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

Organizations of GPUS

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Overview of American Green Parties
State/Territorial Party Chair Local Officeholders[1] Upper House Seats Lower House Seats Website
Green National Committee Collective Leadership >110 Total [2]
Alabama Green Party [?] 0
Alaska (unaccredited) n/a
Arizona Green Party [?] 0 [3]
Green Party of Arkansas [?] 1 [4]
Green Party of California Mimi Newton 41[5] [6]
Green Party of Colorado Andrea Mérida Cuéllar
& Dave Bell 		1 [7]
Connecticut Green Party [?] 11 [8]
Green Party of Delaware [?] 0 [9]
Green Party of Florida Randy Toler
& Laura Potts 		0 [10]
Georgia (unaccredited) n/a
Green Party of Hawaii Susan Robertsemery
& Budd Dickinson 		0 [11]
Idaho Green Party
(inactive)[12] 		n/a [13]
Illinois Green Party Sheldon Shafer
& A. J. Reed 		9 [14]
Indiana Green Party Pluto Brand 0 [15]
Iowa Green Party Erin Young 0 [16]
Kansas Green Party Teresa Wilke
& Kent Rowe 		0 [17]
Kentucky Green Party [?] 0 [18]
Green Party of Louisiana Chris Stella 1 [19]
Maine Green Independent Party Collective Leadership 4 [20]
Maryland Green Party Olivia Romano 2 [21]
Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts Collective Leadership 7 [22]
Green Party of Michigan Amanda Slepr
& Tom Mair 		4 [23]
Green Party of Minnesota Trahern Crews 3 [24]
Green Party of Mississippi [?] 0 [25]
Missouri Green Party Don Fitz 1 [26]
Green Party of Montana [?] 0 [27]
Nebraska Green Party [?] 0 Nebraska Legislature
 [28]
Green Party of Nevada [?] 0 [29]
New Hampshire (unaccredited) n/a
Green Party of New Jersey Collective Leadership 1 [30]
Green Party of New Mexico [?] 0 [31]
Green Party of New York Gloria Mattera
& Peter LaVenia 		4 [32]
North Carolina Green Party Tommie James
& Tony Ndege 		0 [33]
North Dakota (unaccredited) n/a
Green Party of Ohio Nathaniel Lane
& Philena Farley 		1 [34]
Green Party of Oklahoma [?] 0 [35]
Pacific Green Party of Oregon Collective Leadership 5 [36]
Green Party of Pennsylvania Beth Scroggin
& Tina Olson 		14 [37]
Rhode Island (unaccredited) n/a
South Carolina Green Party Collective Leadership 2 [38]
South Dakota Green Party Shaun Little Horn 0 [39]
Green Party of Tennessee [?] 0 [40]
Green Party of Texas Wesson Gaige
& Laura Palmer 		1 [41]
Green Party of Utah Jessica Bronson
& Dee Taylor 		2 [42]
Vermont Green Party (inactive) n/a
Green Party of Virginia Ryan Wesdock
& Tina Rockett 		2 [43]
Green Party of Washington State Collective Leadership 0 [44]
West Virginia Mountain Party Denise Binion 2 [45]
Wisconsin Green Party Jo' Nathan Kingfisher
& Dave Schwab 		2 [46]
Wyoming Green Party (inactive) n/a [47]
D.C. Statehood Green Party Darryl Moch 1 Council of the District of Columbia
 [48]
Green Party of the Virgin Islands
(inactive) 		n/a Legislature of the Virgin Islands
 [49]

Standalone state parties

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Alaska

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Main article: Green Party of Alaska

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

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

Georgia

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Main article: Georgia Green Party

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

Rhode Island

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OSGP

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Main article: Ocean State Green Party

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

GPRI

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Main article: Green Party of Rhode Island

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

Virginia

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Main article: Independent Greens of Virginia

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Greens in Office".
  2. ^ GNC site
  3. ^ AZ site
  4. ^ AR site
  5. ^ "California Greens Holding Elected Office". Green Party of California. March 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  6. ^ CA site
  7. ^ CO site
  8. ^ CT site
  9. ^ DE site
  10. ^ FL site
  11. ^ HI site
  12. ^ "Green Party of the United States – National Committee Voting – Proposal Details". gp.org. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  13. ^ ID site
  14. ^ IL site
  15. ^ "Coordinating Committee – Indiana Green Party".
  16. ^ IA site
  17. ^ KS site
  18. ^ KY site
  19. ^ site
  20. ^ ME site
  21. ^ MD site
  22. ^ MA site
  23. ^ MI site
  24. ^ "MN site". Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  25. ^ MS site
  26. ^ MO site
  27. ^ MT site
  28. ^ NE site
  29. ^ NV site
  30. ^ NJ site
  31. ^ NM site
  32. ^ NY site
  33. ^ NC site
  34. ^ OH site
  35. ^ OK site
  36. ^ OR site
  37. ^ PA site
  38. ^ SC site
  39. ^ SD site
  40. ^ TN site
  41. ^ TX site
  42. ^ UT site
  43. ^ VA site
  44. ^ WA site
  45. ^ WV site
  46. ^ WI site
  47. ^ [http:// WY site]
  48. ^ DC site
  49. ^ VI site
  50. ^ Schreurs, Miranda; Elim Papadakis (2007). The A to Z of the Green Movement. Sacrecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-6878-6.
  51. ^ "Alaska Directory of Political Groups". Elections.alaska.gov. State of Alaska : Division of Elections. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  52. ^ Downing, Suzannie (January 11, 2021). "Alaska Green Party decertified by [the] national [Green Party] over going rogue". Must Read Alaska. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  53. ^ Torres, Kristina; Aaron Gould Sheinin (August 16, 2016). "Green Party's Jill Stein nixed for Georgia's presidential ballot". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  54. ^ Darnell, Tim (August 18, 2016). "Georgia Green Party Barred From State Ballot, Considering Lawsuit". patch.com. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  55. ^ Torres, Kristina (February 1, 2016). "Court upholds ruling for third-party presidential hopefuls in Georgia". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  56. ^ Green Party of RI [@RIGreens] (May 28, 2020). "R.I. GREENS WON'T RUN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE - Citing the danger of Trump's re-election, the Green Party of Rhode Island says it won't put a Green candidate on the state's presidential ballot, breaking ranks with the national party" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021 – via Twitter.
  57. ^ "Gpus Ri Accreditation Committee Complaint".
  58. ^ "Policy Endorsements". Independent Greens of Virginia. September 1, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
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