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
+2020 Green Party of Alaska NomineeNameBornExperienceHome stateRunning
matePartyRef.Jesse VenturaJuly 15, 1951 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.Governor of Minnesota (1999-2003)
Mayor of Brooklyn Park

WWE WrestlerMinnesotaCynthia McKinneyIndependent

Other candidates considered

+2020 Green Party of Alaska CandidatesNameBornExperienceHome stateRunning
matePartyRef.Howie HawkinsDecember 8, 1952  San Francisco, California, U.S.Environmental activist, found of Green/Greens Party USA, 2020 Green/Socialist Candidate for PresidentNew YorkAngela Nicole WalkerGreen Joe BidenNovember 20, 1942
Scranton, Pennsylvania  U.S.Vice President of the United States(2009–2017)Delaware Kamala HarrisDemocraticDario HunterApril 21, 1983
Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.Youngstown Board of Education member (2016–2020)CaliforniaDawn Neptune AdamsProgressiveMark CharlesGallup, New Mexico, U.S.Native American activist, public speaker, consultant, and authorNew MexicoAdrian Wallace 
(was  Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry)IndependentJo JorgensonMay 1, 1957
Libertyville, Illinois, U.SPsychology senior lecturer at Clemson University
Nominee for Vice President in 1996

Nominee for U.S. representative from SC-04 in 1992South CarolinaSpike CohenLibertarianSteve SaylorMarch 23, 1956
Port Lavaca, Texas, U.S.American author of historical novelsTexasNoneNoneLike Ventura, Saylor did not run a campaignDonald TrumpJune 14, 1946
Queens, New York, U.S.45th
President of the United States

(2017–2021)FloridaMike PenceRepublican

 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.
CandidatePercentageJesse Ventura50.00%Howie Hawkins25.00%Joe Biden14.30%Dario Hunter7.13%Mark Charles3.57%Jo Jorgenson0.00%Steve Saylor0.00%Donald Trump0.00%

 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

 References 

Category:Politics of Alaska
Category:2020 United States presidential election