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| name = Peace and Freedom Party | name = Peace and Freedom Party
| logo = PFPLogo.png | logo = PFPLogo.png
| colorcode = #00FF00 | colorcode = #00FF00
| leader = Central Committee
| leader = Central Committee<ref name="State Central Committee">{{cite web|title=State Central Committee|url=http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/about-us/central-committees/state-central-committee|publisher=Peace and Freedom Party}}</ref>
| foundation = {{no wrap|{{start date and age|1967|6|23}}}} | foundation = {{no wrap|{{start date and age|1967|6|23}}}}
| ideology = ]<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />
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<br />'''Factions:'''<br />] (1970s)
| position = ]<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|last1=Haldane|first1=David|title=Peace, Freedom Party Still in Fray After 20 Years on Ballot|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-11-mn-23292-story.html|access-date=August 19, 2016|work=]|date=January 11, 1988}}</ref> | position = ]<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|last1=Haldane|first1=David|title=Peace, Freedom Party Still in Fray After 20 Years on Ballot|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-11-mn-23292-story.html|access-date=August 19, 2016|work=]|date=January 11, 1988}}</ref>
| membership_year = January 2024
| colors = {{Color box|#00FF00|border=darkgray}} ]{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
| membership = 133,914 registered voters<ref name=RegVote />
| membership_year = 2024
| seats1_title = Members in elected offices
| membership = 133,914<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of Registration by County |publisher=California Secretary of State |date=January 5, 2024 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/60day-presprim-2024/county.pdf}}</ref>
| symbol = | seats1 = 0
| website = {{url|peaceandfreedom.us}} | website = {{URL|peaceandfreedom.us}}
| country = United States | country = United States
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The '''Peace and Freedom Party''' ('''PFP''') is a ] ] with ballot status in California.<ref name="LATimes"/>{{Better citation needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (]).|date=August 2024}} Its first candidates appeared on the ]. The Peace and Freedom Party of California was organized in early 1967, gathering over 103,000 registrants which qualified its ballot status in January 1968 under the California Secretary of State Report of Registration.
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The '''Peace and Freedom Party''' ('''PFP''') is a ] ] which operates mostly in ].<ref name="LATimes"/> It was formed in 1966 from anti–] 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 ].<ref name=Peters1997 />
The party has appeared in other states as an antiwar and pro-civil rights organization opposed to the ] and supporting black liberation, farm-worker organizing, women's liberation, and the gay rights movement. Its presidential candidates were ]<ref> "Leonard Peltier for President". Retrieved on April 28, 2013.</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}} in ], ] in ],<ref> "Nov. 2008 Statement of Vote: U.S. President by County". Retrieved on May 29, 2017.</ref><ref> "P&F Campaign 2008: Nader/Gonzalez ticket". Retrieved on May 29, 2017.</ref> ]<ref> "Roseanne Barr – Peace and Freedom 2012". Retrieved on May 29, 2017.</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}} in ], ]<ref> "Gloria La Riva – Peace and Freedom 2016". Retrieved on May 29, 2017.</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}} in ] and ], and ] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Claudia De la Cruz recognized as presumptive PFP POTUS nominee - Peace and Freedom Party |url=https://peaceandfreedom.us/index.php/news/elections-campaigns/sec-recognizes-claudia-de-la-cruz-as-presumptive-pfp-potus-nominee |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=peaceandfreedom.us}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}}


Notable past and present members include ], ], ], and (briefly) ].
== Platform ==
According to its website, the party "is committed to feminism, socialism, democracy, ecology, and racial equality",<ref name=About>{{cite web|title=About the Peace and Freedom Party|url=http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/about-us/about-peace-and-freedom|publisher=Peace and Freedom Party|access-date=2013-05-11|archive-date=2020-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516145028/http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/about-us/about-peace-and-freedom|url-status=dead}}</ref> advocating "to build a mass-based socialist party throughout the country".<ref name=About/> It is a strong advocate of environmentalism, aboriginal rights, rights to sexuality, government-funded health care, a woman's right to an abortion, public education, subsidized housing, and a socialist-run economy.<ref name=About/>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}}


== History == == Organization ==
=== Founding ===
The Peace and Freedom Party grew out of the civil rights and anti-war movements on June 23, 1967. The major factors behind the new party were unhappiness with the Democratic Party's support for the war in Vietnam and also a perception that the Democrats were failing to effectively support the civil rights movement.<ref>{{cite news |title=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65011394/10000-in-melee/}}</ref>{{sfn|Phillips|2020|p=121}}


