2012 Green Party presidential primaries
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294 delegates to the Green National Convention
148 delegates votes needed to win
 
Candidate Jill Stein Roseanne Barr Kent Mesplay
Home state Massachusetts Hawaii California
Delegate count 194 67 15.5
Contests won 24 2 0
First place (popular vote or delegate count)
     Jill Stein      Roseanne Barr      Kent Mesplay
Previous Green nominee

Cynthia McKinney

 Green nominee

Jill Stein

The Green Party of the United States held primaries in several states in 2012. Jill Stein won most of the primaries and was formally nominated as the party's nominee during the 2012 Green National Convention.

Candidates

Candidate Most recent position Campaign Delegates Delegations with plurality

Jill Stein		 Lexington Town Meeting member
(2005–2011)

(Campaign • Website)
194 / 289
(67.13%) 		24
AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, IL, MA, MI, MS, ME, MN, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WA, DC, WI

Roseanne Barr		 Comedian, Host of The Roseanne Show
(Website)
67 / 289
(23.18%) 		2
GA, OR

Kent Mesplay		 Inspector at the Air Pollution Control
District of San Diego County
(2001–2015)
(Website Archived 2020-11-11 at the Wayback Machine)
15.5 / 289
(5.36%) 		None


Harley Mikkelson		 Candidate for the Green Party of Michigan (Website)
3.5 / 289
(3.48%) 		None
Alternate ballot options
No preference/ Other/ Uncommitted N/A
28 / 289
(9.69%) 		None

Schedule

Winning Projected delegates
Date State Candidate Vote Percent Stein Barr Mesplay Mikkelson Other Total
February 5 Ohio Jill Stein - 90% 9 0 0 0 0 9
February 24 Illinois Jill Stein 109 71% 22 5 2 0 2 31
February 29 Arizona Jill Stein 350 69% 5 0 0 0 0 5
March 3 Wisconsin Jill Stein 55 73% 7 1 1 0 0 9
March 6 Massachusetts Jill Stein 1,018 67% 7 0 1 1 2 11
March 11 Virginia Jill Stein - 69% 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 5
March 18 New Jersey Jill Stein - - 4 1 0 0 0 5
April 1 Colorado Jill Stein - - 5 1 1 0 0 7
April 3 D.C. Jill Stein 199 67% 4 0 0 0 0 4
April 28 Connecticut Jill Stein - 80% 8 0 0 0 2 10
April 28 South Carolina Jill Stein - - 6 2 0 0 0 8
May 5 Maine Jill Stein - - 7 6 0 0 0 13
May 6 Rhode Island Jill Stein - - 2 1 0 0 1 4
May 6 Arkansas Jill Stein - 100% 10 0 0 0 0 10
May 12 Delaware Jill Stein - - 4 0 0 0 0 4
May 19 Hawaii Tie - - 2 2 0 0 0 4
May 19 Minnesota Jill Stein - - 4 3 0 0 0 7
May 19 Mississippi Jill Stein - - 4 0 0 0 0 4
May 19 New York Jill Stein - 88% 14 2 0 0 0 16
May 19 Pennsylvania Jill Stein - - 4 3 0 0 0 7
May 19 Tennessee Jill Stein - - 2.5 1.5 0 0 0 4
May 27 Florida Jill Stein - - 5 2 1 0 0 8
May 27 Iowa Tie - - 2 2 0 0 0 4
May 27 Washington Jill Stein - - 4 0 0 0 0 4
June 2 Georgia Roseanne Barr - - 3 1 0 0 0 4
June 2 Oregon Roseanne Barr 9 56% 5 4 0 0 0 4
June 3 Michigan Jill Stein - 56% 9 3 2 2 0 16
June 5 California Jill Stein 8,826 49.3% 32 26 7 0 0 65
- Delegates not awarded by contests - - - - - - - 12 12
Total United States 194 67 15.5 3½ 19 294

†Gray indicates that the primary, caucus, or convention has occurred but the official results have not yet been released.

