Two candidates associated with the Green Party have won positions in local elections since late May, including an alderman seat in Mississippi and a neighborhood board position in Hawai’i. Both seats are officially nonpartisan.
Independent Political Report was notified this month that Green Party candidates retained a city council seat in New Augusta, Mississippi, and gained a Neighborhood Board seat in Honolulu County, Hawai’i. Both victories were documented by the GPUS Elections Database, which identifies Green candidates as individuals affiliated with their state Green Party and no other political party at the time of their election.
John Proctor, a member of the Green Party of Mississippi, won reelection to the New Augusta Board of Aldermen on June 3 for a second four-year term. Proctor placed third in a ten-way race for five seats, earning 93 votes, or 15 percent of the total. He was first elected to the position in 2021, when he led the field in a similarly contested 11-way race. Proctor is the only known Green to run for office in Mississippi so far this year.
The database also identified Jordan Conley of the Green Party of Hawai’i, who was successful in his bid for a two-year term on the ‘Aiea Neighborhood Board No. 20 in Honolulu County. The election was originally scheduled for May 16. However, since only four candidates filed for the four available seats, all were automatically deemed elected upon certification later that month. Conley is the only known Green to have run in Hawai’i this year.
According to the GPUS database, 18 local Greens have run for office so far in 2025. With the addition of Proctor and Conley, ten have now been elected or reelected. All eight unsuccessful candidates were first-time contenders, meaning the party has not lost any incumbents in 2025.
At least 11 additional Green candidates are expected to appear on the ballot later this year in New Jersey, Arizona, and Connecticut, including Stephen Zielinski, who is running for New Jersey governor, and Eduardo Quintana and Gary Swing, who will face off in a Green primary for a special congressional election to fill a vacancy in Arizona.
Editorial note: With thanks to reader Mike Feinstein for details.
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