Green

Website: http://www.cagreens.org

Members of the Legislature: 1
Highest Office Won: Assembly (1999)
Founded: 1972 in Australia

Party History
The Green party dates back to March, 1972, when the first local Green Party was organized in Australia. The party had a significant impact in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s, which prompted the formation of the first US Green organizations in the 1980s. At the national level, the "Green Party USA" national organization was first formally organized in 1991. In California, the Green Party gained ballot-qualified status in 1992, and has become one of the 'anchor states' for the party nationwide. California is highly important to the national Green Party, and has "elected 67 of the 204 office-holding Greens nationwide". As of February 2005, the Green Party is California's fourth largest (behind the Democrats, Republicans, and American Independent) with almost 1% of registered voters.

After the 2006 Election
According to an email from the Green Party of California shortly after the 2006 election, the Greens now hold 50 elected offices in California. These offices include on member of the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors, five Mayors, and 11 City Council members. Peter Camejo, a three-time candidate for California Governor who had long been a standard-bearer for the party died in 2008.

As of January 2010, the California Green Party has 111,395 registered voters.