Results

Results by state

First place (popular vote or delegate count)

  Jill Stein
  Roseanne Barr
  Kent Mesplay
  No contest

Ohio Convention (February 5)

The Ohio Green Party Convention took place on February 5.

Ohio Green Party Convention, February 5, 2012[1]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - 90% 9
All Others - 10% 0
Total - 100% 9

Illinois primary (February 24)

Main article: 2012 Illinois Green Party presidential primary

The Illinois Green Party Convention took place on February 24.

Illinois Green Party Primary, February 24, 2012[2][3]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 109 71% 22
Roseanne Barr (write-in) 27 18% 5
Kent Mesplay 8 5% 2
Uncommitted 8 5% 2
Others 1 1% 0
Total 153 100% 31

Arizona primary (February 29)

The Arizona Green Party held its primary on February 29.

Arizona Green Party presidential primary, February 29, 2016[4]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 385 68.6% 5
Kent Mesplay 50 8.9% 0
Michael Oatman 39 6.9% 0
Richard Grayson 39 6.9% 0
Gary Swing 30 5.3% 0
Gerard Davis 18 3.2% 0
Total 561 100% 5

Wisconsin primary (March 3)

The Wisconsin primary took place on March 3.

Wisconsin Green Party presidential primary, March 3, 2012[5]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 55 73% 7
Roseanne Barr 11 15% 1
Kent Mesplay 5 7% 1
Harley Mikkelson 1 1% 0
Uncommitted 3 4% 0
Total 75 100% 9

Massachusetts primary (March 6)

The Massachusetts primary took place on March 6. Three candidates appeared on the ballot.

County results of the Massachusetts Green presidential primaries, 2012.
  Jill Stein
Massachusetts Green Party presidential primary, March 6, 2012[6][7]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 1,018 67.1% 7
Kent Mesplay 89 5.9% 1
Harley Mikkelson 84 5.5% 1
Others 95 6.3% 0
No preference 232 15.3% 2
Blank votes (not tallied) 36 n/a n/a
Total 1,554 100% 10

Virginia primary (March 11)

The Virginia Green Party held its primary on March 11.

Virginia Green Party presidential primary, March 11, 2016[8]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - 69.4% 3.5
Roseanne Barr - 12.3% 0.5
Kent Mesplay - 5.2% 0.5
Harley Mikkelson - 4.5% 0.5
None of the above - 4.4% 0
Other - 4.2% 0
Total - 100% 5

New Jersey convention (March 18)

The New Jersey Green Party Convention took place on March 18.

New Jersey Green Party Convention, March 18, 2012[9][10]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - 78% 4
Roseanne Barr - 22% 1
Total - 100% 5

Colorado convention (March 31)

The Colorado Green Party Convention took place on March 31.

Colorado Green Party Convention, April 1, 2012[11][12]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - 70% 5
Roseanne Barr - - 1
Kent Mesplay - - 1
Total - 100% 7

DC Primary (April 3)

The DC Statehood Party Primary took place on April 3.

District of Columbia Green presidential primary election results by ward, 2012.
  Jill Stein
  Write-In
DC Statehood Party Primary, April 3, 2012[13]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 216 62.97% 3
Write-in 100 29.15% 1
No Candidate 27 7.87% 0
Total 343 100% 4

Connecticut convention (April 28)

The Connecticut Green Party Convention took place on April 28.

Connecticut Green Party Convention, April 28, 2012[14]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - 80% 8
Uncommitted - 20% 2
Total - - 10

South Carolina convention (April 28)

The South Carolina Green Party Convention took place on April 28.

South Carolina Green Party Convention, April 28, 2012[15][16]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - 85% 7
Roseanne Barr - 15% 1
Total - 100% 8

Maine Caucuses (May 5)

The Maine Green Party held caucuses, and the state meeting took place on May 5.

