The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics,specifically environmentalism;nonviolence;social justice;participatory democracy;grassroots democracy;anti-war;anti-racism;libertarian socialism and eco-socialism. On the political spectrum,the party is generally seen as left-wing.
American electoral politics have been dominated by successive pairs of major political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic of the United States. Since the 1850s,the two largest political parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—which together have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and controlled the United States Congress since at least 1856. Despite keeping the same names,the two parties have evolved in terms of ideologies,positions,and support bases over their long lifespans,in response to social,cultural,and economic developments—the Democratic Party being the left-of-center party since the time of the New Deal,and the Republican Party now being the right-of-center party.
The 2008 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,2008,with 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. Thirty-three seats were up for regular elections;the winners were eligible to serve six-year terms from January 3,2009,to January 3,2015,as members of Class 2. There were also two special elections,the winners of those seats would finish the terms that ended January 3,2013. The presidential election,which was won by Democrat Barack Obama,elections for all House of Representatives seats;elections for several gubernatorial elections;and many state and local elections occurred on the same date.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7,2006,in 36 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
The Maine Green Independent Party is a state-level political party affiliated with the Green Party of the United States. It is the oldest state green party in the United States. It was founded following an informal meeting of 17 environmental advocates,including Bowdoin College professor John Rensenbrink and others in Augusta,Maine in January 1984. From 1994 to 2006,the party's gubernatorial nominees received between 6% and 10% of the vote.
The Green Party of the United States originated in 1984 when 62 people from the U.S. gathered in St. Paul,Minnesota and founded the first national Green organization - the Committees of Correspondence. The Green Party of the U.S. has gone through several evolutions,from debating theory and praxis in the 1980s,to starting state parties in the 1990s,to the founding of a national political party in the 2000s.
The Green Party of Arkansas is the state party organization for Arkansas of the Green Party of the United States.
The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas were held on November 4,2008 to determine who will represent the state of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives. Arkansas has four seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4,2009 until January 3,2011. The election coincides with the 2008 presidential election.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 4,2008,and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2011 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 8. This was an off-year election,in which the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections. There were also four gubernatorial races,including a special election in West Virginia. There were also state legislative elections in four states and judicial elections in three states;as well as numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
Arkansas's 2010 general elections were held November 2,2010. Primaries were held May 18,2010 and runoffs,if necessary,were held November 23,2010. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers,17 of 35 state senate seats,all 100 house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys,and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four Supreme Court justices,four appeals circuit court judges,and eight district court judges.
This is a list of persons who have served as members of U.S. state legislatures while enrolled in third parties. For purposes of this list,a third party is defined as any party other than the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. This list spans the period from 1856 to the present. The time period listed beside each elected official's name is the time period when that elected official has served as a state legislator while enrolled as a member of a third party. State legislators who are independent are not included in this list.
John McConnell Wolfe Jr. is an American attorney and perennial political candidate. He challenged President Barack Obama for the Democratic Party's 2012 presidential nomination. He ultimately emerged as the most successful challenger,receiving the second-highest number of delegates (23) and popular votes (116,639).
Fredrick Smith is an American politician and a former professional basketball player. A Democrat for most of his life,Smith was briefly the highest ranking elected officeholder of the Green Party.
The 1932 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1932,to elect the Governor of Arkansas,concurrently with the election to Arkansas's Class III U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2020 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on Tuesday,November 3,2020,as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Arkansas voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Republican President Donald Trump and his running mate,incumbent Vice President Mike Pence,against Democratic challenger and former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate,United States Senator Kamala Harris of California. Also on the ballot were the nominees for the Libertarian,Green,Constitution,American Solidarity,Life and Liberty,and Socialism and Liberation parties and Independent candidates. Write-in candidates are not allowed to participate in presidential elections.
The Cook County,Illinois,general election was held on November 2,2010.
The Cook County,Illinois,general elections were held on November 8,2022. Primaries were be held at an earlier date.
