2020 Green Party presidential primaries

Former nominees

The former Green Party presidential nominees, in chronological order, are consumer advocate Ralph Nader, political activist David Cobb, congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and political activist Jill Stein. Both Nader and Stein received the nomination for president twice from the Green Party. The former vice presidential nominees of the Green Party are environmentalist and economist Winona LaDuke, political activist Pat LaMarche, organizer and hip-hop activist Rosa Clemente, National Coordinator of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Cheri Honkala, and human rights activist Ajamu Baraka. In 2016, LaDuke became the first Native American woman and Green Party member to receive an Electoral College vote for vice president.^[4]

The vice presidential nominees from the preceding 2016 and 2012 elections, Baraka and Honkala respectively, endorsed Howie Hawkins for president.^[5]

Candidates

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Candidate		Experience	Home	Campaign Announced	Campaign Suspended	Popular Vote[d]	Pledged delegates 176 delegate votes needed to win	Contests won[e]	Article	Ref
Officially recognized candidates[f]
Howie Hawkins		Co-founder of the Green Party (1984) Socialist Party USA nominee for president in 2020 Nominee for Governor of New York in 2010, 2014, 2018	New York	Exploratory committee: April 3, 2019 Campaign: May 28, 2019	Received nomination	5,235[d] (35.5%)	205 / 358 (58.57%)	34 (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, LAV, YES)	Campaign FEC filing[11] Running mate: Angela Walker	[12][13]
Dario Hunter		Youngstown Board of Education member (2016–2020)	California	Exploratory committee: January 21, 2019 Campaign: February 18, 2019	June 11, 2020 (Ran as a Progressive)[14]	3,107[d] (20.7%)	98.5 / 358 (28.14%)	11 (DE, HI, IA, ID, MA, ME, MN, OK, WA, LTX, WCS)	FEC filing[15] Campaign Running mate: Darlene Elias[16]	[17]
David Rolde		Co-chair of the Greater Boston Chapter of the Green-Rainbow Party	Massachusetts	Campaign: July 14, 2019	June 11, 2020	960[d] (6.5%)	5 / 358 (1.57%)	0	FEC filing[18]	[9][19]
Other Candidates
Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry		Activist Candidate for President in 2016	California	Campaign: July 29, 2015	June 11, 2020 (Ran for Vice-President with Mark Charles)[20]	2,231[d] (15.3%)	11.5 / 358 (3%)	2 AK, LA	FEC filing[21]	[22][non-primary source needed]
Dennis Lambert		Documentary filmmaker Candidate for U.S. representative from OH-15 in 2016 Nominee for U.S. representative from OH-06 in 2014	Ohio	Campaign: May 10, 2019	June 11, 2020	2,030[d] (13.9%)	9 / 358 (2.57%)	0	FEC filing[23]	[24][25]
Jesse Ventura		Governor of Minnesota (1999–2003) Mayor of Brooklyn Park (1991–1995)	Minnesota	No campaign	No campaign	23[d]	7 / 358 (2.29%)	0	No candidacy	[26]
Kent Mesplay		Inspector at the Air Pollution Control District of San Diego County (2001–present) Candidate for President in 2008, 2012 and 2016	California	Campaign: December 14, 2019	June 11, 2020	72[d] (0.5%)	3 / 358 (0.86%)	0	FEC filing[27]	[28][non-primary source needed]
Susan Buchser Lochocki		Businesswoman	Zürich, Switzerland[29]	Campaign: November 12, 2019	June 11, 2020	6[d] (0.04%)	1 / 358 (0.29%)	0	FEC filing[30]	[30][31]
Chad Wilson		Podcaster	Tennessee	Campaign: September 8, 2019 [citation needed]	June 11, 2020	5[d] (0.02%)	.5 / 358 (0.14%)	0	FEC filing[32]	[33]
Alternate ballot options
Uncommitted / None of the Above						1,662[d] (8.8%)	17.5 / 358 (4.1%)	3 (MA,[b] MT) RI Excluded[c]

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Withdrew before the primaries

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Candidate	Experience	Home state	Campaign announced	Campaign suspended	Ref
Ian Schlakman	Former co-chair of the Maryland Green Party Nominee for Governor of Maryland in 2018 Nominee for U.S. representative from MD-02 in 2014	Maryland	December 3, 2018[34]	October 18, 2019	[35][36]
Alan Augustson	Public policy analyst Candidate for U.S. representative from IL-05 in 2009 Nominee for U.S. representative from IL-05 in 2008	New Mexico	April 6, 2019[37]	June 10, 2019 (endorsed Hunter)[38]	[39][38]

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Declined to be candidates

The following individuals were the subject of speculation as being possible candidates, but publicly denied interest in running.

