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Green Party of Virginia | |
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| Non-Male Co-chair | Vacant |
| Non-Female Co-chair | Tom Yager |
| Treasurer | Kirit Mookerjee |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 7316 Falls Church, Virginia 22040 |
| Ideology | Green politics Eco-socialism[1] Anti-capitalism Communalism[2] Municipalization[3] |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Green Party of the United States |
| Colors | Green |
| Seats in theUS Senate | 0 / 2 |
| Seats in theUS House | 0 / 11 |
| Seats in theVA Senate | 0 / 40 |
| Seats in theVA House | 0 / 100 |
| VA statewide offices held | 0 / 3 |
| Lord Fairfax Conservation District | 1 / 12 |
| Skyline Conservation District | 1 / 10 |
| Website | |
| www.VAGreenParty.org | |
TheGreen Party of Virginia(GPVA) is a state-levelpolitical party inVirginia founded in 1993. It is the state affiliate of theGreen Party of the United States.
GPVA runs candidates on anecology platform. The party had its first electoral victory in 1997.[4]
The Green Party of Virginia consistently elects Directors to Soil & Water Conservation Districts and often runs candidates for various local positions and for the state legislature.
The party earned its first electoral victories in November 1997 when Phil Welch was elected to the Buena Vista Soil & Water Conservation District board[5] and Stephanie Porras was elected to the Lexington Soil & Conservation District Board.[6] Since that time, several other GPVA members have run for office in both partisan and non-partisan races, with notable victories at the town council and SWCD level.
In 2015, Jeff Staples ran for Virginia House of Delegates in the 81st District against Republican Barry Knight and received a total of 30.3% of the vote.[citation needed]
In 2016, Montigue Magruder and Rebecca Keel ran in the Richmond citywide elections and gathered nearly 12% of the votes in their respective districts. Kristen Lawson won the seat to represent Richmond's 4th district with 4,762 votes, 36.9% of the total.[citation needed]
| Year | Nominee | Votes |
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| 1996 | Ralph Nader | Not on ballot |
| 2000 | Ralph Nader | 59,398 (2.17%) |
| 2004 | David Cobb (write-in) | 104 (<0.01%) |
| 2008 | Cynthia McKinney | 2,344 (0.06%) |
| 2012 | Jill Stein | 8,627 (0.22%) |
| 2016 | Jill Stein | 27,638 (0.69%) |
| 2020 | Howie Hawkins (write-in) | TBA |
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Some call this decentralized system 'ecological socialism,' 'communalism,' or the 'cooperative commonwealth,' but whatever the terminology, we believe it will help end labor exploitation, environmental exploitation, and racial, gender, and wealth inequality and bring about economic and social justice due to the positive effects of democratic decision making. [...] Production is best for people and planet when democratically owned and operated by those who do the work and those most affected by production decisions.
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