Green Party of Arizona

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Arizona Green Party
ChairpersonSam Hales [1]
Zakir Siddiqi [1]
HeadquartersP.O. Box 60173
Phoenix, Arizona 85082
Membership (2024)Decrease 3,367[2]
IdeologyGreen politics
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationGreen Party of the United States
Colors  Green
Seats in the U.S. Senate
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Seats in the U.S. House
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Statewide Offices
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Seats in the State Senate
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Seats in the State House
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Other elected officials1 (February 2024)[3]
Website
azgp.org

The Arizona Green Party (AZGP) is the officially recognized affiliate of the Green Party in the state of Arizona. It was founded by Carolyn Campbell alongside others in the 1990s.[4] Sam Hales, whose term expires January 2025, serves as Co-Chairperson of the Arizona Green Party with Zakir Siddiqi.[1]

History

Ballot access

In 2008, the Arizona Green Party gathered enough signatures to gain ballot access.[5] The party had worked with Arizona's ballot access laws, achieving ballot access for the 2000 election cycle, then losing it again in 2004. On March 6, 2008, the Arizona deadline for ballot access, the Arizona Green Party submitted 29,300 signatures on its petition for party recognition. The legal requirement is 20,449. On April 9, 2008, Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer announced that the Arizona Green Party had enough valid signatures to be recognized as an official political party.[6]

Activists of the Arizona Green Party collecting signatures for ballot status.

On April 28, 2011, Governor Jan Brewer signed HB 2304, which says that when a new party qualifies, it is entitled to be on the ballot in the next two elections, not just the next election. As a result, the Green Party was automatically on the ballot for 2012 because it had successfully petitioned in 2010.[7][8]

In 2016, the Arizona Green Party successfully sued the state of Arizona to ensure its presidential nominee, Jill Stein, was placed on the ballot after the party failed to submit a slate of Presidential electors on time.[9] Jill Stein received a total of 34,345 votes in Arizona, leaving her with 1.3% of the total vote.[10]

In December 2023, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes announced that the Arizona Green Party had enough signatures to be recognized as an official political party and is eligible to appear on statewide and legislative election ballots in 2024 and 2026. [11]

The Green Party of Arizona did not appear on the March State of Arizona 2024 Presidential Preference Election ballot due to not being recognized as an official political party in time. But potential candidates will be placed on the Primary and General Elections in 2024.[11]

Campaigns

Prominent Green candidates in Arizona have included Vance Hansen, who ran for the US Senate in 2000 and received 108,926 votes. Claudia Ellquist ran for Pima County Attorney in 2004 on a platform largely focused on declaring a moratorium on the death penalty. Dave Croteau ran for mayor of Tucson in 2007 on a platform of relocalization and received over 28% of the vote.[12]

2012 presidential primary election results

The Arizona Green Party held its presidential primary on February 28, 2012. Jill Stein won with 68.6% of the vote.

Arizona Green Party presidential primary, February 28, 2012[13]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 385 68.6% 5
Kent Mesplay 50 8.9% 0
Richard Grayson 39 6.9% 0
Michael Oatman 39 6.9% 0
Gary Swing 30 5.3% 0
Gerard Davis 18 3.2% 0
Total 561 100% 5

2016 primary election results

The Arizona Green Party held its primary on March 22, 2016. Jill Stein won with 79.6% of the vote, and the overall number of voters that took part in the primary saw an increase from 561 in 2012 to 817 in 2016.[14] Only two candidates qualified for the primary:[15]

Arizona Green Party presidential primary, March 22, 2016[16]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 609 79.6% 5
Kent Mesplay 139 18.2% 1
Write-in/Blank 17 2.2% -
Total 765 100.0% 6
County results of the Arizona Green presidential primaries, 2016.
  Jill Stein
  Kent Mesplay
  No votes


