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Peace and Freedom Party

Socialist political party in the United States

Peace and Freedom Party
Summary

Socialist political party in the United States

FieldValue
namePeace and Freedom Party
logoPeace and Freedom Party.svg
logo_size150x150px
colorcode
leaderCentral Committee
foundation
ideologyEco-socialism
Pacifism
Socialist feminism
positionLeft-wing
membership_yearSeptember 2025
membership147,394 registered voters
seats1_titleMembers in elected offices
seats10
website
countrythe United States

Pacifism Socialist feminism

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The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a socialist political party in the United States which operates mostly in California. It was formed in 1966 from anti-Vietnam War and pro-civil rights movements.

PFP operates both as an organization unto itself and an umbrella organization in which socialist organizations compete to win PFP's ballot access.

Notable past and present members include Bob Avakian, Emmy Lou Packard, Byron Randall, and (briefly) Murray Rothbard.

Organization

Members

In January 2000, PFP had 75,277 registered voters. In February 2005, PFP had 67,238 registered voters. In January 2010, PFP had 55,036 registered voters. In January 2016, PFP had 75,579 registered voters.

In February 2019, PFP had 76,784 registered voters. In February 2021, PFP had 105,535 registered voters.{{cite web |title=Report of Registration |date=February 10, 2021 |publisher=California Secretary of State

Preference primaries

Like many minor parties, PFP holds a non-binding "preference primary" for President. The PFP presidential candidate is ultimately selected by the PFP State Convention, at which only State Executive Committee (SEC) members can vote. The SEC is directly elected through write-ins in the California primary system The SEC had about 130 members in 2024 and 90 in 2008.

Since January 2001, California has had a "modified" closed primary system in which political parties can determine whether or not to allow voters who are not affiliated with any party, or No Party Preference, are allowed to participate in the party's primary. Since the 2004 primaries, PFP has never allowed "independent" voters to vote in their party's primaries.

Ideology

PFP is a socialist party "committed to feminism, [...] democracy, ecology, and racial equality", PFP strongly supports environmentalism, indigenous rights, LGBT rights, abortion rights, public healthcare, public education, and subsidized housing. PFP is Anti-Zionist.

History

Founding

After the 1967 Century City anti-Vietnam War march on June 23, 1967, anti-war and civil rights supporters began collecting petitions for the Peace and Freedom Party. PFP's founders opposed the Democratic Party's support for the war in Vietnam and saw the Democrats as failing to effectively support the civil rights movement.

On January 2, 1968, PFP organizers submitted 105,100 signatures to receive party status in California.

In 1968, PFP suffered a minor split: Dick Gregory and others split to create the Freedom and Peace Party (FPP), for which Gregory ran in the 1968 United States presidential election. The FPP collapsed after the 1968 election.

In 1971, progressives nationwide organized the People's Party. In 1972 and 1976, PFP endorsed the PP's candidates. After the PP dissolved in 1977, PFP continued in California.

In the 2006 California elections, two statewide Peace and Freedom Party candidates received more than the required vote, thus ensuring the party's ballot status for another four years (Elizabeth Cervantes Barron received 212,383 votes, 2.5% of the total, for Controller; and Tom Condit received 187,618 votes, 2.2% of the total, for Insurance Commissioner).

California's 2018 gubernatorial primary had statewide office candidates registered in the party. In the race for Insurance Commissioner, Peace and Freedom candidate Nathalie Hrizi received 316,149 votes, 5.0% of the total.

Election results

The PFP has fielded over 200 electoral candidates in the United States for local, state, and federal offices. PFP candidates usually run as official PFP candidates on their own ballot line.

No PFP candidate has yet won a contested election.

