The Statehood Green Party, known as DC Statehood Party prior to 1999, is the progressive political party in the
District of Columbia
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. The party is the D.C. affiliate of the
national Green Party but has traditionally elevated issues of
District of Columbia statehood movement as its primary focus. Party members refer to the Statehood Green Party as the second most popular party in the District because, historically, STG (on the D.C. electoral ballot) candidates win the second highest vote totals in the city, ahead of the Republican Party but behind the Democratic Party.
As of February, 2023, there are approximately 4,140 voters registered in the Statehood Green Party.
[Monthly Report of Voter Registration Statistics as of February, 2023]
" ''District of Columbia Board of Elections''. February 2023. That is 0.79% of registered voters in the city.
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History
The party was founded to convince Julius Hobson to run for the District's non-voting Congressional Delegate position as a member of the D.C. Statehood Party.Josephine Butler
Josephine Elizabeth Butler (' Grey; 13 April 1828 – 30 December 1906) was an English feminist and social reformer in the Victorian era. She campaigned for women's suffrage, the right of women to better education, the end of coverture ...
and Calvert I. Cassell. The party was organized on the ward
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level, and ward chairs could decide how to organize their activities in their wards.[ Hobson later served on the D.C. Council. In 1973, the party was a strong proponent of the ]District of Columbia Home Rule Act
The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a United States federal law passed on December 24, 1973, which devolved certain congressional powers of the District of Columbia to local government, furthering District of Columbia home rule. In par ...
, which gave limited self-government to the District. From the creation of the District Council in 1975 until 1999, the party always had one of the at-large seats, first occupied by Hobson and then by Hilda Mason
Hilda Mason (June 14, 1916 – December 16, 2007) was an American politician and statehood advocate in Washington, D.C. Mason was a member of the D.C. Statehood Party and served as an at-large member of the Council of the District of Colum ...
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In 1998, a Green Party was founded in D.C. Their candidate for Shadow Representative, Mike Livingston, ran that year. He received 2,000 more votes than necessary for the party to qualify for continued ballot access. In October 1999, the new Green Party merged with the longstanding and larger Statehood Party to form the Statehood Green Party.
See also
*D.C. Statehood
The District of Columbia statehood movement is a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state, to provide the residents of the District of Columbia with voting representation in the Congress and complete ...
*District of Columbia voting rights
Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in each of the 50 U.S. states. The Constitution grants each state voting representation in both houses of the United States Congress. As the federal cap ...
References
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{{Green parties in the United States
Green Party of the United States
Political parties established in 1971
D.C. Statehood Green Party
Political parties in the District of Columbia
1971 establishments in Washington, D.C.