Green Party of Hawaii

Green Party of Hawai'i

ʻAoʻao ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Hawaiʻi
Green Party of Hawai'i ʻAoʻao ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Hawaiʻi
Chairperson	Sylvia Litchfield; Budd Dickinson
Headquarters	Honolulu
Ideology	Green politics
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Green Party of the United States
Colors	Green
Seats in the U.S. Senate	0 / 2
Seats in the U.S. House	0 / 2
Hawaii Senate	0 / 35
Hawaii House of Representatives	0 / 100
Other elected officials	0 (February 2024)
Website
	Official website
	Politics of the United States; Political parties; Elections;

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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]

References

^ "Greens in Office". Green Party of the United States. Retrieved June 2, 2024..
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stewart, Colin M. (April 22, 2012). "Green Party Certified". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016.
^ "Julie Jacobson Wins County Council Seat, Waves "Aloha" to Incumbent Republican". Green Pages. Winter 1999. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
^ Timothy, Hurley (3 November 2016). "Hawaii Election Officials Boost Vigilance". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ "The Big Island's top 10 stories of 2012". Hawaii Tribune-Herland. 30 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ "Green Party of Hawaii v. Nago". JUSTIA. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.