Spoiler effect|tossing the election]] outcomes in favor of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidates – most notably [[2000 United States presidential election|George W. Bush in 2000]]<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":32" /><ref name="spoiler-myth-ucla" /> and [[2016 United States presidential election|Donald Trump in 2016]].<ref name=HawkinsSteinRussia>{{Cite web |title=Jill Stein cost Hillary dearly in 2016. Democrats are still writing off her successor. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/20/democrats-shrug-off-potential-green-party-spoiler-in-2020-329170 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Politico |date=June 20, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, former Green presidential candidate [[Ralph Nader]] told the ''[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]]'' that, while he still does not consider himself a spoiler, he regretted not entering the [[2000 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2000 Democratic primary]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-03 |title=Ralph Nader Is Opening Up About His Regrets – Washingtonian |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/11/03/ralph-nader-is-opening-up-about-his-regrets/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>

A 2020 ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' article highlighted instances where supporters of a Republican candidate worked to get the Green Party on ballots in close races hoping that it would split votes away from [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate, including during the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Hakim |first2=Danny |last3=Corasaniti |first3=Nick |date=2020-09-22 |title=How Republicans Are Trying to Use the Green Party to Their Advantage |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/us/politics/green-party-republicans-hawkins.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In September 2024, Democratic Congresswoman [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] criticized the Green Party's political strategy as "predatory", alleging that they have failed to build political power at the local level while only "show[ing] up every four years" to run presidential candidates. She contrasted their approach with that of the [[Working Families Party]].<ref name="guardian-aoc">{{cite news|last=Milman|first=Oliver|title=AOC calls the US Green party 'not serious' – can it be more than a 'spoiler' in the election?|website=The Guardian|date=2024-09-18|access-date=2024-11-07|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/18/green-party-jill-stein-election}}</ref>

On November 1, 2024, [[Green party|Green parties]] across Europe urged [[Jill Stein]] to drop out and endorse [[Kamala Harris]], arguing that Stein risked electing Donald Trump by staying in the [[2024 United States presidential election|race]].<ref name=":33">{{Cite news |last1=Vela |first1=Jakob Hanke |last2=Sheftalovich |first2=Zoya |date=November 1, 2024 |title=Europe's Greens ask Jill Stein to pull out of US election to prevent Trump victory |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-greens-tell-jill-stein-to-pull-out-of-us-election-to-defeat-trump/ |work=Politico}}</ref>

On December 27, 2024, [[James Skoufis]] accused the Green Party of spoiling the [[2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania]] in favor of [[Dave McCormick]].<ref>{{Cite web |author-link=James Skoufis |date=December 27, 2024 |title=X |url=https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/1872738094434435382 |website=[[Twitter|X]]}}</ref>

=== Russia ===
{{See also|Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections|Party for Socialism and Liberation}}

The [[United States Senate]]'s probe into Russian election interference investigated Jill Stein and the Green Party for potential collusion and looked to better understand why and how Russia was promoting the party.<ref name=":4" /> ''[[Politico]]'' and ''[[Newsweek]]'' reported that Russian state actors covertly promoted Stein and other Green Party candidates on [[Facebook]] prior to the [[2016 United States elections|2016 elections]].<ref name=HawkinsSteinRussia /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sharkov |first=Damien |date=2016-09-07 |title=Russian Greens Brand U.S. Greens, Putin 'Accomplices' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/russian-green-activists-brand-us-green-party-accomplice-putin-496359 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> [[NBC News]] reported that a "growing body of evidence [exists] that [shows] the Russians worked to boost the Stein campaign as part of the effort to siphon support away from Democratic candidate [[Hillary Clinton]] and tilt the election to Trump."<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-22 |title=Russians launched pro-Jill Stein social media blitz to help Trump, reports say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russians-launched-pro-jill-stein-social-media-blitz-help-trump-n951166 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> NBC News additionally documented over 100 instances where Stein appeared on Russian state media, receiving favorable coverage.<ref name=":4" /> In 2015, Stein was photographed dining at the same table as Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] at the [[RT (TV network)|RT]] 10th anniversary gala in Moscow, leading to further controversy.<ref name=":4" /> Stein contended that she had no contact with Putin at the dinner and described the situation as a "non-event".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bowden |first1=John |date=22 December 2017 |title=Jill Stein: 2015 Russia dinner with Putin was a 'non-event' |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/366126-jill-stein-2015-russia-dinner-with-putin-was-a-nonevent/}}</ref> One of the possible Green Party 2016 VP candidates worked for RT while the VP candidate Stein ultimately chosen also often appeared on the network criticizing [[NATO]] as 'Gangster states'.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Schreckinger |first=Ben |date=June 20, 2017 |title=Jill Stein Isn't Sorry |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/20/jill-stein-green-party-no-regrets-2016-215281/ |work=Politico}}</ref> Stein also met with [[Sergey Lavrov]] at an RT Gala in New York.<ref name=":1" />