Presidential elections

YearPresidential candidateVice presidential candidatePopular votes%Electoral votesResultBallot accessNotesRef
2024Claudia De la CruzKarina Garcia167,7720LostThe Party for Socialism and Liberation also nominated De la Cruz.title=Claudia De la Cruz recognized as presumptive PFP POTUS nomineepublisher=Peace and Freedom Partyurl=https://peaceandfreedom.us/index.php/news/elections-campaigns/sec-recognizes-claudia-de-la-cruz-as-presumptive-pfp-potus-nomineedate=April 26, 2024}}
2020Gloria La RivaSunil Freeman85,1880LostThe Party for Socialism and Liberation also nominated La Riva, with Leonard Peltier as her running mate.title=PFP Presidential and VP Candidates, 1968-2020date=March 9, 2021first1=C. T.last1=Weberurl=https://www.peaceandfreedom.us/about-us/our-history/presidential-candidates}}
2016Gloria La RivaDennis Banks74,4050LostThe Party for Socialism and Liberation also nominated La Riva, with Eugene Puryear as her running mate.title=Federal Elections 2016publisher=Federal Election Commissiondate=December 2017url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2016.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=December 2, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185336/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2016.pdf}}
2012Roseanne BarrCindy Sheehan67,4770Losttitle=Federal Elections 2012publisher=Federal Election Commissiondate=July 2013url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2012.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=December 2, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185341/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2012.pdf}}
2008Ralph NaderMatt Gonzalez739,0340Lost
2004Leonard PeltierJanice Jordan27,6070Losttitle=Federal Elections 2004publisher=Federal Election Commissiondate=July 2009url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2004.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=December 2, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185553/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2004.pdf}}
1996Marsha FeinlandKate McClatchy25,3320Losttitle=Federal Elections 96publisher=Federal Election Commissiondate=July 2009url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections96.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=December 2, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185745/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections96.pdf}}
1992Ronald DanielsAsiba Tupahache27,9610Losttitle=Federal Elections 92publisher=Federal Election Commissiondate=July 2009url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections92.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=December 2, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202162939/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections92.pdf}}
1984Sonia JohnsonEmma Wong Mar72,1610Losttitle=Federal Elections 84publisher=Federal Election Commissiondate=July 2009url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections84.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=December 2, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202162947/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections84.pdf}}
1980Maureen SmithElizabeth Cervantes Barron18,1160Losttitle=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of 1980publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representativesdate=April 1981url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=January 1, 2007archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf}}
1976Margaret WrightBenjamin Spock49,0160LostRan on the People's Party ballot linetitle=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of 1976publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representativesdate=April 1977url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=January 1, 2007archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf}}
1972Benjamin SpockJulius Hobson78,7590LostRan on the People's Party ballot linetitle=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of 1972publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representativesdate=April 1973url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=January 1, 2007archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf}}
1968Eldridge CleaverPeggy Terry, Judy Mage36,5710Losttitle=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of 1968publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representativesdate=April 1969url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=January 1, 2007archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf}}

Convention votes:

YearTotalPSLGreensWWPFSPSPUSANAPIWPIndependentsAbstentionsRef
2024about 13099 Claudia de la Cruzabout 30 across Cornel West & Jasmine Shermantitle=It's official: Claudia De la Cruz wins PFP POTUS nomination PFP Elections & Campaignsdate=October 4, 2024publisher=Peace and Freedom Partyurl=https://www.peaceandfreedom.us/index.php/news/elections-campaigns/claudia-de-la-cruz-pfp-potus-nominee}}
20206862 Gloria La Riva3 Howie Hawkins3
20168056 Gloria La Riva9 Jill Stein12 Monica Moorehead1 Lynn Kahntitle=PFP Conventionpublisher=Our Campaignsurl=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=823238}}
2012 (2nd ballot)6437 Roseanne Barr16 Stephen Durham6 Stewart Alexander5
2012 (1st ballot)6329 Roseanne Barr18 Stephen Durham12 Stewart Alexander4
20088927 Gloria La Riva6 Cynthia McKinney10 Brian Moore46 Ralph Naderurl=http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/02/nader-wins-pfp-nomination/title=Nader Wins Peace & Freedom Party Nomination – Ballot Access Newswebsite=Ballot-access.orgdate=2 August 2008access-date=14 October 2017}}
1996178 Monica Moorehead9 Marsha Feinland
199221191 Lenora Fulani120 Ronald Daniels (of Rainbow Coalition)
1988200Lenora FulaniHerb Lewin126–128}}
1984Sonia Johnson (of Citizens Party)last=Alexanderfirst=Robert J.author-link=Robert J. Alexanderdate=1991title=International Trotskyism, 1929–1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movementpublisher=Duke University Pressisbn=978-0-8223-0975-8url=https://archive.org/details/internationaltro0000alexpages=761–951}}

In 2016, both PFP's California state chair and Green candidate Jill Stein requested that the California Secretary of State allow Stein to be placed on the PFP party ballot, but this was rejected. Instead, PFP nominated Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate Gloria La Riva.