=== Members ===
105,100 signatures were submitted on January 2, 1968, to receive party status in California.{{sfn|Elden|Schweitzer|1971|p=761}} The party has had ballot access in California since 1968, except between 1998 and 2002.{{sfn|Phillips|2020|p=128}}
In January 2000, PFP had 75,277 registered voters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of Registration |publisher=] |date=January 7, 2000 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-pages/60day-presprim-00/nonqual.pdf}}</ref> In February 2005, PFP had 67,238 registered voters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of Registration |publisher=] |date=February 10, 2005 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-05/county.pdf}}</ref> In January 2010, PFP had 55,036 registered voters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of Registration |publisher=] |date=January 5, 2010 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-pages/154day-prim-10/county.pdf}}</ref> In January 2016, PFP had 75,579 registered voters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of Registration |publisher=] |date=January 5, 2016 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov//ror/ror-pages/154day-presprim-16/county.pdf}}</ref>


In February 2019, PFP had 76,784 registered voters.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/county.pdf |title=Report of Registration |date=February 10, 2019 |publisher=] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404171417/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/county.pdf |archive-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> In February 2021, PFP had 105,535 registered voters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of Registration |date=February 10, 2021 |publisher=]
In the ], three people ran under the Peace and Freedom Party banner. Herbert Aptheker received 3,562 votes in New York state's 12th Congressional District; Robert B. Shaw received 1,974 votes in Washington state's 7th Congressional District, and Frank Patterson received 1,105 votes in Washington state's 2nd Congressional District. Late 1966 began a number of voter registration drives in various states with the intent to build a national party. Most notably in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Los Angeles county, activists became deputy registrars of voters as peace organizers, anti-war veterans and civil rights workers.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2021/county.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320055620/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2021/county.pdf |archive-date=2021-03-20}}</ref> In January 2024, PFP had 133,914 registered voters.<ref name=RegVote>{{cite web |title=Report of Registration by County |publisher=California Secretary of State |date=January 5, 2024 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/60day-presprim-2024/county.pdf}}</ref>


=== Election of 1968 === === 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){{efn|Previously, the SEC was named the State Central Committee (SCC).}} members can vote.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Winger |first1=Richard |title=Peace & Freedom Presidential Primary Ballot Will Contain Three Names|url=https://ballot-access.org/2023/12/03/peace-freedom-presidential-primary-ballot-will-contain-three-names/ |access-date=December 3, 2023 |date=December 3, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Stein1988>{{cite news |first1=Mark |last1=Stein |date=August 14, 1988 |title=Peace and Freedom Convention Becomes Free-for-All |newspaper=] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-14-mn-781-story.html}}</ref><ref name=Cornish2013>{{cite news |first1=Megan |last1=Cornish |date=December 2013 |title=Leaked recording reveals how Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) cut socialist candidates from the California ballot |newspaper=Freedom Socialist |publisher=] |url=https://socialism.com/fs-article/leaked-recording-reveals-how-party-for-socialism-and-liberation-psl-cut-socialist-candidates-from-the-california-ballot/}}</ref><ref name=Richardson2012>{{cite web |title=Peace and Freedom Party Nominates Roseanne Barr for President |first1=Darcy |last1=Richardson |date=August 5, 2012 |url=https://www.uncoveredpolitics.com/2012/08/05/peace-and-freedom-party-nominates-roseanne-barr-for-president/}}</ref><ref name=PFP24Primary>{{cite web |title=Three candidates in Presidential Primary for Peace and Freedom Party |date=January 4, 2024 |publisher=Peace and Freedom Party |url=https://www.peaceandfreedom.us/index.php/news/elections-campaigns/three-candidates-in-presidential-primary-for-peace-and-freedom-party}}</ref><ref name=PFP24Presumptive /><ref name=PFP08Convention>{{cite web |title=Convention to pick ticket |date=May 15, 2008 |publisher=Peace and Freedom Party |url=https://www.peaceandfreedomparty.org/home/about-us/historical-information/the-partisan/partisan-number-25/117-convention-to-pick-ticket}}</ref> The SEC is directly elected through write-ins in the California primary system<ref name=PFP08Convention /> every two years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our bylaws |publisher=Peace and Freedom Party |url=https://www.peaceandfreedomparty.org/home/about-us/by-laws}}</ref> The SEC had about 130 members in 2024<ref name=PFP24Presumptive /> and 90 in 2008.<ref name=PFP08Convention />
The party achieved ballot status in California in January 1968 by registering over 105,000 voters under its banner. It later got ballot status in 13 other states, but in all of those, the election laws and small organization meant that most were unable to retain ballot status after 1968.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


