List of Green politicians who have held office in the United States

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This is a list of politicians endorsed by the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) who have held elected office.

GPUS publishes a semi-annual list of Greens in elected office^[1] and an annual list of Green elections & winners by year.^[2]

As of the November 2024 elections, at least 161 Greens hold elected office.^[3] In 2024, Greens won 50 of 92 (54.3%) local races and 0 of 92 (0%) state & federal races.^[4] Since 1985, Greens have won 1582 elections.^[5]

Politicians below highlighted in green were elected as a Green on a Green ticket or as an open Green in a nonpartisan election.

Federal officials

As of 2024^[update], no nominee of the Green Party has been elected to office in the federal government.

State officials

As of 2024^[update], 8 Greens have held state-level office. 2 were elected as a Green. 2 ran as Green for ballot access reasons, then switched to Democrat. 4 switched parties while in office.

As of 2024^[update], no Greens currently hold state-level office.

Lower houses

Former (8)

Name	District	State	Office	Term Start	Term End	Note	Ref.
Shane Robinson	39th District	Maryland	House	January 12, 2011	January 9, 2019	originally elected as Democrat, never won election as Green[a]	[7][6]
Henry Bear	144th District (Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians)	Maine	House	January 3, 2013	January 3, 2019	originally elected as Democrat, never won election as Green[b]	[7][8]
Ralph Chapman	133rd District[c]	Maine	House	December 1, 2010	January 3, 2019	originally elected as Democrat, never won election as Green[d]	[7][9][10]
Fred Smith	50th District[e]	Arkansas	House	January 14, 2013 January 10, 2011	January 12, 2015 September 12, 2011	expelled from Democrats, ran as Green, then rejoined Democrats[f]	[11][12]
Richard Carroll	39th District	Arkansas	House	January 12, 2009	January 10, 2011	elected as Green, for ballot access purposes, then joined Democrats[g]	[13][14]
John Eder	118th District	Maine	House	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2007	elected as Green	[7][15]
Matt Ahearn	38th District	New Jersey	General Assembly	January 8, 2002	January 13, 2004	originally elected as Democrat, never won election as Green[h]	[16]
Audie Bock	16th District	California	State Assembly	April 5, 1999	November 30, 2000	elected as Green, then switched to Independent[i]	[17][18]

Jim Lendall was a Democratic Arkansas House Representative from 1998–2004,^[19] who switched to Green in 2005.^[13]

Local officials

As of December 31, 2024^[update], 39 Greens have been elected to local mayor-level positions and 36 have been appointed in cities where the mayor is appointed from within the city council or assumes the position by rotation.^[20]

Gayle McLaughlin, founding member of the Richmond Progressive Alliance, was twice elected mayor of Richmond, California, defeating two Democrats in 2006,^[21][22] and reelected in 2010, and elected to City Council in 2014 after completing her second term as mayor.^[23] With a population of over 100,000 people, it was the largest US city with a Green mayor.

Greens have held city council majorities in 11 cities, including Fairfax, California; Arcata, California; Sebastopol, California; and New Paltz, New York.^[24]

Mayors

Current (4)

Name	Area	State	Office	Term Start	Term End	Notes	Ref.
Michael Bagdes-Canning	Cherry Valley	Pennsylvania	Mayor	July 11, 2023	November 2027	elected as Green	[25][26][27]
Peter Schwartzman	Galesburg	Illinois	Mayor	June 4, 2021	July 4, 2025	non-partisan election, marked Independent	[28][29][30]
Bruce Delgado	Marina	California	Mayor	January 17, 2008	September 11, 2026	nonpartisan election	[31][32][33]

Former (8)

Name	Area	Office	Notes	Ref.
John Reed	Fairfax, California	Mayor	nonpartisan election	[34][35]
Mike Feinstein	Santa Monica, California	Mayor	nonpartisan election	[36][37]
David Doonan	Greenwich, New York	Mayor	nonpartisan election	[38][39]
Kelley Weaverling	Cordova, Alaska	Mayor	nonpartisan election	[40][41]
Robb Davis	Davis, California	Mayor	nonpartisan election	[42]
Peter Gleichman	Ward, Colorado	Mayor	nonpartisan election	[43]
Jim Sullivan	Victory, New York	Mayor	nonpartisan election	[39][44]
Jason West	New Paltz, New York	Mayor	nonpartisan election	[45][46]

City and county councils

Current (17)

Name	Area	Office	Ref.
Sylvia R. Chavez	Calipatria, California	City Council	[47]
David Conley	Douglas County, Wisconsin	Board of Supervisors	[48]
Josiah Dean	Dufur, Oregon	City Council	[49]
Becky Elder	Manitou Springs, Colorado	City Council	[50]
Bob Gifford	Portage County, Wisconsin	Board of Supervisors	[51]
Renée Goddard	Fairfax, California	City Council	[34]
David Grover	Trinidad, California	City Council	[52][53]
Damon Jespersen	Newbury, Massachusetts	Board of Selectmen	[54]
John Keener	Pacifica, California	City Council	[55]
Rebecca Kemble	Madison, Wisconsin	Common Council	[56][57]
Paul Pitino	Arcata, California	Town Council	[58]
Marsha A. Rummel	Madison, Wisconsin	Common Council	[57][59]
George P. Steeves	Southbridge, Massachusetts	Town Council	[60]
Anna Trevorrow	Portland, Maine	City Council	[61]
Daniel Welsh	Lewisboro, New York	Town Council	[62][63]
Heidi Weigleitner	Dane County, Wisconsin	Board of Supervisors	[64]
Stephen Zollman	Sebastopol, California	City Council	[65]

