Top Results – Governor

Since the first Green ran for Governor – Jim Sykes in November 1990 in Alaska  – 129 Greens have run for Governor across the United States. Among them, 103 have run in General Elections, six in recall elections, seven in ‘top two’ elections, one  in a partisan two round run-off, and six more in contested Green Party primaries that they failed to win.

Top General Election Percentages, # of votes, place of finish:
10.40% •  Roberto Mondragon, New Mexico, 1994 • 47,990 votes, 3rd/3
10.36% •  Rich Whitney, Illinois, 2006 • 361,336 votes, 3rd/3
09.56% •  Pat LaMarche, Maine, 2006 • 52,690 votes,  4th/9
09.30% •  Jonathan Carter, Maine, 2002 • 46,179 votes, 3rd/4 
06.80% •  Pat LaMarche, Maine, 1998 • 28,722 votes , 4th/5
06.40% •  Jonathan Carter, Maine, 1994 • 32,695 votes, 4th/5 
05.89% •  Charlotte Pritt, West Virginia, 2016 • 42068 votes, 3rd/5
05.50% •  David Bacon, New Mexico, 2002 • 26,465 votes, 3rd/3   
05.30% •  Peter Camejo, California, 2002 • 393,036 votes, 3rd/6
04.84% • Howie Hawkins, New York, 2014 • 184,419 votes, 3rd/5
04.46% • Jesse Johnson, West Virginia, 2008 • 31,195 votes, 3rd/3
04.10% • Jim Sykes, Alaska, 1994 • 8,727 votes, 4th/5
03.50% • Kioni Dudley, Hawai’i, 1994 • 12,969 votes, 3rd/4 
03.50% • Jill Stein, Massachusetts, 2002 • 76,530 votes, 3rd/5
03.33% • Anita Rios, Ohio, 2014 • 101,706 votes, 3rd/3
03.30% • Jim Sykes, Alaska, 1990 • 6563 votes, 5th/5
03.01% • Desa Jacobsen, Alaska, 1998 • 6618 votes, 4th/5

Top General Election Vote totals, % of vote, place of finish
393,036 •  Peter Camejo, California, 2002 •  5,30%, 3rd/6
361,336 •  Rich Whitney, Illinois, 2006 • 10.36%, 3rd/3
205,995 •  Peter Camejo, California, 2006 •  5,30%, 3rd/6
184,419 •  Howie Hawkins, New York, 2014 • 4,84%, 3rd/5
122,224 •  Laura Wells, California, 2010 • 1.2%, 5th/6
104,179 •  Dan Hamburg, California, 1998 • 1.24%, 3rd/7
103,946 •  Howie Hawkins, New York, 2018 • 1.65%, 3rd/5
101,706 •  Anita Rios, Ohio, 2014 • 3.33%, 3rd/3
100,756 •  Rich Whitney, Illinois, 2006 • 2.7%, 4th/5