In 2012, Rocky Anderson won a plurality of delegates in PFP's non-binding preference primary, after failing to win enough votes to place his Justice Party on the ballot. However, Anderson failed to win representatives on the PFP's Central Committee, and withdrew 1 week before the convention. Instead, PFP backed Party for Socialism and Liberation's preferred candidate Roseanne Barr.

In 2008, PFP endorsed Independent Ralph Nader in his presidential campaign. Nader obtained enough signatures to appear on the ballot in Iowa and Utah as the Peace and Freedom Party candidate. This was the first expansion of the party beyond California since the 1970s. However, PFP did not obtain enough votes to guarantee ballot access in Iowa or Utah in subsequent elections.

In 2000, PFP did not qualify for the ballot in California.

In 1988, three factions within PFP — the Internationalist Workers Party, New Alliance Party, and Socialist Party USA plus Communist Party USA — sought the party's ballot line. They could not agree, and split the convention, which resulted in the Secretary of State voiding the PFP ballot line for the year.

Congressional elections

YearCandidateChamberStateDistrictVotes%ResultNotesRef
2024John ParkerHouseCalifornia37th7,316Lostall-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2022José CortésHouseCalifornia51st3,343Lostall-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2022John ParkerSenateCaliforniaAt-Large105,477Lostall-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2020José CortésHouseCalifornia50th1,821Lostall-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2018John ParkerSenateCaliforniaAt-Large22,825Lostall-party blanket primary, did not advance to generaltitle=Federal Elections 2018publisher=Federal Election Commissiondate=October 2019url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2018.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=December 2, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185553/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2018.pdf}}
2016Joe WilliamsHouseCalifornia20th6,400Lostall-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2014Adam ShbeitaHouseCalifornia44th9,192Lostgeneral electiontitle=Federal Elections 2014publisher=Federal Election Commissiondate=November 2015url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2014.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=December 2, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185553/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2014.pdf}}
2010Mike RoskeyHouseCalifornia3rd4,789Lost
2010Gerald Allen FrinkHouseCalifornia5th4,594Lost
2010Eugene RuyleHouseCalifornia6th5,915Lost
2010Gloria La RivaHouseCalifornia8th5,161Lost
2010Larry AllenHouseCalifornia9th1,670Lost
2010Richard CastaldoHouseCalifornia30th3,115Lost
2010Miriam ClarkHouseCalifornia50th5,470Lost
2010Marsha FeinlandSenateCaliforniaAt-Large135,093Lost
2008Dina PadillaHouseCalifornia3rd13,378Losttitle=Federal Elections 2008publisher=Federal Election Commissiondate=July 2009url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2008.pdfurl-status=livearchive-date=December 2, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185553/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2008.pdf}}
2008L RobertsHouseCalifornia5th10,731Lost
2008Bill CallisonHouseCalifornia7th6,695Lost
2008Eugene RuyleHouseCalifornia10th11,062Lost
2008Nathalie HriziHouseCalifornia12th5,793Lost
2006Timothy StockHouseCalifornia1st3,503Lost
2006Michael RoskeyHouseCalifornia3rd2,370Lost
2006John ReigerHouseCalifornia5th2,018Lost
2006Lynda LlamasHouseCalifornia29th2,599Lost
2006Adele CannonHouseCalifornia30th4,546Lost
2006James SmithHouseCalifornia36th4,592Lost
