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Green Party of Hawai'i
ʻAoʻao ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Hawaiʻi
ChairpersonSylvia Litchfield
Budd Dickinson
HeadquartersHonolulu
Ideology
National affiliationGreen Party of the United States
ColorsGreen
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Website
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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.[1]

History[edit]

The Hawaii Green Party first qualified for the ballot in May 1992,[1] 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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[1] The party sued the Chief Election Officer Scott Nago as the state ran out of ballots on election day.[3][4] A decision in the lawsuit was rendered by the Supreme Court of Hawaii on 19 July 2016.[5]

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References[edit]

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

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_Hawaii