Elections

President

Year Nominee Votes %
1996 Ralph Nader (write-in) 2,062
0.2 / 100
2000 Ralph Nader 45,645
3.0 / 100
2004 David Cobb (write-in) 138
0.0 / 100
2008 Cynthia McKinney 3,406
0.2 / 100
2012 Jill Stein 7,816
0.3 / 100
2016 Jill Stein 34,345
1.3 / 100
2020 Howie Hawkins (write-in) 1,557
0.1 / 100
2024 Jill Stein 18,319
0.5 / 100

United States Senate

Year Nominee Votes %
2000 Vance Hansen 108,926
7.8 / 100
2010 Jerry Joslyn 24,603
1.5 / 100
2016 Gary Swing 138,634
5.5 / 100
2018 Angela Green 57,442
2.4 / 100
2024 Eduardo Quintana 75,868
2.3 / 100

United States House of Representatives

Year District Nominee Votes %
2000 5th Michael Jay Green 9,010
3.1 / 100
2008 2nd William Crum 3,616
1.1 / 100
4th Rebecca DeWitt 4,464
3.6 / 100
2010 3rd Leonard Clark 3,294
1.6 / 100
4th Rebecca DeWitt 2,365
2.6 / 100
6th Richard Grayson 3,407
1.4 / 100
2012 (special) 8th Charlie Manolakis 4,869
5.3 / 100
2012 6th Mark Salazar 5,637
1.9 / 100
2016 1st Ray Parrish 16,746
6.0 / 100
7th Neil Westbrooks (write-in) 60
0.0 / 100
8th Mark Salazar 93,954
31.43 / 100
2018 4th Haryaksha Knauer 3,672
1.3 / 100
7th Gary Swing 18,706
14.2 / 100
2024 1st Alan Aversa 5,008
2.5 / 100
4th Vincent Beck-Jones 6,065
1.8 / 100
6th Athena Eastwood 10,759
2.5 / 100
2025 (special) 7th Eduardo Quintana 1,118
1.1 / 100

Governor

Year Candidate Votes %
2010 Larry Gist 16,128
0.93 / 100
2018 Angel Torres [17] 50,962
2.14 / 100
2022 Liana West (Write-in) [18] 254
0.001 / 100

Arizona State Senate

Year District Candidate Votes %
1992 15th Mike McNally[19] 9.519
22.2 / 100
2000 11th Daniel Patterson [20] 2,972
8.93 / 100
2008 24th Jack Kretzer 9,167
23.57 / 100
2010 17th Anthony "Grand Pa" Goshorn 784
1.84 / 100
2016 27th Angel Torres [21] 6,420
19 / 100
2018 11th Mohammad Arif [22] 1,076
1.1 / 100
2024 2nd Dennis Pugsley 2,076
2.0 / 100

Arizona State House of Representatives

Year Districts Nominee Votes %
1992 11th Carolyn Campbell [23] 5,472
11.25 / 100
12th David M. Perkins 4,686
4.33 / 100
29th Jesse J. Chanley Jr. 3,836
6.24 / 100
2000 11th Bill Moeller [24] 5,382
16.1 / 100
9th William Crosby 5,407
5.84 / 100
10th Jack Strasburg 4,155
12.55 / 100
14th Mary "Katie" Bolger 8,907
14.45 / 100
25th John Scudder 3,168
6.32 / 100
26th Eli Manders 3,578
4.82 / 100
2008 12th Celeste Castorena [25] 5,976
3.3 / 100
10th Margarite Dale 2,358
2.6 / 100
27th Kent Solberg 4,970
5.3 / 100
2010 16th Angel Torres [26] 2,532
5.19 / 100
6th Deborah Odowd [27] 5,405
5.85 / 100
17th Gregor Knauer [28] 862
1.55 / 100
12th Justin Dahl [29] 6,762
6.16 / 100
27th Kent Solberg [30] 5,778
8.13 / 100
21st Linda Macias [31] 17,181
17.1 / 100
15th Luisa Evonne Valdez [32] 1,343
2.6 / 100
2012 27th Angel Torres [33] 3,702
5.28 / 100
26th Haryaksha Knauer [34] 1,872
2.18 / 100
16th Bill Maher 9,094
7.84 / 100
24th Gerard Davis 5,946
6.43 / 100
2016 26th Cara Nicole Trujillo [35] 6,327
11.5 / 100
3rd Edward ‘Trey’ Cizek [36] 10,150
12.07 / 100
1st Haryaksha Knauer [37] 9,407
6.67 / 100
5th Leo Biasiucci[38] 7,648
6.84 / 100
18th Linda Macias [39] 14,475
12.3 / 100
2018 3rd Beryl Baker [40] 8,566
11.58 / 100
10th Joshua Reilly [41] 7,896
5.7 / 100
16th Richard Grayson[42] 11,646
8.3 / 100
4th Sara Mae Williams [43] 8,334
15.34 / 100
2024 8th Tre Rook 5,597
5.2 / 100
13th Cody Hannah 3,361
1.5 / 100
14th Scott Menor 18,355
16.7 / 100

