2016 Green Party presidential primaries

None June 2025 August 2016 2016 Green Party presidential primaries United States primary no no 2012 Green Party presidential primaries 2012 February 17 – July 31, 2016 2020 Green Party presidential primaries 2020 402 delegates to the Green National Convention 202 delegates 18563e File:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore.jpg 150x150px Jill Stein Massachusetts 269½ 36 13,240 74.2% File:NOTA Option Logo 3x4.svg Others / Uncommitted 808080 0 3,957 22.1% 112¼ File:Bill Kreml 2.jpg William Kreml 74cfae South Carolina 1 654 3.7% 20¼ Green Party Presidential Primaries Results 2016.svg 350px First place (popular vote or delegate count) style="font-size:110%; margin:0 auto;" #18563e Jill Stein #74cfae William Kreml Green nominee Jill Stein Jill Stein The 2016 Green Party presidential primaries were a series of primaries, caucuses and state conventions in which voters elected delegates to represent a candidate for the Green Party's nominee for President of the United States at the 2016 Green National Convention. The primaries, held in numerous states on various dates from January to July 2016, featured elections publicly funded and held as an alternative ballot, concurrent with the Democratic and Republican primaries, and elections privately funded by the Green Party, held non-concurrently with the major party primaries. Over 400 delegates to the Green National Convention were elected in these primaries, with a candidate needing a simple majority of these delegates to become the party's nominee for president.http://gpus.org/committees/presidential-campaign-support/presidential-campaign-calendar-2015-2016/ Green Party Presidential Campaign Calendar 2015–2016 Green Party of the United States February 11, 2016 February 20, 2016http://gpus.org/convention-rules/#01-03 Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States Green Party of the United States February 11, 2016 February 20, 2016 A total of six candidates stood in the primaries, including the preceding Green nominee for president in the 2012 presidential election, Jill Stein, who sought the nomination for a second time. Other candidates included Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry, who had previously worked as a campaign manager for the presidential campaign of the Green Party's 2008 nominee, Cynthia McKinney, in addition to singer-songwriter and Earth First! activist Darryl Cherney, perennial candidate Kent Mesplay, University of South Carolina professor William Kreml, and youth rights activist Elijah Manley. Formal recognition is a requirement to be the Green Party's nominee.Green Party formally recognizes two presidential candidates http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2016/05/04/green-party-formally-recognizes-two-presidential-candidates/ Green Party Watch May 5, 2016 April 20, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180420140010/http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2016/05/04/green-party-formally-recognizes-two-presidential-candidates/ usurped On May 4, the Green Party of the United States formally recognized William Kreml and Jill Stein as candidates for its presidential nomination. On June 15, the Stein campaign announced that it had received 203 delegates, enough to win the nomination on the first ballot at the National Convention. Jill Stein formally won the nomination on August 6, during 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 Jill 2016 June 15, 2016 August 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160802060845/http://www.jill2016.com/jill_stein_secures_green_nomination usurped As the Green Party presidential candidate in the 2016 United States presidential election Stein received 1,457,222 votes or 1.06% of the popular vote.Leip, David. "2016 Presidential Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 27, 2017. Stein received zero electoral college votes. Background The 2016 United States presidential election was the fourth contested by the Green Party of the United States since they split from the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA) in 2001. The 2004 presidential election saw Green nominee David Cobb appear on ballots in 27 states plus the District of Columbia, and received 0.10% of the popular vote, losing out to many other candidates and parties on the ballot, including third-placed independent Ralph Nader, who had been the presidential nominee of the G/GPUSA in the 1996 and 2000 elections.2004 Election Results http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/tables.pdf Federal Election Commission United States Congress March 17, 2016 January 2005 In the 2008 election, Cynthia McKinney was nominated as the Green Party's candidate for the presidency and had ballot access to 32 states plus DC. However, McKinney insignificantly improved upon Cobb's performance, capturing only 0.12% of the popular vote in an election that also saw Nader finish a strong third behind the Democratic and Republican parties.2008 Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf Federal Election Commission United States Congress March 17, 2016 January 2009 Having received minimal publicity in the previous elections, thus contributing to the low voting share that the party received, the Green Party gained significant exposure and media attention in the lead-up to the 2012 Green National Convention and the 2012 presidential election, starting with media personality Roseanne Barr's announcement of her presidential run with the Green Party.Johanson Mark Roseanne Barr to Run for President --Just Kidding, No Honest, Really http://www.ibtimes.com/roseanne-barr-run-president-just-kidding-no-honest-really-824983 International Business Times IBT Media March 17, 2016 August 5, 2011Rathe Adam Roseanne Barr in the White House? TV star says, 'I am running for President' http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/roseanne-barr-white-house-tv-star-running-president-article-1.948050 New York Daily News Daily News, L.P. March 17, 2016 August 5, 2011Hertzfeld Laura President Roseanne? Comedian running as Green Party candidate http://www.ew.com/article/2012/02/02/president-roseanne-comedian-running-as-green-party-candidate Entertainment Weekly Time Inc. March 17, 2016 February 2, 2012 Using the publicity gained from the announcement, Barr praised the Green Party and championed their beliefs through interviews and public statements, which were often profane and harshly critical of both the Democratic and Republican parties.Molloy Tim Roseanne Barr Wants Green Party Presidential Nomination https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS62365029920120203 Reuters Thomson Reuters Corporation March 17, 2016 February 3, 2012Garofoli Joe Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential spot http://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/Roseanne-Barr-seeks-Green-Party-presidential-spot-3558337.php SFGate (San Francisco Chronicle) Hearst Corporation March 17, 2016 May 15, 2012 Barr, however, lost the nomination at the 2012 Green National Convention to physician and activist Jill Stein, who had gained the support of Green Party delegates through her "Green New Deal" platform of progressive economic policies centered on the prevention of future financial crisises and the acceleration of global warming.Hesse Monica Green Party convention-goers are ready to take on President Obama, Mitt Romney 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 The Washington Post Nash Holdings LLC March 17, 2016 July 15, 2012Keyes Allison Green Party Pick Gives Democrats Brunt of Criticism https://www.npr.org/2012/07/15/156796126/green-party-pick-gives-democrats-brunt-of-criticism NPR National Public Radio, Inc. March 17, 2016 July 15, 2012 Stein's campaign for the presidency focused mostly on keeping the publicity gained by the Green Party and gaining support from independents and dissenting Democratic and Republican voters, often echoing resentment towards the two parties. This included a court challenge against the Commission on Presidential Debates by Stein that sought to include her in the official presidential election debates.Little Morgan Lawsuit highlights difficulty of third-party involvement in debates https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-xpm-2012-sep-27-la-pn-gary-johnson-third-party-debate-20120927-story.html Los Angeles Times March 17, 2016 September 27, 2012Reilly Peter J. Debate Proceeds Despite Green Party Lawsuit - Hear Jill Stein On Defense Here https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/10/22/debate-proceeds-despite-green-party-lawsuit-hear-jill-stein-on-defense-here/#6e5e6fc55a33 Forbes March 17, 2016 October 22, 2012 Stein's campaign also gained media attention and exposure through a series of nonviolent protests, including those against the presidential debates,Cirilli Kevin Green Party ticket arrested at debate https://www.politico.com/story/2012/10/green-party-ticket-arrested-at-debate-site-082490 Politico Capitol News Company March 17, 2016 October 16, 2012Stein, Jill Jill Stein: My response to the presidential debate https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/10/17/jill-stein-green-party-presidential-debate/1637345/ USA Today Gannett Company March 17, 2016 October 18, 2012 Jill Stein the Keystone XL pipeline,Mufson Steven Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein charged with trespassing in Keystone XL protest https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/green-party-candidate-jill-stein-arrested/2012/10/31/0f309970-2373-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html The Washington Post Nash Holdings LLC March 17, 2016 October 31, 2012 and foreclosures,Jill Stein Arrested: Green Party Nominee Faces Charges After Bank Protest http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/jill-stein-arrested_n_1730851.html The Huffington Post AOL (Verizon Communications) March 17, 2016 August 1, 2012 which had Stein arrested, and even jailed, numerous times.Reilly Peter J. Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Arrested Again https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/11/01/green-party-candidate-jill-stein-arrested-again/#442c67b44883 Forbes March 17, 2016 November 1, 2012 On election day, Stein oversaw a relatively sharp rise in the Green Party's popularity, earning 0.36% of the popular vote (469,628 votes), across the Green Party's ballot access in 36 states plus DC.Federal Elections 2012 - Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf Federal Election Commission United States Congress March 17, 2016 January 2013 The result was triple the amount Cynthia McKinney received in 2008, pushing the Green Party from a lower-tier third party to the second most popular third party, trailing behind the Libertarian Party, who had nominated the popular former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson as their presidential candidate, also setting numerous Libertarian Party and presidential third party records.Pfeiffer Eric Gary Johnson runs most successful Libertarian campaign in party's history https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-ticket/gary-johnson-ran-most-successful-libertarian-campaign-party-193500973--politics.html Yahoo! 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March 17, 2016 November 7, 2012 The election also notably made Stein the most successful female presidential candidate in U.S. history, surpassing Lenora Fulani's bid for the presidency in the 1988 election, with the New Alliance Party, who had ballot access in all states plus DC and earned 217,219 votes that year.http://pacificdreamsnewyorklife.blogspot.com/2012/11/election-results-and-analysis.html Election Results and Analysis Gregory Rosenthal Pacific Dreams New York Life November 8, 2012 September 18, 2013 Despite her success, however, Stein's campaign was criticized by those who felt that she had failed to capitalise on her momentum and gain an even bigger success.Weigel David The Pathetic Failure of Green Party Candidate Jill Stein http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/11/08/the_pathetic_failure_of_green_party_candidate_jill_stein.html Slate The Slate Group March 17, 2016 November 8, 2012 Candidates The national Green Party of the United States officially recognized two candidates, Jill Stein and William Kreml,Recognized Candidates Seeking the GPUS 2016 Presidential Nomination http://gpus.org/committees/presidential-campaign-support/2016-recognized-candidates/ Green Party of the United States May 8, 2016 while four additional candidates have appeared on several state—or territory—ballots.http://www.gp.org/2016_presidential_candidates 2016 Presidential Candidates Green Party of the United States December 31, 2015 February 20, 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160208192626/http://www.gp.org/2016_presidential_candidates February 8, 2016 mdy-all http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2016/02/11/green-party-presidential-primary-calendar/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160213181415/http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2016/02/11/green-party-presidential-primary-calendar/ usurped February 13, 2016 Green Party presidential primary calendar Green Party Watch February 11, 2016 February 20, 2016 Candidate Most recent position Campaign Projected Delegates Delegations with pluralityCandidates formally recognized by GPUS100pxJill Stein Lexington Town Meeting member(2005–2011) 160x160px(Campaign • Endorsements • Website)269.5 402 #18563e(67%) 34AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI IL, IA, LGC, LA, MA, MI, MS, MD, ME, MN, MO, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, WA, DC, WV, WI, YGC100pxBill Kreml Distinguished Professor Emeritus,University of South Carolina 170x170pxEndorsed Jill SteinInto the valley of California, standing up to... - William P. Kreml https://www.facebook.com/william.kreml/posts/10206906127512496?pnref=story(Website)20.25 402 #74cfae(5.05%)1SCOther candidates100pxSedinam Moyowasifza-Curry People's National Convention organizer (Website)13 402 #ffd700(3.48%) None 134x134pxElijah Manley Chapter President of the National Youth Rights Association, Florida State Director of the Alliance Against Corporal Punishment(2015–Present) 160x160pxEndorsed Jill Stein(Website)10 402 pink(2.49%) None 130x130pxDarryl Cherney Earth First! organizer(1980–present) 160x160pxEndorsed Jill Stein(Website)7 402 #FF7F50(2.24%) None 100pxKent Mesplay Inspector at the Air Pollution ControlDistrict of San Diego County(2001–2015) 160x160px(Website https://web.archive.org/web/20201111163750/http://www.mesplay.org/ November 11, 2020 )6 402 #800000(1.74%) None Alternate ballot optionsOther or None of the above N/A10 402 #696969(2.49%) None Debates Green Party presidential debates and forums, 2016 The Green Party of New Mexico and Students Organizing Action for Peace hosted a debate on April 9 at the University of New Mexico's Student Union Building. The debate was streamed online through Burque Media Productions. All five candidates recognized