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 ], or No Party Preference, are allowed to participate in the party's primary. Since the ], PFP has never allowed "independent" voters to vote in their party's primaries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/no-party-preference/history-political-parties-have-adopted-party-rules-regarding-no-party-preference-voters |title=History of Political Parties That Have Adopted Party Rules Regarding No Party Preference Voters |publisher=] |access-date=2024-03-31}}</ref>
The PFP's first national convention to nominate candidates for president and vice president was held in ] on August 17–18, 1968. Ric Hyland, as California PFP's National Administrator, was convention chair. ] was nominated for president over ] by a margin of 161.5 to 54. Cleaver, a convicted felon and ] spokesman, was technically not eligible to run since he would not yet be 35 by the time of the inauguration in January 1969. Due to the needs of the state parties to collect signatures, the party fielded several vice presidential nominees, including Chicago activist Peggy Terry, activist ], radical economist ] and Judith Mage, who had been nominated at the national convention. Cleaver personally preferred ] leader ]. Gregory also appeared on the ballot in several states along with his vice presidential running mate ] as the Peace and Freedom Party candidate as well as in New York as the candidate of the Freedom and Peace Party. Two states (] and ]) refused to list Cleaver on the ballot, although each state listed the presidential electors and candidates for vice president (Peggy Terry in California and Corky Gonzales in Utah).{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


== Ideology ==
A variety of people joined the party in its first election. ] was a spokesman for the party in the San Francisco Area and from the north coast where artists and activists such as ] and ] were involved. New York's Peace and Freedom Party consisted of a fractious coalition of competing ] groups, along with ] led by economist ]. Libertarians and some anarchists briefly competed for the leadership in the California party by running against the Socialist Campaign Collective and the Unity Coalition. The convention was deadlocked when the libertarians and about a third of the Unity Coalition walked out and formed a rump convention, leaving the socialists and their feminist allies with a clear majority. Most of the Libertarians left following the walkout at the 1974 convention. At that event, the California Secretary of State ruled that the group of people who had voted to make the party feminist and socialist would be considered the official party in California since they were the ones who had remained in the convention room.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
PFP is a ] party "committed to feminism, democracy, ecology, and racial equality",<ref name=About>{{cite web|title=About the Peace and Freedom Party|url=http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/about-us/about-peace-and-freedom|publisher=Peace and Freedom Party|access-date=2013-05-11|archive-date=2020-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516145028/http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/about-us/about-peace-and-freedom|url-status=dead}}</ref> PFP strongly supports environmentalism, aboriginal rights, ], ], public healthcare, public education, and subsidized housing.


== History ==
In the election of 1968, the party fared fairly well for a newly ballot qualified party. Nationally, Gregory outpolled Cleaver, receiving 47,097 votes to Cleaver's 36,623 because some states had disqualified Cleaver because of his age. In California and Utah, where no presidential nominee appeared on the ballot, voters cast 27,887 votes for the party presidential race while the vice presidential candidate was on the ballot. The full nationwide vote for presidential electors was 111,607. Party candidates for the Senate received a national total of 105,411 votes. In Utah, the party fielded folk singer Bruce "U Utah" Phillips for Congress who trailed with 2,019 votes. The party retained ballot status in California in the 1970 general election, which it retained for a number of years except for 1999 to 2003.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} In 2003, Peace and Freedom Party became the first party in the history of California to regain its ballot status.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fletcher |first1=Ed |title=Anti-War Party is Back on the Ballot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65013916/antiwar-party-is-back-on-ballot/ |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=March 15, 2003}}</ref>