Stein's 2016 foreign policy positions regarding Russian topics have been considered by some to have mirrored those of the Russian government, in some instances, including concerning the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /> Stein condemned Russia's [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 invasion of Ukraine]], but claimed that Russia was provoked by [[Enlargement of NATO|NATO's eastward expansion]].<ref name="NewpolCornelWest" />

=== Allegations of irregularities in primary elections ===
On October 16, 2019, a joint candidate letter called for reform in the Green Party's presidential primary process in response to the party's announcement that it would remove unrecognized candidates from its website list that November, an effort which Green candidates claimed was being to done to help the [[Howie Hawkins 2020 presidential campaign|Hawkins campaign]] secure the party's nomination.<ref name="Spectator" /> This was followed by allegations of [[Conflict of interest|conflicts of interest]] among the party's leadership, members of which the candidates believed were helping party co-founder [[Howie Hawkins]], and of an alleged overlooking of a violation of Green Party rules that would have disqualified Hawkins from running as a Green, due to him also seeking the [[Socialist Party USA|Socialist Party]]'s nomination.<ref name="Spectator">{{Cite web |last=Bring |first=Daniel M. |date=November 8, 2019 |title=Is the Green Party rigging its presidential primary? |url=https://spectator.us/green-party-rigging-presidential-primary/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814042559/https://spectator.us/green-party-rigging-presidential-primary/ |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |access-date=August 26, 2020 |work=[[The Spectator]] US}}</ref>

