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. 

At least 158 Greens hold elected office as of July 1, 2025 — Greens have been elected at least 1639 times in history in the United States — and over 7100 times Greens have run for public office in the United States, with 62% for county, municipal, educational and special district offices and 38% for state and federal partisan office. (Updated October 28, 2025)

77 Races in 1997

Election Date	State	Candidate	Office
11/04/1997	CA	Brian Lee Rencher	City Council
11/04/1997	CA	Donley Falkenstein	City Council
11/04/1997	CA	Brian Donahue	City Council
11/04/1997	CA	Fred Guajardo	Board of Education
11/04/1997	CA	Lew Tremaine	Town Council
11/04/1997	CA	James Marsh	Community Council
11/04/1997	CA	Ted Bertsch	Board of Education
11/04/1997	CA	Paul Perkovic	Community Council
11/04/1997	CA	Paul Perkovic	Water and Sanitary District
11/04/1997	CT	Karin Norton	Constable
11/04/1997	CT	John Mozzicato	City Council
11/04/1997	CT	Steve May	City Council
11/04/1997	CT	Adam Shopis	Town Council
11/04/1997	CT	Amy Vas Nunes	Constable
11/04/1997	CT	David Ionno	City Council
11/04/1997	CT	Jack Hennessy	City Council
11/04/1997	CT	Elizabeth Horton Sheff	City Council
11/04/1997	CT	Walton Green	Selectman
11/04/1997	CT	Glenn Cheney	Board of Education
11/04/1997	CT	Paul Bassler	Common Council
11/04/1997	CT	Kevin Burke	Selectman
11/04/1997	IA	John Jones	City Council
11/04/1997	MN	Dean Zimmermann	Park and Recreation Board
11/04/1997	MN	David Luce	Park and Recreation Board
11/04/1997	MN	Deb Keefer	Library Board
11/04/1997	MN	Annie Young	Park and Recreation Board
11/04/1997	MN	George Puzak	Park and Recreation Board
11/04/1997	NC	Joyce Brown	Town Council
11/04/1997	NJ	Madelyn Hoffman	Governor
11/04/1997	NJ	Steve Bauer	County Sheriff
11/04/1997	NJ	Edith Gbur	State Senate
11/04/1997	NJ	Nick Mellis	Township Board of Supervisors
11/04/1997	NY	Albert Mitchell	Common Council
11/04/1997	NY	Millicent Collins	Board of Education
11/04/1997	NY	Jolie Cameron	Board of Education
11/04/1997	NY	Henry (Hank) Bardel	City Council
11/04/1997	NY	Charles Kahl	County Legislature
11/04/1997	NY	Howie Hawkins	Mayor
11/04/1997	NY	Peter Healey	County Legislature
11/04/1997	NY	Dale Hughes	Town Board
11/04/1997	NY	Dania Vega	County Legislature
11/04/1997	OH	Stephen Vines	School Board
11/04/1997	PA	Thomas Alan Linzey	Township Board of Supervisors
11/04/1997	PA	Larry Zalewski	Township Board of Supervisors
11/04/1997	TX	Karen Hadden	City Council
11/04/1997	VA	Daniel Metraux	House of Delegates
11/04/1997	VA	Charles Jordan	State House of Delegates
11/04/1997	VA	Kathy O’Hara	Soil and Water Conservation District
11/04/1997	VA	Sherry Stanley	House of Delegates
11/04/1997	VA	Dale Anne Diaz	State House of Delegates
11/04/1997	VA	Stephanie Porras	Soil and Water Conservation District
11/04/1997	VA	Phil Welch	Soil and Water Conservation District
11/04/1997	VA	Eli Fishpaw	State House of Delegates
10/07/1997	NM	David Hutt	School Board
10/07/1997	NM	Abraham Guttman	City Council
09/16/1997	IA	Russell Lovetinsky	City Council
09/16/1997	MN	Tom Taylor	Park and Recreation Board
09/16/1997	MN	Nikki Denise Baker	City Council
09/16/1997	MN	Joshua Davis	City Council
09/16/1997	OH	Rick Van Landingham	City Council
05/20/1997	OR	John Jones	Health District
05/20/1997	OR	John Jones	Fire Protection District
05/13/1997	NM	Carol Miller	U.S. House of Representatives
05/06/1997	CA	Nancy Pearlman	Community College District Board of Trustees
04/01/1997	CA	Chris Patrouch	City Council
04/01/1997	CA	Bonnie Bade March	Planning Board
04/01/1997	CA	Jeanne Patton	Planning Board
04/01/1997	CA	David Diehl	Planning Board
04/01/1997	CA	Aaron Willet	Planning Board
04/01/1997	NY	Craig Seeman	State Assembly
04/01/1997	WI	Barbara Vedder	Common Council
04/01/1997	WI	Dan Herber	Mayor
04/01/1997	WI	Bill Horman	Common Council
02/18/1997	CA	Glynn Baker	Mayor
02/18/1997	CA	Dennis Kortheuer	City Council
02/18/1997	CA	Andrew Tilles	Charter Commission
02/18/1997	WI	Amand Cook	City Council