=== Founding ===
In 1968, the party held a statewide founding convention in Richmond, California. San Francisco chair Ric Hyland, co-founder of the Radical Caucus, nominated Eldridge Cleaver for president. Cleaver beat out Dick Gregory and ] on the basis of the slogan: We are not seeking the candidate with the broadest appeal, we seek the candidate with the deepest truth. Radical journalists Paul Jacobs and Robert Scheer were selected as the party's candidates for the U.S. Senate.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
After the ] 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.<ref name=Elden1971>{{cite journal|last1=Elden |first1=James |last2=Schweitzer |first2=David |title=New Third Party Radicalism: The Case of the California Peace and Freedom Party |journal=] |publisher=Western Political Science Association |date=1971 |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=761–74 |doi=10.2307/447112 |jstor=447112 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/447112}}</ref>{{rp|761}}<ref name=Phillips2020>{{cite book |last1=Phillips |first1=Joseph |chapter=The Peace and Freedom Party of California |title=Beyond Donkeys and Elephants: Minor Political Parties in Contemporary American Politics |publisher=] |date=2020 |doi=10.2307/j.ctv15tt76n |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv15tt76n |isbn=978-0-7006-2929-9 |pages=121–137}}</ref>{{rp|121}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65011394/10000-in-melee/}}</ref>


On January 2, 1968, PFP organizers submitted 105,100 signatures to receive party status in California.<ref name=Elden1971 />{{rp|761}} PFP has had ballot access in California since 1968, except between 1998 and 2002.<ref name=Phillips2020 />{{rp|128}} In 2003, PFP became the first party in the history of California to regain its ballot status.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fletcher |first1=Ed |title=Anti-War Party is Back on the Ballot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65013916/antiwar-party-is-back-on-ballot/ |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=March 15, 2003}}</ref>
In 1970, Marge Buckley received 177,716 or 2.8% of the vote for Attorney General of California and C.T. Weber had 149,961 recorded votes (2.4%) in the vote for State Controller. By getting over 2 percent of the statewide vote, each of these candidates insured the party would maintain on the ballot through the 1974 election.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


In 1968, PFP suffered a minor split: ] and others split to create the Freedom and Peace Party (FPP), for which Gregory ran in the ].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thompson|first=Hunter S.|author-link=Hunter S. Thompson|title=The Great Shark Hunt|series=Gonzo Papers|volume=1|orig-year=1974|year=1979|publisher=]|location=New York|isbn=0-7432-5045-1|page=20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHxgGvF9ugAC&pg=PA20|quote=Hubert Humphrey lost that election by a handful of votes – mine among them – and if I had it to do again I would still vote for Dick Gregory.}}</ref> The FPP collapsed after the 1968 election.
=== People's Party ===
After 1968, the party affiliates in most states dissolved primarily because of ballot access restrictions in many states. However, the California party continued to maintain enough registered voters to hold on to its ballot status and in some partisan districts the party held the balance of power between the so-called major parties.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


In 1971, progressives nationwide organized the ]. In 1972 and 1976, PFP endorsed the PP's candidates. After the PP dissolved in 1977, PFP continued in California.<ref name=Peters1997>{{cite journal |title=Peace and Freedom Party from 1967 to 1997 |first1=Casey |last1=Peters |journal=Synthesis/Regeneration |number=12 |date=Winter 1997 |url=http://www.greens.org/s-r/12/12-05.html}}</ref>
Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s, the California party continued to contest local elections and sometimes win city and service district elections, most notably in Sonoma County, where it won three of the five member Cotati city seats council. Another milestone was reached when Kayren Hudiburgh of San Francisco was elected state chair in 1974 of the California party, the first woman to hold this position in any of the ballot qualified parties in the state. Hudiburgh also ran twice for the state assembly in this time period.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


In the ], two statewide Peace and Freedom Party candidates received more than the required vote, thus ensuring the party's ballot status for another four years (] received 212,383 votes, 2.5% of the total, for Controller;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm|title=Vote.ss.ca.gov|website=Vote.ss.ca.gov|access-date=October 14, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629092353/http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm|archive-date=June 29, 2006}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2024}} and Tom Condit received 187,618 votes, 2.2% of the total, for Insurance Commissioner).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm|title=Vote.ss.ca.gov|website=Vote.ss.ca.gov|access-date=October 14, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216021544/http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm|archive-date=February 16, 2008}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2024}}
The California party became part of the coalition making up the national left-wing ]. For 1972, the People's Party nominated the feminist and democratic socialist, the noted anti-war activist ] for president along with Julius Hobson of the D.C. Statehood Party for vice president. In 1976, the party nominated ] as its first woman contender for president. Wright lived in the Watts section of Los Angeles and had worked closely with the Black Panther Party. Wright was also noted as being the founder of Women Against Racism.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


] had statewide office candidates registered in the party. In the ], Peace and Freedom candidate Nathalie Hrizi received 316,149 votes, 5.0% of the total.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/17-summary.pdf |title=Statement of Vote Summary Pages |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529112702/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/17-summary.pdf |archive-date=29 May 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2024}}
The ], ], and ] sought the party's ballot line during the ]. The factions within the PFP could not agree on a candidate and did not have a candidate for the election.{{sfn|Phillips|2020|p=126; 128}}


