2020 Green National Convention
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The 2020 Green National Convention (GNC) or presidential nominating convention was an event in which delegates of the
Site selection
On August 18, 2019, the
Delegate allocation
GPUS-affiliated parties may elect delegates to the presidential nominating convention, typically conducted through a state party
The delegates of the presidential nominating convention are different from the elected delegates of the Green National Committee, the party's routine decision-making body.
Speakers
The following people were announced as speakers at the convention:[5]
- Ajamu Baraka, Green Party 2016 vice-presidential nominee, political activist and scholar, whose work has appeared in Black Agenda Report, Common Dreams, and Dissident Voice
- Margaret Flowers, advisor to Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP) and co-founder of Health Over Profit for Everyone (HOPE)
- Cam Gordon, member of the Minneapolis City Council since 2006, co-founder of the Green Party of Minnesota
- Robin Harris, Green Party and George Floyd Rebellions. Green Party National Black Caucus co-chair and 2018 Green Party candidate for Orange County Commissioner, Florida.
- Seth Kaper-Dale, co-pastor of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, New Jersey; 2017 Green Party candidate for governor of New Jersey; author of A Voice for Justice: Sermons that Prepared a Congregation to Respond to God in the Decade After 9/11
- Margaret Kimberly, co-founder, editor and columnist for Black Agenda Report; author of Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents
- Jenny Leong, two-term member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, Australia
- Lisa Savage, Maine Green Independent Party's candidate for U.S. Senate, running in a ranked choice voting election for that office
- Jill Stein, presidential candidate in 2016 and 2012; keynote: "Greens – more than ever, we are the ones we've been waiting for"
Presidential delegate vote
At the convention, vote totals for the options were given, including an incorrect sum for the lumped-together None of the above and Uncommitted votes. Ballot Access News reported, as in previous years, the delegation-by-delegation votes, lumping together No nominee, None of the above and Uncommitted votes and omitting candidates not qualified by the GNC (Jesse Ventura, Kent Mesplay, Susan Lochoki and Bernie Sanders), except for in totals, and making a mistake on the line for the GP of Texas, though the totals are correct.
Candidate | Delegates | Percentage | Note |
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Howie Hawkins | 210 | 58.82% | |
Dario Hunter | 102 | 28.57% | |
Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry | 11.5 | 3.22% | |
Dennis Lambert | 8.5 | 2.38% | |
Jesse Ventura | 7 | 1.96% | [a] |
Uncommitted | 6 | 1.68% | [b] |
David Rolde | 4.5 | 1.26% | |
No nominee | 3 | 0.84% | [c] |
Kent Mesplay
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2 | 0.56% | [d] |
Susan Lochoki | 1 | 0.28% | [d] |
None of the above | 1 | 0.28% | [e] |
Bernie Sanders | 0.5 | 0.14% | [f] |
Totals | 357 | 100% | [g] |
Vice-presidential delegate vote
Angela Walker was approved by consensus by the 221 delegates, securing the nomination as vice-presidential candidate.[6]
See also
- 2020 Green Party presidential primaries
- 2020 Republican National Convention
- 2020 Democratic National Convention
- 2020 Libertarian National Convention
- 2020 Constitution Party National Convention
- 2020 United States presidential election
Notes
- ^ 2 from the Connecticut GP, 1 from the Maine Green Independent Party and 4 from the GP of Michigan
- ^ 1 from the Arizona GP, 1 from the GP of Colorado, 1 from the Iowa GP, 2 from the Missouri GP and 1 from the GP of Utah
- ^ 2 from the Maine Green Independent Party and 1 from the Nebraska GP
- ^ a b from the GP of Texas
- ^ from the GP of Florida
- ^ from the GP of Michigan
- ^ The Alabama GP submitted only 3/4 of their votes.
References
- ^ "GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention Delegate Credentials Status (2020)". GPUS Credentials Committee. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Selection of Site for 2020 Presidential Nominating ConventionANM". Green National Committee. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Saturn, William (April 24, 2020). "2020 Green National Convention to Take Place in Cyber". Independent Political Report. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ "Convention Rules". Green Party of the United States. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ "MEDIA ADVISORY - GREEN PARTY of the U.S. Presidential Nominating Convention".
- ^ a b "Part 2! 2020 Presidential Nominating Convention". Facebook. Green Party. July 11, 2020.
- ^ "Green Party Presidential Convention Vote". Ballot Access News. Vol. 36, no. 3. Richard Winger. August 2020. Archived from the original on 8 Jan 2023.