State Elections

Year Office Candidate Votes %
2010 State Treasurer Thomas Meadows 46,115
2.8 / 100
Arizona Corporation Commission Benjamin Pearcy 47,121
1.6 / 100
Arizona Corporation Commission Theodore Gomez 42,645
1.4 / 100
2012 Arizona Corporation Commission Thomas Meadows 67,950
1.2 / 100
Arizona Corporation Commission Daniel Pout 58,607
1.1 / 100
2024 Arizona Corporation Commission Nina Luxenberg 110,486
1.3 / 100
Arizona Corporation Commission Mike Cease 101,473
1.2 / 100

County Elections

Year Office Candidate Votes %
1992 Pima County Board of
Supervisors		 Jack Strasburg [44] 3,777
6 / 100
2000 Pima County Attorney Peter Hormel [45] N/A
10 / 100
Schools Superintendent Susan K. Campbell [46] N/A
10 / 100
Pima County Sheriff Dave Croteau [47] N/A
18 / 100
Pima County Recorder William Zaffer [48] N/A
16 / 100
2004 Pima County Attorney Claudia Ellquist [49] N/A
8 / 100
2008 Pima County Attorney Claudia Ellquist [50] 17,883
6.1 / 100
2014 Justice of the Peace June Pitts [51] 4,098
22.7 / 100
2016 Pima County Attorney Cynthia Tuell [52] 107,566
30.07 / 100
Pima County Recorder Mike Cease [53] 80,588
22.07 / 100
Pima County Board of
Supervisors		 Martin Bastidas [54] 12,143
21.48 / 100
Pima County Board of
Supervisors		 Joshua Reilly [55] 26,150
27.27 / 100
Justice of the Peace Nancy Knox-Bierman [56] 4,369
15.49 / 100
Constable Beryl Baker [57] 8,694
24.58 / 100
2024 Pima County Attorney Howard Druan [58] 94,383
24.04 / 100

City Elections

Year Office Candidate Votes %
2007 Tucson Mayor Dave Croteau [59] 17,962
28.08 / 100
Tucson City Council Beryl Baker [60] 15,551
26.62 / 100
2009 Tucson City Council Mary DeCamp [61] 4,429
6.16 / 100
2011 Tucson Mayor Mary DeCamp [62] 3,617
4.8 / 100
Tucson City Council Beryl Baker [63] 22,301
34 / 100
2017 Tucson City Council Mike Cease[64] 5,721
7.03 / 100
2019 Tucson Mayor Mike Cease [65] 3,953
4 / 100
Tucson City Council Matthew Smith [66] 4,817
4.87 / 100
Tucson City Council William Peterson [67] 5,337
5.38 / 100
Tucson City Council Cara Bissell [68] 4,790
4.83 / 100

See also

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