2006Kevin AkinHouseCalifornia44th4,486Lost
2006Miriam ClarkHouseCalifornia50th3,353Lost
2006Marsha FeinlandSenateCaliforniaAt-Large117,764Lost
2004John ReigerHouseCalifornia5th3,670Lost
2004Leilani DowellHouseCalifornia8th9,527Lost
2004Joe WilliamsHouseCalifornia17th2,823Lost
2004Alice StekHouseCalifornia36th6,105Lost
2004Kevin AkinHouseCalifornia44th7,559Lost
2004Marsha FeinlandSenateCaliforniaAt-Large243,846Lost
1998Ernest Jones JrHouseCalifornia1st4,996Lost
1998Gerald SandersHouseCalifornia9th4,767Lost
1998Ralph ShroyerHouseCalifornia24th1,860Lost
1998Janice JordanHouseCalifornia49th2,447Lost
1998Ophie C. BeltranSenateCaliforniaAt-Large48,685Lost
1996Ernest Jones JrHouseCalifornia6th6,459Lost
1996Tom ConditHouseCalifornia9th5,561Lost
1996Timothy ThompsonHouseCalifornia14th3,653Lost
1996Ralph ShroyerHouseCalifornia24th6,267Lost
1996Justin Charles GerberHouseCalifornia25th2,513Lost
1996John Peter DalyHouseCalifornia29th8,819Lost
1996Shirley MandelHouseCalifornia30th2,499Lost
1996Kevin AkinHouseCalifornia43rd3,309Lost
1996Miriam ClarkHouseCalifornia51st5,407Lost
1996Janice JordanHouseCalifornia52nd3,649Lost
1994Ernest Jones JrHouseCalifornia6th4,055Lost
1994William ""Bill"" CallisonHouseCalifornia7th4,798Lost
1994Emma Wong MarHouseCalifornia9th9,194Lost
1994Craig CooperHouseCalifornia10th4,802Lost
1994John HonigsfeldHouseCalifornia32nd6,099Lost
1994Kermit BookerHouseCalifornia33rd7,694Lost
1994Richard GreenHouseCalifornia38th2,995Lost
1994Donna WhiteHouseCalifornia48th8,543Lost
1994Renate KlineHouseCalifornia49th4,948Lost
1994Guillermo RamirezHouseCalifornia50th3,002Lost
1994Miriam ClarkHouseCalifornia51st4,099Lost
1994Art EdelmanHouseCalifornia52nd3,221Lost
1994Elizabeth Cervantes BarronSenateCaliforniaAt-Large255,301Lost
1992Phil BaldwinHouseCalifornia1st10,764Lost
1992David FranklinHouseCalifornia7th9,840Lost
1992Cesar CadabesHouseCalifornia8th7,572Lost
1992Dave LinnHouseCalifornia9th10,472Lost
1992Mary WeldonHouseCalifornia12th10,142Lost
1992Roslyn AllenHouseCalifornia13th16,768Lost
1992David WaldHouseCalifornia14th3,912Lost
1992Amani KuumbaHouseCalifornia16th9,370Lost
1992Maureen SmithHouseCalifornia17th4,804Lost
1992Dorothy WellsHouseCalifornia19th13,334Lost
1992John Paul LinbladHouseCalifornia24th13,690Lost
1992Nancy LawrenceHouseCalifornia25th5,090Lost
1992Margery HindsHouseCalifornia26th7,180Lost
1992Margaret EdwardsHouseCalifornia27th7,329Lost
1992Susan DaviesHouseCalifornia29th13,888Lost
1992Elizabeth NakanoHouseCalifornia30th6,173Lost
1992William WilliamsHouseCalifornia32nd9,782Lost
1992Tim DeliaHouseCalifornia33rd2,135Lost
1992Alice Mae MilesHouseCalifornia35th2,797Lost
1992Owen StaleyHouseCalifornia36th13,297Lost
1992B Kwaku DurenHouseCalifornia37th16,178Lost
1992Paul BurtonHouseCalifornia38th8,391Lost
1992Margie AkinHouseCalifornia40th11,839Lost
1992Mike NoonanHouseCalifornia41st10,136Lost
1992Macine WuirkHouseCalifornia47th12,297Lost
1992Donna WhiteHouseCalifornia48th13,396Lost
1992Wilton ZaslowHouseCalifornia49th4,738Lost
1992Roger BatchelderHouseCalifornia50th4,250Lost
1992Miriam ClarkHouseCalifornia51st10,307Lost
1992Dennis GretsingerHouseCalifornia52nd5,734Lost
1992Gerald HorneSenateCaliforniaAt-Large305,697Lost
1992Genevieve TorresSenateCaliforniaAt-Large372,817Lost
1990Darlene ComingoreHouseCalifornia1st34,011Lost
1990Jan TuckerHouseCalifornia22nd3,963Lost
1990John HonigsfeldHouseCalifornia23rd6,834Lost
1990Maggie PhairHouseCalifornia24th5,706Lost
1990Edward FerrerHouseCalifornia27th7,101Lost
1990William WilliamsHouseCalifornia28th2,723Lost
1990Maxine QuirkHouseCalifornia39th6,709Lost
1990Karen R WorksHouseCalifornia41st15,428Lost
1990Doug HansenHouseCalifornia43rd40,212Lost
1990Donna WhiteHouseCalifornia44th5,237Lost
