Mountain Party

Mountain Party of West Virginia
Chairman Jesse Johnson
Ideology Green politics
Progressivism
Environmentalism
Social democracy
Ecologism
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Green Party of the United States
Colors Green
United States Senate delegation
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United States House of Representatives delegation
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Executive offices
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West Virginia Senate
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West Virginia House of Delegates
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Website
www.mountainpartywv.com
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The Mountain Party is the affiliate of the United States Green Party in West Virginia.[1] The party is headed by Jesse Johnson, State Chairman.

It is a progressive and environmentalist party that calls for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. It also calls for timber regulation that reduces flooding, erosion and eliminates clear-cutting and destruction of old-growth forests. Other platform planks include an end to corporate welfare, and the establishment of small community schools, universal health care and campaign finance reform.

The party platform

As of April 27, 2002, the party's platform focused on:

The party, similar in its outlook to the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, was created partially in response to the perceived conservative tilt of the state's Democratic Party.

History

Under West Virginia ballot access laws, a party gains automatic ballot access for the subsequent election cycle by gaining one percent of the votes for Governor. Having obtained access by petition in 2000, the party achieved that one percent in that election and again in 2004 and won over 4% of votes in 2008.

The Mountain Party was born as a direct result of the Denise Giardina for Governor campaign in the year 2000 general election.

Gubernatorial candidate Jesse Johnson unsuccessfully sued to be included in debates between the major candidates in 2004 and again in 2008.

While the Mountain Party has never elected anyone to any statewide office, it has obtained good results in local elections. In 2004 Richwood elected party member and local poet Bob Henry Baber as its mayor, although this was in a non-partisan election.

As of October 2012, 1,345 West Virginians had registered as Mountain Party voters and were eligible to vote in party primaries, this accounted for .10% of party voter registration in West Virginia.[2]

Election results

2012 elections

President
Jill Stein received 4,288 votes, or 0.65% of presidential votes cast in the state.
Senate
Bob Henry Baber received 19,232 votes or 2.97% of the votes cast in the state. (3-way race)
Governor
Jesse Johnson received 16,550 votes or 2.54% of the votes cast in the state. (4-way race)
5th House District

Raymond Davis III received 761 votes or 13.37% of the total votes cast. (3-way race)

11th House District

Mark Myers received 1093 votes or 18.87% of the total votes cast. (2-way race)

12th House District

Justin Johnson received 351 votes or 5.07% of the total votes cast. (3-way race)

32nd House District

Tighe Bullock received 3,143 votes or 9.29% of the total votes cast. (4-way race)

37th House District

Derick Shaffer received 646 votes or 12.35% of the total votes cast. (two-way race)

2011 special election

Governor
Bob Henry Baber received 6,083 votes or 2.02% of the votes cast in the state. (5-way race)

2010 elections

Senate
Jesse Johnson received 10,152 votes or 1.92% of the votes cast in the state. (4-way race)

2008 elections

President
Cynthia McKinney received 2,327 votes, less than 1% of presidential votes cast in the state.
Governor
Jesse Johnson received 31,195 votes or 4.46% of gubernatorial votes cast.
11th Senate District
Andy Waddell received 2,788 votes or 7%.
30th House District
John Wellbourn received 3,889 votes or 1.5%.
51st House District
Robin Mills received 1,655 votes or 24%.

2006 elections

United States Senate
Jesse Johnson received 8565 votes or 1.9%.
51st House District
Robin Mills received 369 votes or 8%.

2004 elections

Governor
Jesse Johnson received 18,430 of 744,433 votes or 2.48%.
12th Senate District
John M. Williams (Weston) received 2048 of 43,858 votes or 4.67%.

2002 elections

15th Senate District
Kit Patten (Great Cacapon) received 1173 of 26,264 votes or 4.47%.
55th Delegate District
Vince George (Shepherdstown), in a two-candidate race against John Overington, a Republican, received 1396 of 3589 votes or 38%.
36th Delegate District
Bob Henry Baber (Richwood) received 376 of 3868 votes or 9.72%.

2000 elections

President
Ralph Nader received 10,680 votes or 1.63% of presidential votes cast in the state.
Governor
Denise Giardina received 10,416 votes or 1.62%.

References

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