Illinois Green Party
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Illinois Green Party | |
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Green Party of the United States | |
Colors | Green |
State Senate | 0 / 59 |
State House | 0 / 118 |
Statewide Officers | 0 / 6 |
Local offices | 4 (2022)[1] |
Website | |
www.ilgp.org | |
The Illinois Green Party is a statewide political party in Illinois. The party is state affiliate of the Green Party of the United States.
The party ran its first statewide candidates in 2006, led by
There are currently 12 local chapters affiliated with the party,[2] and 10 members holding elected office in the state.[3]
Political positions
Like the national party, the Illinois Green Party promotes the "Ten Key Values" of the Green Party platform:
Elections
2008
At the 2007 Green National Meeting the Illinois Green Party submitted a proposal to host the
As an established party it was entitled to a presidential primary, if at least two candidates qualify for that primary. In 2007, Illinois law required all candidates in the presidential primary to submit 3,000 signatures by November. Illinois was one of only eight state affiliates of the Green Party to hold presidential primaries in 2008.
In 2008, 32 Green Party candidates filed petitions to run in the Illinois Green Party primary before the filing deadline.[8] The party also had the power to fill ballot vacancies in races where nobody was picked in the February 5 primary.[9] Following the primary and state party convention, the party fielded 60 candidates for the November general election.[10]
2010
In 2010, Rich Whitney again ran for
Jones was polling as high as 14% in a June 2010 poll, but ended up with 3.18% of the vote. In August 2010, Whitney polled 11% in a Public Policy Polling survey,[14] but finally received just 2.70% of the vote. As neither candidate received over 5% of the vote statewide, the Illinois Green Party lost its 'Major Party' status.
2014
Scott Summers ran for governor and
2016
In 2016, the Green Party ran Scott Summers for U.S. Senate and Tim Curtin for Illinois Comptroller.[16]
Dr. Jill Stein was the party's nominee for President.[17][18]
2020
In 2020, Howie Hawkins won the nomination over Dario Hunter.[citation needed] In the general election, Howie Hawkins received 30,494 votes, less than 1%.[19]
See also
- Illinois gubernatorial election, 2006
- 2006 Election for statewide offices in the State of Illinois
- 2020 United States presidential election in Illinois
- Government of Illinois
References
- ^ "Elected ILGP Government Officeholders". Illinois Green Party. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ "Illinois Green Party - Affiliates". Archived from the original on March 11, 2014.
- ^ "Illinois Green Party Elected Officials". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014.
- ^ "Platform of the Illinois Green Party" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2010.
- ^ "2007.08.30: Greens choose Chicago for 2008". gp.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-24.
- ^ "Ballot Access News - Illinois Greens Determined to Have a Presidential Primary". ballot-access.org.
- ^ Illinois Democratic, Green Presidential Primary Filing Deadline is Today Ballot Access News, November 5, 2007
- ^ "Local News for Grundy County". Morris Daily Herald.
- ^ "Welcome to nginx!". www.pjstar.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ http://openmindsandopenhearts.blogspot.com/2008/04/illinois-greens-field-60-candidates.html [dead link]
- ^ "Rich Whitney, Lealan Jones, and the ILGP File Suit Against WTTW over Debate Exclusion :: 2010-10-31 00:00:00". Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ Good, Chris (October 15, 2010). "A Vote for 'Rich Whitey'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ Lach, Eric. "Illinois Candidate's Name Misspelled As 'Rich Whitey' On Electronic-Voting Machines". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Brady Expands Lead over Quinn" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. August 18, 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "2 Green Party candidates to run as write-ins". Chicago. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015.
- ^ "It's Official We WILL be Able to Vote for the Greater Good in Illinois". Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "1 Stein easily wins Illinois Green Party presidential preference vote". Green Party Watch. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Brown, Mark (25 October 2016). "Brown: Greens say GOP ploy adds 'insult' but no injury". Chicago: Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Sandvoss, Steve, ed. (December 4, 2020). Official Canvass of the 2020 Illinois General Election. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
External links
- Illinois Green Party (Official site)
- ILGP on Facebook
- ILGP MySpace page