1988Eric FriedHouseCalifornia1st22,150Lost
1988Theodore ""Ted"" ZuurHouseCalifornia5th3,975Lost
1988Tom ConditHouseCalifornia8th5,444Lost
1988Victor MartinezHouseCalifornia11th2,906Lost
1988Shirley Rachel IsaacsonHouseCalifornia22nd6,298Lost
1988John HonigsfeldHouseCalifornia23rd3,316Lost
1988James GreenHouseCalifornia24th3,571Lost
1988Paul ReyesHouseCalifornia25th8,746Lost
1988Salomea HonigsfeldHouseCalifornia28th2,811Lost
1988B Kwaku DurenHouseCalifornia31st4,091Lost
1988Vikki MurdockHouseCalifornia32nd4,032Lost
1988Mike NoonanHouseCalifornia33rd3,492Lost
1988Frank GermanHouseCalifornia38th3,547Lost
1988Gretchen FarsaiHouseCalifornia40th3,699Lost
1988C WeberHouseCalifornia41st4,853Lost
1988Richard RoseHouseCalifornia42nd6,563Lost
1988M. Elizabeth MunozSenateCaliforniaAt-Large166,600Lost
1986Elden McfarlandHouseCalifornia1st12,149Lost
1986Theodore ""Ted"" ZuurHouseCalifornia5th2,078Lost
1986Lawrence ManuelHouseCalifornia8th4,295Lost
1986Bradley MayerHouseCalifornia10th1,701Lost
1986Ron WrightHouseCalifornia16th2,017Lost
1986Joel LorimerHouseCalifornia22nd2,930Lost
1986Tom HopkeHouseCalifornia23rd2,521Lost
1986James GreenHouseCalifornia24th5,388Lost
1986Thomas O'connor JrHouseCalifornia27th2,078Lost
1986B Kwaku DurenHouseCalifornia31st2,333Lost
1986John DonohueHouseCalifornia32nd2,799Lost
1986Mike NoonanHouseCalifornia33rd2,500Lost
1986Frank BoeheimHouseCalifornia39th2,752Lost
1986Steve SearsHouseCalifornia40th5,025Lost
1986Kate McclatchyHouseCalifornia42nd4,761Lost
1986Shirley IsaacsonHouseCalifornia44th1,676Lost
1986Paul KangasSenateCaliforniaAt-Large33,869Lost
1984Henry ClarkHouseCalifornia5th3,574Lost
1984Charles John ZekanHouseCalifornia19th4,161Lost
1984James GreenHouseCalifornia24th2,780Lost
1984Thomas O'connor JrHouseCalifornia27th3,815Lost
1984Patrick MccoyHouseCalifornia32nd2,051Lost
1984Mike NoonanHouseCalifornia33rd2,371Lost
1984Kevin AkinHouseCalifornia35th29,990Lost
1984Michael Schuyles BrightHouseCalifornia38th3,021Lost
1984Maxine Bell QuirkHouseCalifornia40th3,969Lost
1984John DonohueHouseCalifornia42nd5,811Lost
1982Howard FegarskyHouseCalifornia2nd3,126Lost
1982John ReigerHouseCalifornia3rd6,294Lost
1982Timothy-Allen AlbertsonHouseCalifornia6th2,366Lost
1982Wilson BranchHouseCalifornia11th1,928Lost
1982Charles ZekanHouseCalifornia19th1,520Lost
1982Eugene RuyleHouseCalifornia32nd3,473Lost
1982James Michael NoonanHouseCalifornia33rd2,223Lost
1982Frank BoeheimHouseCalifornia39th3,152Lost
1982Maxine Bell QuirkHouseCalifornia40th4,826Lost
1982John DonohueHouseCalifornia42nd5,514Lost
1982David WaldSenateCaliforniaAt-Large96,388Lost
1980Linda WrenHouseCalifornia2nd3,354Lost
1980Wilson BranchHouseCalifornia11th13,723Lost
1980Adele FuminoHouseCalifornia12th3,184Lost
1980Robert GoldsboroughHouseCalifornia13th3,791Lost
1980Jan TuckerHouseCalifornia21st2,038Lost
1980Maggie FeiginHouseCalifornia24th5,905Lost
1980John DonohueHouseCalifornia34th7,794Lost
1980James Michael ""Mike"" NoonanHouseCalifornia35th5,492Lost
1980David WaldSenateCaliforniaAt-Large196,260Lost
1978Irv SutleyHouseCalifornia2nd6,097Lost
1978Lawrence PhillipsHouseCalifornia9th5,562Lost
1978Adele FuminoHouseCalifornia12th3,022Lost
1978Robert Goldsborough IiiHouseCalifornia13th5,246Lost
1978Milton Shiro TakeiHouseCalifornia19th6,887Lost
1978Bill HillHouseCalifornia21st5,750Lost
1978Kevin Casey PetersHouseCalifornia24th6,453Lost
1976Robert AllredHouseCalifornia2nd6,444Lost
1976Emily SiegelHouseCalifornia6th6,570Lost
1976Robert EvansHouseCalifornia8th6,238Lost
1976Albert SargisHouseCalifornia9th3,386Lost
1976Bill HillHouseCalifornia21st7,178Lost
1976Marilyn SealsHouseCalifornia25th4,922Lost
1976David WaldSenateCaliforniaAt-Large104,383Lost
1968Huey P. NewtonHouseCalifornia7th12,164Lost