by the national party were invited.http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2016/04/06/green-presidential-candidates-to-debate-at-university-of-new-mexico-saturday https://web.archive.org/web/20160412025943/http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2016/04/06/green-presidential-candidates-to-debate-at-university-of-new-mexico-saturday/ usurped April 12, 2016 Green presidential candidates to debate at University of New Mexico Saturday Green Party Watch April 6, 2016 April 8, 2016Yost Richard April 9, 2016 Green Party presidential debate in ABQ https://www.burquemedia.com/2016/04/09/green-party-presidential-candidate-debate-press-release Albuquerque Burque Media June 7, 2016 Results section June 2021 Winning Projected delegates Date State Candidate Vote Popular vote Percent Stein Kreml William Kreml Curry Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry Mesplay Kent Mesplay Cherney Manley Elijah Manley Other Uncommitted/Others Total February 17 Illinois Jill Stein 119 87% 20 1 0 0 0 0 2 23 March 1 Massachusetts Jill Stein 768 48% 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 10 Minnesota Jill Stein 70 84% 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 March 19 Maine Jill Stein - - 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 March 22 Arizona Jill Stein 688 79% 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 April 2 Delaware Jill Stein 14 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4April 3 Virginia Jill Stein 35 76% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Colorado Jill Stein - - 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Ohio Jill Stein - 61% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 April 5 Young Greens Jill Stein 66 92% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 April 10 Texas Jill Stein - - 15 1 3 2 2 0 0 23 April 16 Wisconsin Jill Stein - - 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 April 17 New Jersey Jill Stein - - 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 April 30 Pennsylvania Jill Stein 50 83% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Connecticut Jill Stein 24 89% 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Missouri Jill Stein - - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 New Mexico Jill Stein - - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 South Carolina William Kreml 13 56% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 May 15 Washington Jill Stein - - 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5May 21 Mississippi Jill Stein - - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Oregon Jill Stein - - 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 Rhode Island Jill Stein - - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 May 28 Hawaii Jill Stein - - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 June 4 Georgia Jill Stein - - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Tennessee Jill Stein - - 3½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 4 June 7 California Jill Stein 11,206 76% 40 2 3 2 5 0 0 50 June 11 New York Jill Stein 127 89% 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 18 June 12 Maryland Jill Stein 51 96% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 June 14 Washington, DC Jill Stein - - 4 ¼ 0 0 0 0 0 4 June 252016 Spring Gathering: North Carolina Green Party http://ncgreenparty.nationbuilder.com/2016_spring_gathering North Carolina Green Party May 13, 2016 North Carolina Jill Stein - – 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 June 26 Nebraska Jill Stein - - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 June 28 Lavender Greens Jill Stein - - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 July 9 Iowa Jill Stein - - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 July 16 West Virginia Jill Stein - - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 July 30 Louisiana Jill Stein - - 4 1 – – – – - 4 July 31 Michigan Jill Stein - - 15 ½ – – – – - 15Florida Jill Stein - 58.88%2016 Presidential Primary Ballot Results http://gpfl.org/2016-presidential-primary-ballot-results/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160815175023/http://gpfl.org/2016-presidential-primary-ballot-results/ dead August 15, 2016 Green Party of Florida 1 August 2016 15 0 0 0 0 10 0 25 - Other - - - - - - - - - - 73 Total United States 269½ 20.25 13 6 7 10 10 402 Map 600px|First place (popular vote or delegate count) #18563e Jill Stein #74cfae William Kreml #D3D3D3 No contest See also Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016 National Conventions 2016 Green National Convention 2016 Libertarian National Convention 2016 Republican National Convention 2016 Democratic National Convention Presidential primaries Constitution Party presidential primaries, 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 Green Party presidential primaries, 2016 Libertarian Party presidential primaries, 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 References 30em 2016 Green Party presidential primaries