After the 2020 Green Party Nominating Convention named Hawkins as their presidential candidate, runner-up [[Dario Hunter]] announced that he would run as an independent candidate. Hunter cited alleged irregularities and undemocratic processes throughout the primary, arguing that party leaders had committed "ethical lapses" to ensure Hawkins' nomination, and criticizing Hawkins for what he saw as his "[[Imperialism|imperialist]] perspective" and "[[CIA]] talking points."<ref name="Cleveland1">{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2020 |title=Controlling board to vote on CARES money for Ohio schools: Capitol Letter |url=https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/07/controlling-board-to-vote-on-cares-money-for-ohio-schools-capitol-letter.html |access-date=Aug 26, 2020 |work=[[Cleveland.com]]}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[2000 United States presidential election]]
* [[2016 United States presidential election]]
* [[Electoral fusion in the United States]]
* [[List of political parties in the United States]]
* [[Ranked-choice voting (disambiguation)|Ranked Choice Voting]]
* [[Third party (U.S. politics)]]
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== Further reading ==
* [[Fritjof Capra|Capra, Fritjof]] and [[Charlene Spretnak|Spretnak, Charlene]] (1984). ''Green Politics: The Global Promise''. New York: E. P. Dutton, distributed by Penguin Random House. {{ISBN|978-0-525-24231-4}}.  Chapter Nine, "The Green Alternative – It Can Happen Here", examined the prospects for a Green party or movement in the U.S., which co-author Spretnak then helped organize.
* Coleman, Daniel A. (1994). ''Ecopolitics: Building a Green Society''. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, distributed by Chicago Distribution Center. {{ISBN|978-0-8135-2055-1}}. By a co-author of the first Green platform. Chapter 10, "From Participation to Power", provides a first-hand and sometimes cautionary look at the U.S. Green movement.
* [[Greta Gaard|Gaard, Greta]] (1998). ''Ecological Politics: Ecofeminists and the Greens''. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, distributed by Chicago Distribution Center. {{ISBN|978-1-56639-569-4}}. Scholarly survey of the U.S. Greens' first 15 years, from an explicitly [[social justice]] and  [[Ecofeminism|ecofeminist]] perspective.
* Green, Donald J. (2010). ''Third-Party Matters: Politics, Presidents, and Third Parties in American History''. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger / ABC-CLIO, distributed by Bloomsbury Publishing.  {{ISBN|978-1440836398}}.  By a lecturer in American political history. Chapter Six, "Ralph Nader and the Green Party", argues that Nader's 2000 campaign was one of the most consequential third-party efforts in U.S. history.
* [[Howie Hawkins|Hawkins, Howie]], ed. (2006). ''Independent Politics: The Green Party Strategy Debate''. Chicago: Haymarket Books, distributed by Consortium Books. {{ISBN|978-1931859301}}. Twenty-four Green activists and "allies" including [[David Cobb (activist)|David Cobb]], [[Matt Gonzalez]], and [[Norman Solomon]] discuss how Greens can disrupt the two-party domination of U.S. politics.
* Mayer, Margit, and Ely, John, eds. (1998).  ''The German Greens: Paradox Between Movement and Party''.  Philadelphia: Temple University Press, distributed by Chicago Distribution Center. {{ISBN|978-1566395168}}.  Co-editor Ely is a social and political commentator.  His Chapter 10, "Green Politics in Europe and the United States", includes a section on the U.S. Greens from a Euro-left perspective.
* [[Ralph Nader|Nader, Ralph]] (2002).  ''Crashing the Party: Taking On the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender''.  New York: St. Martin's Press, distributed by Macmillan Distribution.  {{ISBN|978-0312284336}}.  Detailed description and analysis of the author's 2000 Green Party Presidential campaign.
* [[John Rensenbrink|Rensenbrink, John]] (1999). ''Against All Odds: The Green Transformation of American Politics''. Raymond, ME: Leopold Press, now permanently closed, no distributor.  {{ISBN|978-0966062915}}.  Parts III and IV discuss the Green movement and Green Party, respectively.
* [[Mark Satin|Satin, Mark]] (2023). ''Up From Socialism: My 60-Year Search for a Healing New Radical Politics''. New York: Bombardier Books, distributed by Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|978-1-63758-663-1}}.  Chapter Eight, "Co-founding the U.S. Green Party Movement", is a first-hand and often critical account of the formative years of the U.S. Greens, from an explicitly [[Radical centrism|radical centrist]] perspective.
* Sifry, Micah L. (2002). ''Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America''.  New York: Routledge, distributed by Taylor & Francis.  {{ISBN|978-0-415-93142-7}}.  By a former assistant editor at ''[[The Nation]]''.  Section III, "Organizing the Left", includes researched, sympathetic material on the early U.S. Greens.
* Tokar, Brian (1994). ''The Green Alternative: Creating an Ecological Future''.  Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, distributed by Ingram Publisher Services. By a founder of the Left Greens.  Introduces the U.S. Greens and discusses their choices and prospects.
* Whaley, Rick (2007). ''How Green Is the Green Party?: Stories from the Margins''. Ossipee, NH: Beech River Books, distributed by Ingram Content Group.  {{ISBN|978-0-9776514-9-8}}. By a founder of the Wisconsin Greens. Critical look at the U.S. Greens from an explicitly [[Decentralization|decentralist]] and [[Bioregionalism|bioregionalist]] perspective.
* Zelko, Frank, and Brinkmann, Carolin, eds. (2006). ''[https://www.ghi-dc.org/fileadmin/publications/Other/green-parties.pdf  Green Parties: Reflections on the First Three Decades]''. Washington, DC: Heinrich Böll Foundation North America, distributed by University of Chicago Press via its Chicago Distribution Center.  Large booklet, no ISBN.  Symposium papers by global Greens including U.S. Green activists [[John Rensenbrink]], [[Lorna Salzman]], Steven J. Schmidt, [[Charlene Spretnak]], and Brian Tokar.

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