Summary of Green Candidates

This is a database of all Green Party members who have run for public office in the United States since 1985, according to this definition of a Green Party candidate.

Candidates are entered into the database once they have qualified for the ballot. Click each candidate’s name below for more information about them and the race they are contesting. Use the search functions to the right to search by year, type of office, or for any candidate or race. Candidates not entered into the database who may have declared for office, but have not yet qualified for the ballot, may be found on state Green Party websites and on this GPUS candidate news feed.

(In a small number of instances, candidates listed below have been opposed by their state parties, and information about that opposition has been included in the entry about their candidacy.)

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At least 158 Greens hold elected office as of July 1, 2026; and Greens have been elected over 1700 times over history in the United States.  Over 7200 times Greens have run for public office in the United States, with 61% for county, municipal, educational and special district offices and 39% for state and federal partisan office. (Updated August 14, 2026)

• Election Report – Greens in June 2, 2026 California elections (final certified results)

21 Races in 1990

Election Date	State	Candidate	Office
11/06/1990	AK	Jim Sykes	Governor
11/06/1990	AK	Rosemary Crumb	Lieutenant Governor
11/06/1990	AR	Katherine Adam	City Council
11/06/1990	CA	Patricia Akers	Planning Group
11/06/1990	CA	Michael Boyd	Sanitary District Board
11/06/1990	CA	Michael Boyd	Park and Recreation District
11/06/1990	CA	Todd Cooper	Resource Conservation District
11/06/1990	CA	Laura Price	Park and Recreation District
11/06/1990	CA	Bob Ornelas	City Council
11/06/1990	CA	Debra Lacerenza	Water Board of Health
11/06/1990	CA	Mindy Lorenz	U.S. House of Representatives
11/06/1990	CT	Hans Koning	State Senate
11/06/1990	CT	Joel Schechter	State Senate
11/06/1990	NH	Stuart Leiderman	General Court
11/06/1990	NH	Rob Morrison	General Court
11/06/1990	NH	Chris Hansen	General Court
11/06/1990	NH	Guy Chichester	Governor
11/06/1990	NH	Lucy Wyman	General Court
04/05/1990	WI	Frank Koehn	County Board of Supervisors
04/05/1990	WI	David Conley	County Board of Supervisors
04/03/1990	WI	Dorothy Wolden	County Board of Supervisors