=== 1998 ― Present === == Election results ==
The PFP has fielded over 200 ] in the United States for ], ], and ] offices. PFP candidates usually run as official PFP candidates on their own ].
In 1998, the Peace and Freedom Party of California failed to attain more than the required two percent of the votes cast for one of its statewide candidates and was removed from the ballot as a ballot qualified party. In 2003, after a voter registration drive Peace and Freedom Party became the first ballot-qualified party in California history to lose its ballot status for more than one election and then requalify for the ballot. Longtime Peace and Freedom Party activist ] was one of 135 candidates who ran for governor in the October 2003 recall election. In this recall, voters removed then-Governor ] (a Democrat) and elected Republican ]. At its August 2004 state convention, the ] activist ] was nominated as Peace and Freedom Party's presidential candidate. Peltier was at the time (and still is) imprisoned serving a life term for the 1975 murders of two FBI agents; the Party considers him to be a ]. Party members who supported Peltier's candidacy hoped to draw attention to his case and to the effort to win a presidential pardon for Peltier.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


No PFP candidate has yet won a contested election.<ref name=Phillips2020 />{{rp|121}}
The party again fell under the required number of registered voters to retain ballot status in February 2006 and was declared disqualified by the ]. However, citing previous instances in which parties not meeting the ballot qualification criteria were still allowed to participate in primary elections and the fact that there had not yet been a regular gubernatorial election since the party regained its ballot status (and as such, the decision was premature), the decision to bar the party from the June 2006 Primary was reversed after less than a week.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