Statewide elections

YearCandidateOfficeStateDistrictVotes%ResultNotesRef
2022Luis J. RodriguezGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large124,672Lostall-party blanket primary, did not advance to general; Green Party candidate endorsed by PFP
2018Gloria La RivaGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large16,959Lostall-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2018Gayle McLaughlinLieutenant GovernorCaliforniaAt-Large263,364Lostran as No Party Preference (NPP) candidate; founder of Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA); endorsed by CNP, DSA, GPCA, OR, PFP, PP, and RPAtitle=Statewide Direct Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 5, 2018publisher=California Secretary of Stateurl=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf}}
2014Cindy SheehanGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large52,707Lostall-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2010Carlos AlvarezGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large92,637Lost
2006Janice JordanGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large69,934Lost
2003C. T. WeberGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large1,626Lost
1998Gloria La RivaGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large59,218Lost
1994Gloria La RivaGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large72,774Lost
1990Maria Elizabeth MuñozGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large88,707Lost
1986Maria Elizabeth MuñozGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large51,995Lost
1982Elizabeth MartínezGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large70,327Lost
1978Marilyn SealsGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large70,864Lost
1974Elizabeth KeathleyGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large75,004Lostsupported by California Libertarian Alliance
1970Ricardo RomoGovernorCaliforniaAt-Large65,954Lostjoined Raza Unida Party after election

National conventions

NameDateLocationDocumentsNotes
2024 State ConventionAugust 3, 2024Sacramento
2022 State Convention
2020 State ConventionAugust 2020
2018 State ConventionAugust 11–12, 2018Sacramento
2016 State ConventionAugust 13–14, 2016Sacramento
2014 State ConventionAugust 10, 2014
2012 State ConventionAugust 2012
2010 State ConventionAugust 1, 2010SacramentoResolution on State Worker Contractsrare instance of convention passing a resolution
2008 State ConventionAugust 2–3, 2008Sacramento
1996 State Convention
1992 State Convention
1988 State ConventionSacramentoconvention split without selecting a candidate
1974 State ConventionSacramentolibertarians split from convention
1971 National Convention
1968 National ConventionAugust 17–18, 1968Ann Arbor, Michiganfirst national convention
Founding ConventionMarch 16–18, 1968Richmond, CAfounding convention

Notes

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