Green Party of Hawaii explained

Green Party of Hawai'i
Native Name:ʻAoʻao ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Hawaiʻi
Chairperson:Sylvia Litchfield
Budd Dickinson
Colors:Green
Headquarters:Honolulu
Ideology:Green politics
Position:Left-wing
National:Green Party of the United States
Seats1 Title:Seats in the U.S. Senate
Seats2 Title:Seats in the U.S. House
Seats3 Title:Hawaii Senate
Seats4 Title:Hawaii House of Representatives
Seats5 Title:Other elected officials
Seats5:0 [1]
Website:Official website
Country:the United States

The Green Party of Hawai'i (GPH) (Hawaiian: ʻAoʻao ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Hawaiʻi) is the green party organization in the state of Hawaii, and an affiliate organization of the Green Party of the United States.

The party's focus includes environmental issues, community-based economics, personal responsibility, diversity, social justice, and non-violence.[2]

History

The Hawaii Green Party first qualified for the ballot in May 1992,[2] one of the earliest state Green Parties to do so.

In November 1992, Keiko Bonk was elected to a seat on the Hawaii County (Big Island) County Council, the first Green to be elected in a partisan race in the United States. She was re-elected in 1994, but stepped down to run unsuccessfully for Island Mayor in 1996.[2]

In November 1998, Julie Jacobson was elected to Bonk's old seat on the Big Island, which she held upon re-election in 2000. Her campaign for election was managed by Bonk.[3] When she decided not to run in 2002, her husband Bob Jacobson ran and was elected, then re-elected again in 2004 and 2006. Jacobson lost in 2008. No Green Party members have since held elected office in Hawaii.

In 2012, the Green Party of Hawaii was certified to be included on Hawaii partisan election ballots in all races through 2020.[2] The party sued the Chief Election Officer Scott Nago as the state ran out of ballots on election day.[4] [5] A decision in the lawsuit was rendered by the Supreme Court of Hawaii on 19 July 2016.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greens in Office. Green Party of the United States. June 2, 2024. .
  2. Web site: Stewart . Colin M. . Green Party Certified . Hawaii Tribune-Herald . April 22, 2012 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128164948/http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/green-party-certified.html. January 28, 2016.
  3. News: Winter 1999 . Julie Jacobson Wins County Council Seat, Waves "Aloha" to Incumbent Republican . Green Pages . 8 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Hawaii Election Officials Boost Vigilance. Timothy. Hurley. 3 November 2016. Honolulu Star-Advertiser. en. 4 January 2017.
  5. Web site: The Big Island's top 10 stories of 2012. 30 December 2012. Hawaii Tribune-Herland. en. 4 January 2017.
  6. Web site: Green Party of Hawaii v. Nago. 19 July 2016. JUSTIA. en. 4 January 2017.