Since the first Green ran for Governor – Jim Sykes in November 1990 in Alaska – 133 Greens have run for Governor across the United States. Among them, 113 have run in General Elections, six in recall elections, seven in ‘top two’ jungle primary elections, one in a partisan two round run-off, and six more in contested Green Party primaries that they failed to win.
Top General Election Percentages, # of votes, place of finish:
10.40% • Roberto Mondragon, New Mexico, 1994 • 47,990 votes, 3rd/3
10.36% • Rich Whitney, Illinois, 2006 • 361,336 votes, 3rd/3
09.56% • Pat LaMarche, Maine, 2006 • 52,690 votes, 4th/9
09.30% • Jonathan Carter, Maine, 2002 • 46,179 votes, 3rd/4
06.80% • Pat LaMarche, Maine, 1998 • 28,722 votes , 4th/5
06.40% • Jonathan Carter, Maine, 1994 • 32,695 votes, 4th/5
05.89% • Charlotte Pritt, West Virginia, 2016 • 42068 votes, 3rd/5
05.50% • David Bacon, New Mexico, 2002 • 26,465 votes, 3rd/3
05.30% • Peter Camejo, California, 2002 • 393,036 votes, 3rd/6
04.84% • Howie Hawkins, New York, 2014 • 184,419 votes, 3rd/5
04.46% • Jesse Johnson, West Virginia, 2008 • 31,195 votes, 3rd/3
04.10% • Jim Sykes, Alaska, 1994 • 8,727 votes, 4th/5
03.50% • Kioni Dudley, Hawai’i, 1994 • 12,969 votes, 3rd/4
03.50% • Jill Stein, Massachusetts, 2002 • 76,530 votes, 3rd/5
03.33% • Anita Rios, Ohio, 2014 • 101,706 votes, 3rd/3
03.30% • Jim Sykes, Alaska, 1990 • 6563 votes, 5th/5
03.01% • Desa Jacobsen, Alaska, 1998 • 6618 votes, 4th/5
Top General Election Vote totals, % of vote, place of finish
393,036 • Peter Camejo, California, 2002 • 5,30%, 3rd/6
361,336 • Rich Whitney, Illinois, 2006 • 10.36%, 3rd/3
205,995 • Peter Camejo, California, 2006 • 5,30%, 3rd/6
184,419 • Howie Hawkins, New York, 2014 • 4,84%, 3rd/5
122,224 • Laura Wells, California, 2010 • 1.2%, 5th/6
104,179 • Dan Hamburg, California, 1998 • 1.24%, 3rd/7
103,946 • Howie Hawkins, New York, 2018 • 1.65%, 3rd/5
101,706 • Anita Rios, Ohio, 2014 • 3.33%, 3rd/3
100,756 • Rich Whitney, Illinois, 2006 • 2.7%, 4th/5
242,247, 2.7% • Peter Camejo, California, 2003 • 4th/135
Top Top Two Jungle Primary Election Vote totals and % of vote, place finish
124,672, 1.8% • Luis J. Rodriguez, California, 2022 • 7th/27
