2020 Green Party of Alaska Presidential Nomination

The **2020 Green Party of Alaska Presidential Nomination** was decided on August 31, 2020 by a poll that the Green Party of Alaska had polled. The poll made Jesse Ventura the presidential nominee.

## Background

The National Green Party chose Howie Hawkins as their President candidate and Angela Nicole Walker as Vice President. The Green Party of Alaska, who supported Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry in the beginning, held a poll on August 30-31, 2020, among their members to pick their candidate. Jesse Ventura won with 50% of the vote among 8 candidates.

## Considered candidates

The following candidates were considered for the nomination and put into the poll made by the Green Party of Alaska:

### Nominee

|Name|Born|Experience|Home state|Running mate|Party|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Jesse Ventura**|July 15, 1951 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.|**Governor of Minnesota** (1999-2003) **Mayor of Brooklyn Park** WWE Wrestler|**Minnesota**|**Cynthia McKinney**|**Independent**||

### Other candidates considered

|Name|Born|Experience|Home state|Running mate|Party|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Howie Hawkins**|December 8, 1952  San Francisco, California, U.S.|Environmental activist, found of Green/Greens Party USA, 2020 Green/Socialist Candidate for President|**New York**|**Angela Nicole Walker**|**Green**||
|**Joe Biden**|November 20, 1942 Scranton, Pennsylvania  U.S.|**Vice President of the United States**(2009–2017)|**Delaware**|**Kamala Harris**|**Democratic**||
|**Dario Hunter**|April 21, 1983 Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.|**Youngstown Board of Education member** (2016–2020)|**California**|**Dawn Neptune Adams**|**Progressive**||
|**Mark Charles**|Gallup, New Mexico, U.S.|**Native American activist, public speaker, consultant, and author**|**New Mexico**|**Adrian Wallace** (was  Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry)|**Independent**||
|**Jo Jorgenson**|May 1, 1957 Libertyville, Illinois, U.S|**Psychology senior lecturer at Clemson University** Nominee for Vice President in 1996 Nominee for U.S. representative from SC-04 in 1992|**South Carolina**|**Spike Cohen**|**Libertarian**||
|Steve Saylor|March 23, 1956 Port Lavaca, Texas, U.S.|American author of historical novels|**Texas**|**None**|**None**||
|**Donald Trump**|June 14, 1946 Queens, New York, U.S.|**45th** **President of the United States** (2017–2021)|**Florida**|**Mike Pence**|**Republican**||

## Results

The Green Party of Alaska sent a poll to all its members. The winner would become the nominee. Only a percent was given during the polls results.
|rowspan="2"|Candidate|rowspan="2"|Percentage|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Jesse Ventura**|**50.00%**|||
|Howie Hawkins|25.00%|||
|Joe Biden|14.30%|||
|Dario Hunter|7.13%|||
|Mark Charles|3.57%|||
|Jo Jorgenson|0.00%|||
|Steve Saylor|0.00%|||
|Donald Trump|0.00%|||

## Aftermath

Jesse Ventura got 2,673 votes in Alaska, which was 0.74% of the vote. He came 4th place in the state.

Howie Hawkins got 0.2% of the national vote, which was 4th place nationally.

In January 2021, the National Green Party decided to force a split with the Green Party of Alaska.

## Related pages

- Green Party of Alaska
- Jessie Ventura

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2020 Green Party of Alaska Presidential Nomiantion
- **type**: Presidential
- **ongoing**: No
- **country**: Alaska
- **flag image**: File:Flag of Alaska.svg
- **image1**: File:JesseVentura1.jpg
- **nominee1**: ** Jesse Ventura **
- **party1**: Independent
- **running mate1**: ** Cynthia McKinney **
- **percentage1**: **  50.00% **
- **election date**: August 30, 2020
- **next year**: 2024 Green Party of Alaska Presidential Nomination, 2024
- **next election**: 2024 Green Party of Alaska Presidential Nomination
- **previous year**: 2016 Green Party presidential primaries, 2016
- **previous election**: 2016 Green Party presidential primaries
- **nominee2**: Howie Hawkins
- **image2**: File:Howie Hawkins.jpg
- **party2**: Green Party of the United States, Green
- **percentage2**: 25.00%
- **running mate2**: Angela Nicole Walker
- **nominee3**: Joe Biden
- **party3**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **running mate3**: Kamala Harris
- **home state3**: Delaware
- **percentage3**: 14.30%
- **home state1**: Minnesota
- **home state2**: California
- **image3**: File:Joe Biden 2020 (cropped).jpg