Maine Green Party caucuses, May 5, 2012[17]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 7
Roseanne Barr - - 6
Total - - 13

Rhode Island convention (May 6)

The Rhode Island Green Party Convention took place on May 6.

Rhode Island Green Party Convention, May 6, 2012[18]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 2
Roseanne Barr - - 1
Uncommitted - - 1
Total - - 4

Arkansas convention (May 6)

The Arkansas Green Party Convention took place on May 6.

Arkansas Green Party Convention, May 6, 2012[19]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - 100% 10
Total - 100% 10

Delaware convention (May 12)

The Delaware Green Party Convention took place on May 12 in Newark, Delaware.

Delaware Green Party Convention, May 12, 2012[20]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 4
Roseanne Barr - - 0
Kent Mesplay - - 0
Total - - 4

Hawaii convention (May 19)

The Hawaii Green Party Convention took place on May 19.

Hawaii Green Party Convention, May 19, 2012[21]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 2
Roseanne Barr - - 2
Total - - 4

Minnesota Caucuses (May 19)

The Minnesota Green Party Caucuses took place on May 19.

Minnesota Green Party Caucuses, May 19, 2012[22]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 4
Roseanne Barr - - 3
Total - - 7

Mississippi convention (May 19)

The Mississippi Green Party Convention took place on May 19.

Mississippi Green Party Convention, May 19, 2012[23]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 4
Total - - 4

New York convention (May 19)

The New York Green Party Convention took place on May 19.

New York Green Party Convention, May 19, 2012[24]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - 88% 14
Roseanne Barr - 12% 2
Kent Mesplay - 0% 0
Total - 100% 16

Pennsylvania convention (May 19)

The Pennsylvania Green Party convention took place on May 19.

Pennsylvania Green Party convention, May 19, 2012[25]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 4
Roseanne Barr - - 3
Total - - 7

Tennessee convention (May 19)

The Tennessee Green Party convention took place on May 19.

Tennessee Green Party convention, May 19, 2012[26]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 2.5
Roseanne Barr - - 1.5
Total - - 4

Florida primary (May 27)

The Florida Green Party primary took place on May 27.

Florida Green Party primary, May 27, 2012[27]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 5
Roseanne Barr - - 2
Kent Mesplay - - 1
Total - - 8

Iowa primary (May 27)

The Iowa Green Party primary took place on May 27.

Iowa Green Party primary, May 27, 2012[28]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 2
Roseanne Barr - - 2
Total - - 4

Washington Convention (May 27)

The Washington Green Party Convention took place on May 27.

Washington Green Party Convention, May 27, 2012[29]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - - 4
Total - - 4

Georgia convention (June 2)

The Georgia Green Party convention took place on June 2.

Georgia Green Party convention, June 2, 2012[30]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Roseanne Barr - - 3
Jill Stein - - 1
Total - - 4

Oregon convention (June 2)

The Pacific Green Party convention took place on June 2. The members voted using a ranked choice system, but only two candidates received votes so it stayed in one round.

Pacific Green Party convention, June 2, 2012[31]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Roseanne Barr 9 56% 5
Jill Stein 7 43% 4
Total 16 100% 9

Michigan convention (June 3)

The Michigan Green Party convention took place on June 3.

Michigan Green Party convention, June 3, 2012[32]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein - 56% 9
Roseanne Barr - 17% 3
Kent Mesplay - 11% 2
Harley Mkkelson - 13% 2
Other - 3% 0
Total - 100% 16

California primary (June 5)

The California Primary took place on June 5. Three candidates appeared on the ballot.

County results of the California Green presidential primaries, 2016.
  Jill Stein
  Roseanne Barr
  Tie
California Green Party presidential primary, June 5, 2012[33][34]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 9,165 49.4% 32
Roseanne Barr 7,339 39.8% 26
Kent Mesplay 2,005 10.8% 7
Total 18,569 100% 65

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