Nebraska Green Party

Nebraska Green Party
Headquarters P.O. Box 85442 Lincoln, Nebraska, 68501-5442
Ideology Green politics
National affiliation Green Party of the United States
Colors Green
Website
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The Nebraska Green Party is the state party organization for Nebraska of the Green Party of the United States.

The Nebraska Green Party is a small but swiftly growing party. The party held its first convention in August 2000 at a Unitarian church in Lincoln, Nebraska. In the 2004 election three Congressional candidates, Roy Guisinger, party Co-Chair Steve Larrick and Dante Salvatierra garnered a total of over 10,000 votes statewide. The party lost its ballot access after the 2004 general election. In order to maintain status as an officially recognized party in Nebraska, Green Party candidates must garner at least five percent of the vote in federal or state electoral races. In 2004, these offices were limited to President and the House of Representatives. This led to the Green Party being recognized in the 1st District but not in the 2nd District and 3rd District. Petition drives qualified the Greens in all three districts in 2006.

During the 2006 elections Doug Paterson received Over 5% of the vote for Secretary of State [1] earning the party Statewide Ballot Status for 2008.

According to Nebraska voter registration statistics there were 444 registered greens in the state in 2006.[2] By the November 2008 election that total had more than doubled to 1,041.[3]

In November 2007 Steve Larrick declared his intention to run for US Senate in the 2008 elections [4]

Presidential elections

In 2000, Ralph Nader was the Green Party nominee. His campaign received 3.51% of the statewide vote.

In 2004, Green Party nominee David Cobb received 978 votes statewide.[5]

In 2008, Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney received 1,028 votes.[6]

In 2012, national Green Party nominee Jill Stein was not on the Nebraska presidential ballot and officially received 0 votes.[7]

Elected officials

References

  1. ↑ "Secretary of State". Sos.state.ne.us. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  2. ↑ "Nebraska Secretary of State". Sos.state.ne.us. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  3. ↑ http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/pdf/10-28-08_Final_VR_Report.pdf
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "History Nebraska Greens". Nebraska Green Party. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "2008 OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "OFFICIAL 2012 PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

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