2016 Green National Convention

United States political convention January 2025 2016 Green GP Con 2016.png 225px Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka at 2016 GPNC.jpg 200px Stein (right) and Baraka (left) at the convention August 4–7, 2016 University of Houston Houston, Texas Jill Stein of Massachusetts Ajamu Baraka of the District of Columbia William Kreml, Sedinam Curry, Kent Mesplay, Darryl Cherney 402 Cornel West 202 (majority) 2012 2020 USA left 300 Sites of the 2016 national presidential nominating conventions. Blue, red, green, and yellow indicate the conventions for the Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian parties, respectively. Map of United States showing Orlando, Florida yellow pog.svg 8 28.245 -81.175 Orlando top red pog.svg 8 41.285 -81.401 Cleveland top blue pog.svg 8 39.57 -75.10 Philadelphia bottom green pog.svg 14 29.7199 -95.3773 Houston top The 2016 Green National Convention, in which delegates of the Green Party of the United States chose the party's nominees for president and vice president in the national election, was held August 4–7, 2016 in Houston, Texas. In August 2015, Houston was chosen over a competing proposal from Toledo, Ohio.Winger, Richard (August 2, 2015) "Green Party Will Hold Presidential Convention in Houston", Ballot Access News. Retrieved August 17, 2015. The convention was located at the University of Houston with the theme, "Houston, We Have A Solution: Vote Green 2016".http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2016/04/04/green-party-announces-plans-for-national-convention/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160408005151/http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2016/04/04/green-party-announces-plans-for-national-convention/ usurped April 8, 2016 Green Party announces plans for national convention Green Party Watch April 4, 2016 April 27, 2016http://www.gp.org/pnc-2016 Houston, We Have a Solution - Vote Green 2016 Green Party of the United States April 4, 2016 April 27, 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160510033733/http://www.gp.org/pnc-2016 May 10, 2016 The convention formally nominated Jill Stein as the party's presidential nominee and Ajamu Baraka as her running mate. Speakers Several speakers had been confirmed ahead of time; more were announced closer to the conventionhttp://www.gp.org/pnc_workshops The following workshops will be presented at the Annual National Meeting just prior to the Presidential Nomination Convention. More will be added shortly. Green Party 2016 June 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160703021025/http://www.gp.org/pnc_workshops July 3, 2016 dead mdy-all David Cobb, 2004 Green Party presidential nominee and co-founder of Move to Amend Andrea Cuellar, former member of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education Bruce Dixon, managing editor of Black Agenda Report Lisa Fithian, activist, writer, and organizer for United for Peace and Justice Howie Hawkins, Green Party activist and perennial candidate YahNé Ndgo, activist, author, and singer John Rensenbrink, political scientist and co-founder of the Green Party Cornel West, philosopher, academic, social activist, author, member of Democratic Socialists of America, and member of the DNC platform committee Keli Yen, Coordinator for Global Greens and former Convenor of the Asia Pacific Greens Federation Julian Assange, computer programmer, publisher, journalist, and Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks (via video) Presidential delegate count the convention delegate vote primary and caucus results Green Party presidential primaries, 2016 yes 600px|First place (popular vote or delegate count) #008000 Jill Stein #500080 William Kreml #D3D3D3 No contest Green National Convention Presidential Roll call vote, 2016http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/ Election 2016 - Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions The Green Papers August 6, 2016 August 7, 2016CandidateFirst BallotPercentage Jill Stein 233.5 81.64% William Kreml 18.25 6.38% Sedinam Curry 14.5 5.07% Darryl Cherney 8.5 2.97% Kent Mesplay 7.5 2.62% Elijah Manley 3.25 1.14% No candidate 0.5 0.17% Totals 286 100% Turnout 286 71.14% Vice presidential selection Jill Stein began taking part in the 2016 Green Party presidential primaries in February 2016. Stein was immediately the front-runner and was described by the media as "steamrolling to victory."http://www.journalaz.com/editors-notebook/3605-arizona-has-big-voice-in-picking-next-president.html Arizona has big voice in picking next president Graham Christopher March 10, 2016 journalaz.com 26 April 2016 14 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160514041106/http://www.journalaz.com/editors-notebook/3605-arizona-has-big-voice-in-picking-next-president.html dead On June 15, 2016, the Stein campaign announced that it had received 203 delegates, enough to win the nomination on the first ballot at the 2016 Green National Convention.Dr. Jill Stein secures Green Presidential nomination, rises to 5% in national poll http://www.jill2016.com/jill_stein_secures_green_nomination https://web.archive.org/web/20160618112035/http://www.jill2016.com/jill_stein_secures_green_nomination usurped June 18, 2016 Jill 2016 June 15, 2016 A week before the start of the convention, former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner, who served as a surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders during his campaign, announced that she had been in discussions with the Stein campaign about possibly serving as Stein's vice presidential pick.Sanders surrogate weighing Green Party run for vice president https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/31/sanders-surrogate-weighing-green-party-run-for-vice-president/ Washington Post 2016-07-31 The following day, Stein stated that the campaign hadn't chosen a VP candidate yet, and was in discussion with several individuals. On August 1, the Stein campaign announced that Ajamu Baraka had been chosen as Stein's VP candidate.December 2020 Stein released the names of the final six individuals she had considered as her running mate, with Baraka being the choice. The six contenders for Stein's running mate were:Jill Stein Selects Human Rights Activist Ajamu Baraka as Vice-Presidential Running Mate http://www.jill2016.com/jill_stein_selects_ajamu_baraka_as_vp https://web.archive.org/web/20160802060133/http://www.jill2016.com/jill_stein_selects_ajamu_baraka_as_vp usurped August 2, 2016 Jill 2016 2016-08-01 Ajamu Baraka, founding executive director of the US Human Rights Network de and associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies Aaron Dixon, former captain of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party Dr. Margaret Flowers, former pediatrician, radio host, healthcare activist, and candidate for the United States Senate election in Maryland, 2016 Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Nina Turner, former Ohio State Senator Kevin Zeese, former executive director of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws August 2016 See also Green Party of the United States Green Party presidential primaries, 2016 Green National Convention Other parties' presidential nominating conventions in 2016: Democratic Libertarian Republican References 30em External links 2016 Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention info Green National Convention Category:2016 in Houston Category:Green Party of the United States National Conventions Green National Convention Category:Conventions in Texas Category:United States presidential nominating conventions in Texas Green National Convention|Green National Convention Category:Conventions in Houston