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 pluralityJill Stein Lexington Town Meeting member(2005–2011) (Campaign • Website)(67.13%) 24AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, IL, MA, MI, MS, ME, MN, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WA, DC, WIRoseanne Barr Comedian, Host of The Roseanne Show (Website)(23.18%)2GA, OR Kent Mesplay Inspector at the Air Pollution ControlDistrict of San Diego County(2001–2015) (Website )(5.36%) NoneHarley Mikkelson Candidate for the Green Party of Michigan (Website)(3.48%) None Alternate ballot optionsNo preference/ Other/ Uncommitted N/A(9.69%) None

Schedule Winning Projected delegates Date State Candidate Percent Stein 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

Ohio Convention (February 5) The Ohio Green Party Convention took place on February 5.

+ Ohio Green Party Convention, February 5, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - 90% 9All Others - 10% 0Total-100%9

Illinois primary (February 24)

The Illinois Green Party Convention took place on February 24.

+ Illinois Green Party Primary, February 24, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein 109 71% 22Roseanne Barr (write-in) 27 18% 5Kent Mesplay 8 5% 2Uncommitted 8 5% 2Others 1 1% 0Total153100%31

Arizona primary (February 29) The Arizona Green Party held its primary on February 29.

+ Arizona Green Party presidential primary, February 29, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein 385 68.6% 5Kent Mesplay 50 8.9% 0Michael Oatman 39 6.9% 0Richard Grayson 39 6.9% 0Gary Swing 30 5.3% 0Gerard Davis 18 3.2% 0Total561100%5

Wisconsin primary (March 3) The Wisconsin primary took place on March 3.

+ Wisconsin Green Party presidential primary, March 3, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein 55 73% 7Roseanne Barr 11 15% 1Kent Mesplay 5 7% 1Harley Mikkelson 1 1% 0Uncommitted 3 4% 0Total75100%9

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

+ Massachusetts Green Party presidential primary, March 6, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein 1,018 67.1% 7Kent Mesplay 89 5.9% 1Harley Mikkelson 84 5.5% 1Others 95 6.3% 0No preference 232 15.3% 2Blank votes (not tallied) Total1,554100%10

Virginia primary (March 11) The Virginia Green Party held its primary on March 11.

+ Virginia Green Party presidential primary, March 11, 2016CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - 69.4% 3.5Roseanne Barr - 12.3% 0.5Kent Mesplay - 5.2% 0.5Harley Mikkelson - 4.5% 0.5None of the above - 4.4% 0Other - 4.2% 0Total-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, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - 78% 4Roseanne Barr - 22% 1Total-100%5

Colorado convention (March 31) The Colorado Green Party Convention took place on March 31.

+ Colorado Green Party Convention, April 1, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - 70% 5Roseanne Barr - - 1Kent Mesplay - - 1Total-100%7

DC Primary (April 3) The DC Statehood Party Primary took place on April 3.

+ DC Statehood Party Primary, April 3, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein 216 62.97% 3Write-in 100 29.15% 1No Candidate 27 7.87% 0Total343100%4

Connecticut convention (April 28) The Connecticut Green Party Convention took place on April 28.

+ Connecticut Green Party Convention, April 28, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - 80% 8Uncommitted - 20% 2Total--10

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

+ South Carolina Green Party Convention, April 28, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - 85% 7Roseanne Barr - 15% 1Total-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, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 7Roseanne Barr - - 6Total--13

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

+ Rhode Island Green Party Convention, May 6, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 2Roseanne Barr - - 1Uncommitted - - 1Total--4

Arkansas convention (May 6) The Arkansas Green Party Convention took place on May 6.

+ Arkansas Green Party Convention, May 6, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - 100% 10Total-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, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 4Roseanne Barr - - 0Kent Mesplay - - 0Total--4

Hawaii convention (May 19) The Hawaii Green Party Convention took place on May 19.

+ Hawaii Green Party Convention, May 19, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 2Roseanne Barr - - 2Total--4

Minnesota Caucuses (May 19) The Minnesota Green Party Caucuses took place on May 19.

+ Minnesota Green Party Caucuses, May 19, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 4Roseanne Barr - - 3Total--7

Mississippi convention (May 19) The Mississippi Green Party Convention took place on May 19.

+ Mississippi Green Party Convention, May 19, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 4Total--4

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

+ New York Green Party Convention, May 19, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - 88% 14Roseanne Barr - 12% 2Kent Mesplay - 0% 0Total-100%16

Pennsylvania convention (May 19) The Pennsylvania Green Party convention took place on May 19.

+ Pennsylvania Green Party convention, May 19, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 4Roseanne Barr - - 3Total--7

Tennessee convention (May 19) The Tennessee Green Party convention took place on May 19.

+ Tennessee Green Party convention, May 19, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 2.5Roseanne Barr - - 1.5Total--4

Florida primary (May 27) The Florida Green Party primary took place on May 27.

+ Florida Green Party primary, May 27, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 5Roseanne Barr - - 2Kent Mesplay - - 1Total--8

Iowa primary (May 27) The Iowa Green Party primary took place on May 27.

+ Iowa Green Party primary, May 27, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 2Roseanne Barr - - 2Total--4

Washington Convention (May 27) The Washington Green Party Convention took place on May 27.

+ Washington Green Party Convention, May 27, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - - 4Total--4

Georgia convention (June 2) The Georgia Green Party convention took place on June 2.

+ Georgia Green Party convention, June 2, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Roseanne Barr - - 3 Jill Stein - - 1Total--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, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Roseanne Barr 9 56% 5 Jill Stein 7 43% 4Total16100%9

Michigan convention (June 3) The Michigan Green Party convention took place on June 3.

+ Michigan Green Party convention, June 3, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein - 56% 9 Roseanne Barr - 17% 3 Kent Mesplay - 11% 2 Harley Mkkelson - 13% 2 Other - 3% 0Total-100%16

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

+ California Green Party presidential primary, June 5, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Jill Stein 9,165 49.4% 32Roseanne Barr 7,339 39.8% 26Kent Mesplay 2,005 10.8% 7Total18,569100%65

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