The Maryland Green Party is proud of the performance of its 2024 candidates and thanks the candidates and all their volunteers for their hard work and positive campaigns. In partisan races, Renaud Brown won nearly 10% of the vote in his campaign for Baltimore City Council District 14. Nancy Wallace won nearly 2.5% of the vote in her campaign for U.S. House of Representatives, District 8.The Maryland Green Party is also proud of the Greens involved in the campaign to defeat “Question H” in Baltimore City. Question H was a charter amendment bankrolled by right-wing media mogul David Smith, Executive Chairman of Sinclair Broadcasting and the owner of the Baltimore Sun. The amendment, if passed, would have slashed the Baltimore City Council nearly in half. Continue reading

For Immediate ReleaseAugust 27, 2024Maryland Green Party Qualifies as Political Party for Seventh TimeContact: Brian Bittner, [email protected], 410-417-7410The Maryland Green Party has once again met the legal requirements to be recognized as a political party in Maryland and nominate candidates for local, state, and federal office. The party had submitted 17,791 signatures to state officials earlier this month to meet the legal requirement of 10,000 valid signatures. The party has been informed that 10,134 signatures were verified and the Green Party is now qualified to nominate candidates for the 2024 and 2026 elections. “We would like to thank everyone involved in this effort – our ballot access coordinators who have been calling volunteers and sorting thousands of petitions sheets, our volunteers who have been approaching Maryland voters at fairs and festivals over the course of months, our paid petitioners who braved this summer’s intense heat, our donors, supporters, and every Marylander who signed our petition”, said Brian Bittner, Chair of the Maryland Green Party. “This is an expression of the intense desire for candidates and elected officials who will stand for our values – peace, social and environmental justice, and democracy.” Continue reading

For Immediate ReleaseFor more information, contact Andy Ellis, 240-285-0843, [email protected] 5 – This morning representatives from the Maryland Green Party submitted 16,727 signatures of Maryland voters to the State Board of Elections in Annapolis. This total far surpasses the 10,000 signatures required by state law. Continue reading

It's time to declare your independence from the system that tries to tell us that two golf handicap-obsessed men who support and are funded by the same corporate interests and oppressive overseas regimes are the only choices to lead this nation.After last week's debate where no one won and America overwhelmingly lost, the entire country is searching for ways to declare their independence. The Green Party is working to meet the moment by winning ballot access and providing an alternative for voters desperate for something new.  Continue reading

The Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is starting in a few minutes, and on one issue there is no debate – there should be more than two candidates on the stage right now.Unfortunately, we're too late to get a Green Party candidate on the debate stage tonight, but we aren't too late to get a Green candidate on Maryland's Presidential ballot this November. We need every signature we can get as we are set to begin the final month of our ballot access campaign.  Continue reading