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Green Party

The Green Party of the United States is a federal third party founded in 2001 around ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy, and nonviolence — the "Four Pillars" of the global Green movement.

See every 2026 Green Party candidate

7 of 15 candidates have filed FEC reports; total raised: $283,698 this 2026 cycle.

About the Green Party

Federal candidates running on the Green Party line.

History of the Green Party

Founded
2001
Founder(s)
Association of State Green Parties

The Greens in the United States trace their origins to the 1984 founding of the Committees of Correspondence, a network of local ecological-political organizations modeled on the European Green movement that had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s.[1][2] State-level affiliates consolidated through the 1990s, and the national party was formally founded in 2001 at a Boulder, Colorado convention as the successor to the Association of State Green Parties.

Ralph Nader's 2000 presidential campaign — formally a Green Party ticket with running mate Winona LaDuke — received roughly 2.9 million votes (2.74%), the best-ever presidential performance under the Green banner. The campaign's 97,000 votes in Florida became a permanent point of contention with Democrats, who attributed George W. Bush's narrow Florida win and resulting Electoral College victory to the spoiler effect.[1][2]

Jill Stein has been the party's presidential nominee three times — 2012, 2016, and 2024 — receiving roughly 1.46 million votes in 2016 and roughly 700,000 votes in 2024. The organization retains ballot access in roughly 20 states heading into 2026.[1][2]

Sources

  1. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States
  2. [2]https://ballotpedia.org/Green_Party
  3. [3]https://www.gp.org

Green Party platform

The Green Party platform applies the Four Pillars — ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy, and nonviolence — to U.S. domestic and foreign policy. The platform takes positions to the left of the Democratic Party on economics, climate, and foreign intervention.[1]

  1. 1. Green New Deal

    A federal commitment to 100% renewable electricity by 2030, a federal jobs guarantee for clean-energy work, and a managed phase-out of fossil-fuel extraction.[1][3]

  2. 2. Medicare for All

    A single-payer national health-insurance system financed by progressive taxation, replacing private health insurance.[1][3]

  3. 3. Ranked-choice voting and proportional representation

    Replace single-member plurality elections with ranked-choice voting and multi-member district proportional representation to break the two-party duopoly.[1][3]

  4. 4. Demilitarization

    Cut the U.S. military budget by at least 50%, end foreign military interventions, close overseas bases, and redirect savings to domestic social spending.[1][3]

  5. 5. Reparations and racial justice

    Federal reparations for descendants of enslaved Americans, abolition of private prisons, and demilitarization of police departments.[1][3]

Sources

  1. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States
  2. [2]https://www.gp.org
  3. [3]https://ballotpedia.org/Green_Party

Recent electoral performance — Green Party

The Greens have never won a federal seat; their highest electoral water marks are Ralph Nader's 2000 presidential campaign and ongoing state-level and municipal wins, especially in Maine, California, and the upper Midwest.

  • 2000 presidential vote: Ralph Nader received roughly 2.9 million votes (2.74%) — the all-time high-water mark.[1][2]
  • 2016 presidential vote: Jill Stein received roughly 1.46 million votes (1.07%).[1][2]
  • 2024 presidential vote: Jill Stein received roughly 700,000 votes (0.43%).[1][2]
  • State-level: as of 2025, roughly 100 elected offices nationally, concentrated in California, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.[2]

Sources

  1. [1]https://ballotpedia.org/Green_Party
  2. [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States

Current federal representation — Green Party

Federal candidates currently filing under the Green banner for the 2026 cycle, sourced from FEC `cand_pty_affiliation` in `(GRE, GRN)`.

The Greens currently have no federal incumbents in the U.S. House or Senate. Their 2026 cycle filings are challenger candidates only.

Green Party candidates — 2026 cycle

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