Green Party of Virginia

{{Infobox political party

| name = Green Party of Virginia

| logo = Green Party of Virginia logo.png

| headquarters = P.O. Box 7316
Falls Church, Virginia 22040

| leader1_title = Non-Male Co-chair

| leader1_name = Vacant

| leader2_title = Non-Female Co-chair

| leader2_name = Tom Yager

| leader3_title = Treasurer

| leader3_name = Kirit Mookerjee

| foundation = 1993

| national = Green Party of the United States

| colors = Green

| colorcode = {{party color|Green Party (US)}}

| position = Left-wing

| ideology = Green politics
Eco-socialism[http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=835_blank "Green Party of the United States - National Committee Voting - Proposal Details"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124155132/https://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=835_blank |date=2022-01-24 }}.
Anti-capitalism
Communalism{{cite web|url=http://www.gp.org/economic_justice_and_sustainability_2016|title=IV. Economic Justice & Sustainability|quote=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}}.
Municipalization[http://www.gp.org/economic_justice_and_sustainability_2016 "IV. Economic Justice & Sustainability"]. "We will build an economy based on large-scale green public works, municipalization, and workplace and community democracy".

| state = Virginia

| website = [http://www.vagreenparty.org/ www.VAGreenParty.org]

| footnotes =

| seats1_title = Seats in the US Senate

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|2|hex={{party color|Green Party (US)}}}}

| seats2_title = Seats in the US House

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|11|hex={{party color|Green Party (US)}}}}

| seats3_title = Seats in the VA Senate

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|40|hex={{party color|Green Party (US)}}}}

| seats4_title = Seats in the VA House

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|0|100|hex={{party color|Green Party (US)}}}}

| seats5_title = VA statewide offices held

| seats5 = {{Composition bar|0|3|hex={{party color|Green Party (US)}}}}

| seats6_title = Lord Fairfax
Conservation District

| seats6 = {{Composition bar|1|12|hex={{party color|Green Party (United States)}}}}

| seats7_title = Skyline
Conservation District

| seats7 = {{Composition bar|1|10|hex={{party color|Green Party (United States)}}}}

}}

The Green Party of Virginia (GPVA) is a state-level political party in Virginia founded in 1993. It is the state affiliate of the Green Party of the United States.

GPVA runs candidates on an ecology platform. The party had its first electoral victory in 1997.{{cite web|title=Previous Electoral Campaigns|url=http://www.vagreenparty.org/electoral_archives.html|publisher=Green Party of Virginia|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222114237/http://www.vagreenparty.org/electoral_archives.html|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead}}

Campaigns

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 http://216.92.191.78/elections/candidates.php?candidateId=1015&electionId=77&year={{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Stephanie Porras was elected to the Lexington Soil & Conservation District Board.http://216.92.191.78/elections/candidates.php?candidateId=1174&electionId=77&year={{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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|date=September 2020}}

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|date=September 2020}}

Presidential elections

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Nominee

!Votes

|Not on ballot

|59,398 (2.17%)

|David Cobb (write-in)

|104 (<0.01%)

|2,344 (0.06%)

|8,627 (0.22%)

|27,638 (0.69%)

|Howie Hawkins (write-in)

|TBA

Officeholders

=Current=

Ira Richards, Lord Fairfax Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors{{cite web|url=https://www.gpelections.org/races/ira-richards-runs-for-soil-and-water-conservation-district-2019/|title=Ira Richards Runs for Soil and Water Conservation District, 2019|publisher=GP Elections|access-date=September 19, 2020}}
Thomas Adams, Skyline Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors{{cite web|url=https://www.gpelections.org/races/thomas-adams-runs-for-soil-and-water-conservation-district-2019/|title=Thomas Adams Runs for Soil and Water Conservation District, 2019|publisher=GP Elections|access-date=September 19, 2020}}

=Former=

List incomplete

Kathleen Harrigan, Fredericksburg Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors
Daniel Metraux, Staunton Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors
Chris Simmons, Loudoun Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors
Buck Richards, Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors
Giannina Franz, Fredericksburg Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors
Wendy Hageman Smith, Appomattox County School Board
Kristen Larson, Richmond City Council District 4

References

External links

[http://www.vagreenparty.org/ Green Party of Virginia]
[http://www.gp.org/ Green Party of the United States]

Category:Political parties in Virginia

Virginia

Category:1993 establishments in Virginia

Category:State and local socialist parties in the United States