Green Party of New Jersey

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Green Party of New Jersey
Co-chairsJon Serrano
Kim Muedt
Ben Taylor
FoundersNick Mellis
Steve Welzer
FoundedJanuary 1997;27 years ago (1997-01)
Youth wing Young Ecosocialists Caucus [1]
Membership (2021)Increase2.svg 11,758 [2]
Ideology Green politics
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation Green Party of the United States
Colors  Green
Seats in the US Senate
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Seats in the US House
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Seats in the NJ Senate
0 / 40
Seats in the NJ House
0 / 80
Local offices2
Website
gpnj.org

The Green Party of New Jersey is the state party organization for New Jersey of the Green Party of the United States. It was founded in January 1997 by Nick Mellis (chair from 2008 to 2009) and Steve Welzer. [3]

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The Green Party of New Jersey is an active Green Party of the U.S. state affiliate, having nominated over 150 candidates for office since it began in 1997. The party experienced its first non-partisan electoral victory in 1999 when Gary Novosielski was elected to the Board of Education of the Rutherford School District. [4]

In January 2003, Matt Ahearn, a New Jersey state legislator who had been elected to the New Jersey General Assembly as a Democrat in 2002, switched his registration to the Green Party, becoming the party's first state-level representative. [5] Ahearn ran for re-election as a Green Party candidate in 2003 but lost to Robert M. Gordon, the Democratic candidate for office. [6]

In 2012 2012, medical marijuana advocate Ken Wolski was the Green Party nominee for U.S. Senator. He finished fourth out of eleven candidates.

In May 2016, the Green Party of New Jersey saw a spike in registration with as many new voters in two months as it had in the past four years. [7] By the end of 2016, there were 3,252 voters registered as Green. [8]

In the 2016 election, Green Camden City Council candidate Gary Frazier received 6% of the vote, and Green Congressional candidates Raj Mailiah and Steve Welzer each received 0.7%. [8]

The Green Party of New Jersey's 2017 gubernatorial candidate was Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale of Highland Park with Lisa R. Durden of Newark as his running mate. [9] By November 2017, ten New Jersey counties had local affiliates recognized by the state party: Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, Gloucester, Essex, Camden, Bergen, Union, Mercer, and Morris.

Two candidates ran in the 2018 general election: professor and activist Madelyn Hoffman for U.S. Senate, [10] and attorney and activist Diane Moxley for Congressional District 7. [11] Hoffman received 25,150 votes and Moxley received 2,676 votes. [12]

State party co-chair Craig Cayetano ran for Hawthorne Council in 2019 and 2020. Madelyn Hoffman ran for U.S. Senate again in the 2020 election, winning 38,288 votes and coming in third. [13] Incumbent Jessica Clayton ran for a second term on the Brick, NJ school board and lost after a very close recount.

Green Party affiliate [14] Dr. Corey Teague serves on the Paterson Board of Education after being elected in 2019 with the largest number of votes. [15]

As of August 2021, there were 11,758 registered Greens in New Jersey. The party plans to run multiple candidates for state assembly and for statewide office, including governor, in future elections.

In preparation for the 2024 election, the Green Party of New Jersey has 13 candidates; Robin Brownfield (CD-01), Thomas Cannavo (CD-02), Steve Welzer (CD-03), Barry Bendar (CD-04), Beau Forte (CD-05), Herb Tarbous (CD-06), Andrew Black (CD-07), Christian Robins (CD-08), Benjamin Taylor (CD-09), Jon Serrano (CD-10), Lily Benavides (CD-11), and Kim Meudt (CD-12) and our Senatorial Candidate, Christina Khalil.

In July 2024, the Green Party of New Jersey held an event created to welcome Jill Stein as she introduced the so-called "Green 13" of New Jersey. She and the National Green Party have both endorsed the Green 13.

Officeholders

Current

Former

Endorsed candidates

In 2019, Green Party endorsed candidate Corey Teague, who won a seat on the Paterson School Board. [15]

Election results

Governor

YearNomineeVotes [9]
1997 Madelyn R. Hoffman10,703 (0.44%)
2001 Jerry L. Coleman6,238 (0.28%)
2005 Matthew Thieke12,315 (0.54%)
2009 Nonen/a
2013 Steve Welzer8,295 (0.39%)
2017 Seth Kaper-Dale 10,053 (0.47%)
2021 Madelyn R. Hoffman8,450 (0.32%)

U.S. Senate

YearNomineeVotes [19] %
2018Madelyn R. Hoffman25,1500.79
2020Madelyn R. Hoffman38,2880.86

Presidential nominee results

YearNomineeVotes [20]
1996 Ralph Nader 32,465 (1.06%)
2000 Ralph Nader 94,554 (2.97%)
2004 David Cobb 1,807 (0.05%)
2008 Cynthia McKinney 3,636 (0.09%)
2012 Jill Stein 9,888 (0.27%)
2016 Jill Stein 37,772 (0.99%)
2020 Howie Hawkins 14,202 (0.31%)
2024 Jill Stein 42,090 (0.99%)

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  2. ↑ "Statewide Voter Registration Statistics Archive" . Retrieved August 23, 2021.
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