Wisconsin Green Party

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Political party in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Green Party

Chairperson| Dave Schwab
Founded| 1988
Headquarters| Madison, Wisconsin
Ideology| Green politics
Political position| Left-wing
National affiliation| Green Party of the United States
Colors|   Green
State Senate|

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State Assembly|

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Wisconsin Conservation Congress|

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Other elected offices| 2 (June 2019)[1]
Website
www.wisconsingreenparty.org

* Politics of Wisconsin
* Elections

See also: Political party strength in Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Green Party (WIGP) is one of five recognized political parties in the state of Wisconsin[2] and is an active member of the Green Party of the United States.

## History

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See also: History of the Green Party of the United States and History of Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Green Party emerged in the late 1980s when several independent local Green groups combined. Walter Bresette and Frank Koehn of the Lake Superior Greens were instrumental figures in the early years of the party's development. Koehn's election to the Bayfield County board in 1986 was the first time a Green Party candidate had ever been elected to an office in the United States. Dennis Boyer, Richard Latker, Joyce Melville and others established a large chapter in Madison that brought together veteran activists (many of them former members of the Labor-Farm Party, which disintegrated in 1987 after Greens and Marxists in the party failed to agree on a platform) and student activists affiliated with the UW-Madison Greens.[3]

In 2006, the party helped place antiwar initiatives on the ballots in 32 towns (24 of which passed those propositions). In the spring of 2006, nine of 13 Green Party candidates won races in which they ran. John Hardin (Barron County), Ben Farrell (Winnebago County), Bob Ryan (Door County), Barbara Vedder (Dane County), John Hendrick (Dane County), and Kyle Richmond (Dane County) all won re-election to their respective county board seats. Vedder had been appointed to an open seat a few months before the election.[3]

Jeff Peterson (Polk County) and Ashok Kumar (Dane County) took their seats as county board officials for the first time, as did Eric Krszjzaniek (Portage County) who won a recount of write-in votes with an original 5-7 loss turning into an 8-3 win.[3]

On April 3, 2007 a further seven out of 14 Green Party candidates running for office won their elections throughout Wisconsin. This brought the total number of elected Greens in Wisconsin to twenty-two.[4]

The Wisconsin Green Party's headquarters are in Madison.[3]

## Statewide nominees[5]

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* 2002 \- Jim Young, Governor[6]
* 2002 - Paul Aschenbrenner, Treasurer[6]
* 2006 \- Nelson Eisman, Governor
* 2006 - Leon Todd, Lieutenant Governor
* 2006 - Winston Sephus, Treasurer
* 2006 - Michael LaForest, Secretary of State
* 2006 \- Rae Vogeler, U.S. Senate
* 2014 - Ron Hardy, Treasurer

## Presidential nominee results[5]

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Since 1996, the national Green Party has run a candidate for President of the United States. In that year, Green Party nominee, Ralph Nader was on the ballot as an independent. The party's highest vote total came in 2000, when Ralph Nader received over 94,000 votes. The lowest vote total came in 2004, when David Cobb was the nominee. His campaign received only 2,661 votes. Nader, who was also on the ballot as an independent candidate, received over 16,000 votes.

In the 2024 Presidential election, Jill Stein was the nominee for the Party but only received 12,266 (0.4%) votes in Wisconsin.[7]

Year  | Nominee  | Votes

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1996 | Ralph Nader | 28,723 (1.31%)
2000 | Ralph Nader | 94,070 (3.62%)
2004 | David Cobb | 2,661 (0.10%)
2008 | Cynthia McKinney | 4,216 (0.14%)
2012 | Jill Stein | 7,665 (0.25%)
2016 | Jill Stein | 31,072 (1.04%)
2024 | Jill Stein | 12,266 (0.4%)[7]

## Notable Wisconsin Greens

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* Walter Bresette
* Frank Koehn

## References

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1. ^ "Green officeholders (June 15, 2019)".
2. ^ Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 2015-2016 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 2015, p. 842. "At the beginning of 2015, Wisconsin had five recognized political parties: Constitution, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican."
3. ^ a b c d "History". Wisconsin Green Party. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
4. ^ "Local News". Gp.org. 2007-04-04. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
5. ^ a b "Wisconsin Election Results". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
6. ^ a b "Wisconsin Green Party" (PDF). WNPJ.org. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
7. ^ a b "Wisconsin Election Results 2024: Live Map - Races by County - POLITICO". www.politico.comundefined. 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2025-06-25.

## External links

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* Wisconsin Green Party

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Wisconsin political parties

Major|

* Democratic
* Republican

Minor|

* Green
* Libertarian
* Socialist
* ProDane

Inactive|

* Labor–Farm
* NPA (Progressive)
* People's Reform
* Social-Democratic

Political party strength in Wisconsin

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Green Party

Presidential tickets|

* 1996: Nader/LaDuke
* 2000: Nader/LaDuke
* 2004: Cobb/LaMarche
* 2008: McKinney/Clemente
* 2012: Stein/Honkala
* 2016: Stein/Baraka
* 2020: Hawkins/Walker
* 2024: Stein/Ware

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Related organizations|

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History|

* Association of State Green Parties
* Overview

Related articles|

* Green politics
* Office-holding politicians

aAs of January 2021, the original GPAK is no longer affiliated to the GPUS, following disagreements with the national party during the 2020 presidential election
bAs of July 2021, the original GGP is no longer affiliated to the GPUS, following disagreements over amendments passed in the GGP party platform
cAs of December 2020, the original GPRI is no longer affiliated to the GPUS, following disagreements with the national party during the 2020 presidential election
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