Kansas Green Party
HeadquartersLawrence, KS 66044
IdeologyGreen politics
Eco-socialism
National affiliationGreen Party of the United States
ColorsGreen
Website
kansasgreenparty.org

The Kansas Green Party is an independent political party in Kansas. It is the Kansas state affiliate of the Green Party of the United States. The party meets in Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City.[1]

Elections

2020

Green Party presidential nominee Howie Hawkins' name did not appear on the general election ballot; however, Kansas was one of five states in which voters could write-in his name.[2] As a write-in candidate, the Hawkins-Walker ticket received 669 votes in the state.[3] In an interview during the campaign, Hawkins argued that in Kansas, among other traditionally Republican states, the Green Party had the potential to be "the second party starting out" because of Democrats' underperformance, and that in such states it's in Green candidates' best interest to "run as a Green on the full program".[4]

Ballot access

2019

In 2019, a bill was introduced into committee in the Kansas legislature to reduce the number of signatures required for third parties to attain ballot access, by halving the number of required signatures and doubling the length of time in which to collect them.[5] The Kansas Green Party supported the bill, with party co-chair Nick Blessing observing that ballot access grants third parties the ability to run candidates for many different offices without petitioning for each individually, and pointing to the fact that nearly 60 state House seats had been uncontested in the last election.[5]

2021

In February 2021, the Kansas Green Party announced that, starting on April 22, 2021, they would begin the process of petitioning for party status.[6] This made the party the second since 1998 to start the petition process, and the first since 2011.[6]

Presidential nominee results

Year Nominee Votes % Source
1996 Ralph Nader (write-in) 914 0.09% [7]
2000 Ralph Nader 36,086 3.44% [8]
2004 David Cobb (write-in) 33 0% [9]
2008 Cynthia McKinney (write-in) 35 0% [10]
2012 Jill Stein (write-in) 714 0.06% [11]
2016 Jill Stein 23,506 2.00% [12]
2020 Howie Hawkins (write-in) 669 0.05% [3]

List of chairs

Chairs of the Kansas Green Party Council
Co-ChairTenure
Isabella Ticer2017 – 2018[13][14]
Nick BlessingMarch 2017 – May 2020[13][14][15]
Teresa Wilke2020 – Present[15][16]
Kent Rowe2020 — Present[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Kansas City Greens". greenskc.com.
  2. ↑ Harding, Robert (August 7, 2020). "Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins on ballot access, Kanye West". The Citizen. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Winger, Richard (January 5, 2021). "Kansas Releases Write-in Totals for Declared Presidential Write-in Candidates". Ballot Access News. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ↑ Forgie, Adam. "INTERVIEW: Howie Hawkins, Green Party candidate for president". KUTV. Salt Lake City, Utah: CBS. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Green Party Backing Bill To Change Ballot Access In Kansas". WIBW News. February 7, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  6. 1 2 Winger, Richard (February 15, 2021). "Kansas Green Party Will Launch Petition for Party Status on April 22, 2021". Ballot Access News. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. ↑ "1996 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". US Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  8. ↑ "2000 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". US Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  9. ↑ "2004 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". US Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  10. ↑ "2008 General Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  11. ↑ "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Kansas Presidential Race Results: Donald J. Trump Wins". New York Times. December 16, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "How are we organized". Kansas Green Party. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Officers and Chapters". Kansas Green Party. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  15. 1 2 "The Kansas Green Party Council (archived)". Kansas Green Party. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  16. 1 2 "The Kansas Green Party Council". Kansas Green Party. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
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