Arizona Green Party | |
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Chairperson | Cody Hannah [1] Vacant [1] |
Headquarters | P.O. Box 60173 Phoenix, Arizona 85082 |
Membership (2020) | 4,476 [2] |
Ideology | Green politics |
Political position | Left-wing |
National affiliation | Green Party of the United States |
Colors | Green |
Seats in the U.S. Senate | 0 / 2 |
Seats in the U.S. House | 0 / 9 |
Statewide Offices | 0 / 11 |
Seats in the State Senate | 0 / 30 |
Seats in the State House | 0 / 60 |
Other elected officials | 1 (February 2024) [update] [3] |
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The Arizona Green Party (AZGP) is the officially recognized affiliate of the Green Party in the state of Arizona. It was founded by Carolyn Campbell alongside others in the 1990s. Cody Hannah, whose term expires January 2026, serves as Co-Chairperson of the Arizona Green Party. [1]
In 2008, the Arizona Green Party gathered enough signatures to gain ballot access. [4] The party had worked with Arizona's ballot access laws, achieving ballot access for the 2000 election cycle, then losing it again in 2004. On March 6, 2008, the Arizona deadline for ballot access, the Arizona Green Party submitted 29,300 signatures on its petition for party recognition. The legal requirement is 20,449. On April 9, 2008, Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer announced that the Arizona Green Party had enough valid signatures to be recognized as an official political party. [5]
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On April 28, 2011, Governor Jan Brewer signed HB 2304, which says that when a new party qualifies, it is entitled to be on the ballot in the next two elections, not just the next election. As a result, the Green Party was automatically on the ballot for 2012 because it had successfully petitioned in 2010. [6] [7]
In 2016, the Arizona Green Party successfully sued the state of Arizona to ensure its presidential nominee, Jill Stein, was placed on the ballot after the party failed to submit a slate of Presidential electors on time. [8] Jill Stein received a total of 34,345 votes in Arizona, leaving her with 1.3% of the total vote. [9]
In December 2023, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes announced that the Arizona Green Party had enough signatures to be recognized as an official political party and is eligible to appear on statewide and legislative election ballots in 2024 and 2026. [10]
The Green Party of Arizona won't appear on the State of Arizona 2024 Presidential Preference Election ballot due to not being recognized as an official political party in time. [10]
Prominent Green candidates in Arizona have included Vance Hansen, who ran for the US Senate in 2000 and received 108,926 votes. Claudia Ellquist ran for Pima County Attorney in 2004 on a platform largely focused on declaring a moratorium on the death penalty. Dave Croteau ran for mayor of Tucson in 2007 on a platform of relocalization and received over 28% of the vote. [11]
The Arizona Green Party held its primary on March 22, 2016. Jill Stein won with 79.6% of the vote, and the overall number of voters that took part in the primary saw an increase from 561 in 2012 to 817 in 2016. [12] Only two candidates qualified for the primary: [13]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
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Jill Stein | 609 | 79.6% | 5 |
Kent Mesplay | 139 | 18.2% | 1 |
Write-in/Blank | 17 | 2.2% | - |
Total | 765 | 100.0% | 6 |
Year | Nominee | Votes | % |
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1996 | Ralph Nader | 2,062 | 0.2 / 100 |
2000 | Ralph Nader | 45,645 | 3.0 / 100 |
2004 | David Cobb (write-in) | 138 | 0.0 / 100 |
2008 | Cynthia McKinney | 3,406 | 0.2 / 100 |
2012 | Jill Stein | 7,816 | 0.3 / 100 |
2016 | Jill Stein | 34,345 | 1.3 / 100 |
2020 | Howie Hawkins (write-in) | 1,557 | 0.1 / 100 |
Year | Nominee | Votes | % |
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2000 | Vance Hansen | 108,926 | 7.8 / 100 |
2010 | Jerry Joslyn | 24,603 | 1.5 / 100 |
2016 | Gary Swing | 138,634 | 5.5 / 100 |
2018 | Angela Green | 57,442 | 2.4 / 100 |
Year | District | Nominee | Votes | % |
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2008 | 2nd | William Crum | 3,616 | 1.1 / 100 |
4th | Rebecca DeWitt | 4,464 | 3.6 / 100 | |
2010 | 3rd | Leonard Clark | 3,294 | 1.6 / 100 |
4th | Rebecca DeWitt | 2,365 | 2.6 / 100 | |
6th | Richard Grayson | 3,407 | 1.4 / 100 | |
2012 | 6th | Mark Salazar | 5,637 | 1.9 / 100 |
2016 | 1st | Ray Parrish | 16,746 | 6.0 / 100 |
7th | Neil Westbrooks (write-in) | 60 | 0.0 / 100 | |
9th | Cary Dolego (write-in) | 60 | 0.0 / 100 | |
2018 | 4th | Haryaksha Knauer | 3,672 | 1.3 / 100 |
7th | Gary Swing | 18,706 | 14.2 / 100 |
Year | Candidate | Votes | % |
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2018 | Angel Torres [15] | 50,962 | 2.14 / 100 |
2022 | Liana West (Write-in) [16] | 254 | 0.001 / 100 |
Year | District | Candidate | Votes | % |
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2000 | 11th | Daniel Patterson [17] | 2,972 | 8.93 / 100 |
2016 | 27th | Angel Torres [18] | 6,420 | 19 / 100 |
2018 | 11th | Mohammad Arif [19] | 1,076 | 1.1 / 100 |
Year | Districts | Nominee | Votes | % |
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1992 | 11th | Carolyn Campbell [20] | 5,472 | 11.25 / 100 |
2000 | 11th | Bill Moeller [21] | 5,382 | 16.1 / 100 |
2008 | 12th | Celeste Castorena [22] | 5,976 | 3.3 / 100 |
2010 | 16th | Angel Torres [23] | 2,532 | 5.19 / 100 |
6th | Deborah Odowd [24] | 5,405 | 5.85 / 100 | |
17th | Gregor Knauer [25] | 862 | 1.55 / 100 | |
12th | Justin Dahl [26] | 6,762 | 6.16 / 100 | |
27th | Kent Solberg [27] | 5,778 | 8.13 / 100 | |
21st | Linda Macias [28] | 17,181 | 17.1 / 100 | |
15th | Luisa Evonne Valdez [29] | 1,343 | 2.6 / 100 | |
2012 | 27th | Angel Torres [30] | 3,702 | 5.28 / 100 |
26th | Haryaksha Knauer [31] | 1,872 | 2.18 / 100 | |
2016 | 26th | Cara Nicole Trujillo [32] | 6,327 | 11.5 / 100 |
3rd | Edward ‘Trey’ Cizek [33] | 10,150 | 12.07 / 100 | |
1st | Haryaksha Knauer [34] | 9,407 | 6.67 / 100 | |
5th | Leo Biasiucci [35] | 7,648 | 6.84 / 100 | |
18th | Linda Macias [36] | 14,475 | 12.3 / 100 | |
2018 | 3rd | Beryl Baker [37] | 8,566 | 11.58 / 100 |
10th | Joshua Reilly [38] | 7,896 | 5.7 / 100 | |
16th | Richard Grayson [39] | 11,646 | 8.3 / 100 | |
4th | Sara Mae Williams [40] | 8,334 | 15.34 / 100 | |
Year | Office | Candidate | Votes | % |
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2016 | Pima County Board of Supervisors | Martin Bastidas [41] | 12,143 | 21.48 / 100 |
Pima County Board of Supervisors | Joshua Reilly [42] | 26,150 | 27.27 / 100 | |
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