Former (27)

Name	Area	Office	Ref.
Peter Schwartzman	Galesburg, Illinois	City Council	[28]
George Altgelt	Laredo, Texas	City Council	[66]
Michael Beilstein	Corvallis, Oregon	City Council	[67]
Bruce Delgado	Marina, California	City Council	[32]
Jessica Bradshaw	Carbondale, Illinois	City Council	[68]
Michael Cornell	River Hill Village	Board of Directors	[69]
Jennifer Dotson	Ithaca, New York	Common Council	[70]
Kathleen Fitzpatrick	Mosier, Oregon	City Council	[63]
Gail Garrett	Mount Washington, Massachusetts	Board of Selectmen	[71]
Matt Gonzalez	San Francisco, California	President of Board of Supervisors	[72]
Cam Gordon	Minneapolis, Minnesota	City Council	[73]
Art Goodtimes	San Miguel County, Colorado	County Commissioner	[74]
Daniel Hamburg	Mendocino County, California	Board of Supervisors	[75]
Michelle Haynes	Norwood, Colorado	Town Board	[76]
Gary Hull	Sharpsburg, Maryland	Town Council	[77]
Tanya Ishikawa	Federal Heights, Colorado	City Council	[78]
Brian Kehoe	Catskill, New York	Village Council	[39][79]
Jason Kirkpatrick	Arcata, California	City Council and Vice Mayor	[80]
Mary Jo Long	Afton, New York	Town Council	[81]
Tom Mair	Grand Traverse County, Michigan	Board of Commissioners	[82]
Sarah Marsh	Fayetteville, Arkansas	City Council	[63][83]
Merrily Mazza	Lafayette, Colorado	City Council	[84]
Gayle McLaughlin	Richmond, California	City Council, then Mayor twice, then City Council	[21][22]
Ross Mirkarimi	San Francisco, California	Board of Supervisors, then Sheriff	[85]
Leland Pan	Dane County, Wisconsin	Board of Supervisors	[86]
Dona Spring	Berkeley, California	City Council	[87][88]
Chuck Turner	Boston, Massachusetts	City Council	[89]

Other local officials

The Green Party has many local elected officials. This section notes only those who are notable or verified by a reliable source.

Current

Name	Area	Office	Ref.
Carl D'Amato	Waterford, Connecticut	Representative Town Meeting	[90]
Andrew Frascarelli	Waterford, Connecticut	Representative Town Meeting	[90]
Joshua Steele Kelly	Waterford, Connecticut	Representative Town Meeting[j]	[91][90]
Vincent O'Connor	Amherst, Massachusetts	Representative Town Meeting	[92]
Rebecca Rotzler	New Paltz, New York	Deputy Mayor	[93][94]
Darcy Van Ness	Waterford, Connecticut	Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate	[90]
Baird Welch-Collins	Waterford, Connecticut	Representative Town Meeting	[90]

Former

Name	Area	Office	Ref.
Hector Lopez	New Canaan, Connecticut	Constable	[95][96]
Jill Stein	Lexington, Massachusetts	Representative Town Meeting[k]	[97][98]

See also

• • List of socialist members of the United States Congress
  • List of elected socialist mayors in the United States
  • List of Democratic Socialists of America public officeholders
  • List of Communist Party USA members who have held office in the United States
• History of the Green Party of the United States
• Congressional Progressive Caucus

Notes

1. Robinson was elected as a member of the Democratic Party. After losing election, on November 21, 2018, Robinson joined the Maryland Green Party.^[6]
2. Bear was elected as a member of the Democratic Party. In November 2017, Bear joined the Maine Green Independent Party.^[8]
3. Chapman represented the 37th District from 2010-2014.
4. Chapman was elected as a member of the Democratic Party. On May 26, 2017, Chapman became an independent. On September 22, 2017, Chapman joined the Maine Green Independent Party.^[9]
5. Smith represented the 54th District in 2011.
6. Smith was elected as a member of the Democratic Party, then barred from public office after conviction of felony theft. After Smith's conviction was expunged, the Democratic Party refused to run him, but he won election in 2012 on the Green Party ballot.^[11] Smith re-registered as a Democrat in 2014.^[12]
7. Carroll reached out to both the Green and Democratic party. The Democratic Party could not allow Carroll to run on its ballot line, because its candidate Dwayne Dobbins was disqualified.^[13] Carroll was elected as a Green Party of Arkansas member in 2008, but switched parties to become a Democrat five months after his election.^[14]
8. Ahearn was elected as a Democratic Party member in 2002 but joined the Green in 2003 after a falling-out with Democratic leadership.^[16] He lost re-election.
9. Bock was elected as a Green Party of California member to the California State Assembly in 1999, but switched her registration to Independent seven months later^[17] and ran as such in the 2000 election.^[18]
10. Kelly was formerly elected as a Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate
11. Stein would also run as the Green Party candidate for president in 2012, 2016, and 2024