• Darryl Cherney, musician and environmental activist; Green candidate for president in 2016^{[40][non-primary source needed]}
• Jill Stein, Lexington Town Meeting member 2005–2010; Green nominee for president in 2012 and 2016; Green nominee for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002 and 2010^[41]
• Jesse Ventura, Governor of Minnesota (1999–2003); Mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota (1991–1995)^[42][43]

Schedule

Participation

2018

• December 14: Former Maryland Green Party co-chair Ian Schlakman became the first Green Party candidate filed with the FEC to announce their presidential bid for the 2020 election, the first presidential election he qualified for.^[35]

2019

• January 17: Howie Hawkins answered questions on public "Green Party Power Project" conference call on the Green New Deal, during this he announced that he was considering a run for the Green Party nomination
• January 21: Rabbi and Youngstown Board of Education member Dario Hunter (then) of Ohio formed an exploratory committee.^[58]
• February 18: Dario Hunter officially announced his campaign and filed his candidacy with the FEC.^[17]
• April 3: Howie Hawkins formed an exploratory committee.
• May 10: U.S. Army Veteran Dennis Lambert announced his campaign.^[24]
• May 28: Hawkins formally launched his campaign.^[59]
• June 4: Howie Hawkins filed his candidacy with the FEC
• July 14: David Rolde announced his campaign.
• July 19: The Green Party of Minnesota hosted the first green primary debate.^[60]
• July 26: The second Green Party debate took place in Salem, Massachusetts.
• July 29: Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry announced her campaign.
• August 8: Moyowasifza-Curry filed her candidacy with the FEC.^[61]
• August 9: Dennis Lambert filed his candidacy with the FEC.
• August 11: The third Green Party debate took place in Springfield, Missouri.
• August 18: The Green National Committee decides to hold the 2020 Green National Convention in Detroit, Michigan on July 9–12.
• August 19: Dennis Lambert filed his candidacy with the FEC.^[23]
• August 27: David Rolde filed his candidacy with the FEC.
• September 8: Chad Wilson announced his campaign.^[62]
• September 20: The fourth Green Party debate took place in Muncie, Indiana.
• October 18: Schlakman suspends his campaign over disputes with the Green Party^[36]
• October 19: The fifth Green Party debate took place in Boise, Idaho.
• December 7: The sixth Green Party debate took place in Fresno, California.
• December 11: Chad Wilson filed his candidacy with the FEC.
• December 14: Kent Mesplay announces his campaign.^[28]

2020

• February 25: Hunter won Minnesota caucus.
• February 25: Hawkins won Ohio.
• March 3: Super Tuesday: Hawkins won California and North Carolina; Hunter is the winning candidate in a close race in Massachusetts (as declared by the MA Secretary of State), the no preference option received the most popular votes. Hunter announces Darlene Elias, parole officer and former Green Party Co-chair, as his running mate.^[63]
• March 4: Howie Hawkins and Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry take part in the Free & Equal elections debate held in Chicago.
• March 10: Hawkins won Missouri.
• March 14: Hawkins won Illinois.
• April 14: Jesse Ventura submits his interest in running for president under the Green Party to the Presidential Campaign Support Committee.
• April 17: Hawkins won Colorado.
• April 18: Hawkins won Texas.
• April 21: Hawkins won Wisconsin at popular vote, but at tie with Hunter at delegates.
• April 25: Hawkins won New Mexico.
• April 28: Hawkins won Pennsylvania and Utah.
• May 2: Hawkins won South Carolina.
• May 3: Hawkins won Arkansas. Hawkins declared winner of Pennsylvania.
• May 5: Hawkins won Tennessee and announced Angela Walker as his running mate.^[64]
• May 12: Hawkins won West Virginia.
• May 16: Hawkins won New York.
• May 17: Hawkins won Kansas.
• May 23: Hunter won Hawaii. Washington primary TBA.
• May 24: Hawkins won the Young Ecosocialists (YES) primary.
• May 28: The Green Party of Rhode Island announces they will not endorse nor provide any ballot access efforts for any Green Party candidate in the 2020 election.
• May 30: Hawkins won Florida, Maryland, and Mississippi primaries. Hunter won Idaho.
• June 2: Hawkins won the District of Columbia as Montana votes no preference for their candidate.
• June 6: Hawkins won Oregon.
• June 9: Hawkins won Nevada.
• June 12: Hunter won Maine.
• June 12: Hawkins won Indiana.
• June 14: Hawkins won Connecticut.
• June 19: The Alaska Green Party endorses Sedinam Curry for President, and commits their delegates to her, despite not registering for the Green National Convention.
• June 20: Hawkins won Michigan and the Lavender Greens primary.