Green-Rainbow Party

Green-Rainbow Party
Green-Rainbow Party
Founded	2002
Ideology	Green politics
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Green Party of the United States
Colors	Green
Seats in the Upper House	0 / 40
Seats in the Lower House	0 / 160
Website
	www.green-rainbow.org
	Politics of Massachusetts; Political parties; Elections;

The Green-Rainbow Party (GRP) is the Massachusetts affiliate of the Green Party of the United States and a political designation in Massachusetts officially recognized by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.^[1]^[2] Up until 2020, it was an officially recognized political party in Massachusetts, losing that status as the result of vote tallies in the November 2020 election.^[3]^[4]

Originally the Massachusetts Green Party, it was formed in 1996 and recognized in 2000. It merged with the Rainbow Coalition Party in 2002 and rebranded as the Green-Rainbow Party.^[5] The GRP has supported Green Party presidential candidates such as Ralph Nader, David Cobb, Cynthia McKinney, Jill Stein and Howie Hawkins. It has also run candidates and pushed for political support at the state and municipal level. As of 2021, there were 9 Green-Rainbow Party elected office holders and a number of other appointed office holder in Massachusetts. As of October 15, 2018, the official party's membership ranks stood at 4,314 members.

^ "Massachusetts Directory of Political Parties and Designations". sec.state.ma.us. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
^ "Green Party – State Parties". gp.org. 2015. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
^ "AO 2015-01: Green-Rainbow Party Qualifies as State Party" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
^ "Independent voters have a Green option". The Pittsfield Gazette. Pittsfield, MA. January 31, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
^ Cite error: The named reference Galvin battle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[sos-1] "Massachusetts Directory of Political Parties and Designations". sec.state.ma.us. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[2] "Green Party – State Parties". gp.org. 2015. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.

[AO_2015-01-3] "AO 2015-01: Green-Rainbow Party Qualifies as State Party" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved 3 September 2016.

[4] "Independent voters have a Green option". The Pittsfield Gazette. Pittsfield, MA. January 31, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

[Galvin_battle-5] Cite error: The named reference Galvin battle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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