=== Presidential elections ===
In the ], two statewide Peace and Freedom Party candidates received more than the required vote, thus ensuring the party's ballot status for another four years (] received 212,383 votes, 2.5% of the total, for Controller;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm|title=Vote.ss.ca.gov|website=Vote.ss.ca.gov|access-date=October 14, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629092353/http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm|archive-date=June 29, 2006}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}} and Tom Condit received 187,618 votes, 2.2% of the total, for Insurance Commissioner).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm|title=Vote.ss.ca.gov|website=Vote.ss.ca.gov|access-date=October 14, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216021544/http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm|archive-date=February 16, 2008}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:80%"
! Year
! Presidential candidate
! Vice presidential candidate
! Popular votes
! %
! Electoral votes
! Result
! Ballot access
! Notes
! Ref
|-
| ]
| ]
| Karina Garcia
| 167,588
| {{Percentage bar|0.11|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
| {{Composition bar|220|538|red}}
| The ] also nominated De la Cruz.{{efn|2024: Votes in California: 72,539 (0.5%)}}
| <ref name=PFP24Presumptive>{{Cite web |title=Claudia De la Cruz recognized as presumptive PFP POTUS nominee |publisher=Peace and Freedom Party |url=https://peaceandfreedom.us/index.php/news/elections-campaigns/sec-recognizes-claudia-de-la-cruz-as-presumptive-pfp-potus-nominee |date=April 26, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 85,188
| {{Percentage bar|0.05|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
| {{Composition bar|191|538|red}}
| The ] also nominated La Riva, with ] as her running mate.{{efn|2020: "Ballot access" above includes all states where La Riva was not a write-in; ie, where they were a listed PSL, PFP, or ] candidate.}}{{efn|2020: Votes in California: 50,887 (0.29%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824>{{cite web |title=PFP Presidential and VP Candidates, 1968-2020 |date=March 9, 2021 |first1=C. T. |last1=Weber |url=https://www.peaceandfreedom.us/about-us/our-history/presidential-candidates}}</ref><ref name=FEC2020>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 2020 |publisher=] |date=October 2022 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2020.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104044534/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2020.pdf}}</ref><ref name=Liberation2020>{{cite news |title=Gloria La Riva Nominated by Peace and Freedom Party in CA |newspaper=Liberation News |date=August 2, 2020 |publisher=Party for Socialism and Liberation |url=https://www.liberationnews.org/gloria-la-riva-nominated-by-peace-and-freedom-party-in-ca/}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 74,405
| {{Percentage bar|0.05|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
| {{Composition bar|112|538|red}}
| The ] also nominated La Riva, with ] as her running mate.{{efn|2016: "Ballot access" above includes all states where La Riva was not a write-in; ie, where they were a listed PSL, PFP, or ] candidate.}}{{efn|2016: Votes in California: 66,101 (0.46%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref name=FEC2016>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 2016 |publisher=] |date=December 2017 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2016.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185336/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2016.pdf}}</ref><ref name=Liberation2016>{{cite news |title=California Peace and Freedom Party chooses Gloria La Riva, Dennis Banks as President, VP candidates |newspaper=Liberation News |date=August 16, 2016 |publisher=Party for Socialism and Liberation |url=https://www.liberationnews.org/californias-peace-freedom-party-chooses-gloria-la-riva-dennis-banks-presidentvp-candidates/}}</ref><ref name=PFP16Potus> "Gloria La Riva – Peace and Freedom 2016". Retrieved on May 29, 2017.</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 67,477
| {{Percentage bar|0.05|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
| {{Composition bar|141|538|red}}
| {{efn|2012: Votes in California: 53,824 (0.41%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref> "Roseanne Barr – Peace and Freedom 2012". Retrieved on May 29, 2017.</ref><ref name=FEC2012>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 2012 |publisher=] |date=July 2013 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2012.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185341/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2012.pdf}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 739,034
| {{Percentage bar|0.56|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
| {{Composition bar|456|538|red}}
| {{efn|2008: Votes in California: 108,381 (0.8%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref> "Election Results 2008". Retrieved on November 7, 2024.</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 27,607
| {{Percentage bar|0.02|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
| {{Composition bar|55|538|red}}
| {{efn|2004: Votes in California: 27,607 (0.22%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref> "Leonard Peltier for President". Retrieved on April 28, 2013.</ref><ref name=FEC2004>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 2004 |publisher=] |date=July 2009 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2004.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185553/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2004.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 25,332
| {{Percentage bar|0.03|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
| {{Composition bar|54|538|red}}
| {{efn|1996: Votes in California: 25,332 (0.25%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref name=FEC1996>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 96 |publisher=] |date=July 2009 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections96.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185745/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections96.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 27,961
| {{Percentage bar|0.03|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
| {{Composition bar|136|538|red}}
| {{efn|1992: Votes in California: 18,597 (0.21%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref name=FEC1992>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 92 |publisher=] |date=July 2009 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections92.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202162939/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections92.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 72,161
| {{Percentage bar|0.08|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
| {{Composition bar|227|538|red}}
| {{efn|1984: Votes in California: 26,297 (0.28%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref name=FEC1984>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 84 |publisher=] |date=July 2009 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections84.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202162947/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections84.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 18,116
| {{Percentage bar|0.02|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| {{efn|1980: Votes in California: 18,116 (0.21%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref name=HC1980>{{Cite web |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of 1980 |publisher=] |date=April 1981 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=January 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 49,016
| {{Percentage bar|0.06|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| Ran on the ] ballot line{{efn|1976: Votes in California: 41,731 (0.53%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref name=HC1976>{{Cite web |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of 1976 |publisher=] |date=April 1977 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=January 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 78,759
| {{Percentage bar|0.10|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| Ran on the ] ballot line{{efn|1972: Votes in California: 55,167 (0.66%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref name=HC1972>{{Cite web |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of 1972 |publisher=] |date=April 1973 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=January 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1972election.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| 36,571
| {{Percentage bar|0.05|hex=FF0000}}
| 0
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| {{efn|The ], which had split from the Peace and Freedom Party, nominated ] for President and ] for Vice President. It received 47,149 votes.}}{{efn|1968: Votes in California: 27,707 (0.38%)}}
| <ref name=PFP6824 /><ref name=HC1968>{{Cite web |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of 1968 |publisher=] |date=April 1969 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=January 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf}}</ref>
|}


Convention votes:
On the March 30, 2008, the State Central Committee endorsed a plan to create a National Organizing Committee (NOC) and a national political party. The NOC was instructed to work toward a national "multi-tendency non-sectarian organization committed to socialism, democracy, feminism, environmentalism and racial equality".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peaceandfreedom.org/home/index.php/articles/partisan-number-25/18-partisan-number-25/125-pfp-adopts-national-organizing-plan|title=Peaceandfreedom.org|website=Peaceandfreedom.org|access-date=October 14, 2017}}</ref> A national organizing conference was set for December 2008 following the general election.{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}}


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:80%"
A political convention was held August 2–3, 2008 in Sacramento to select the party's 2008 presidential ticket. Contending for the nomination were ] (also nominee of the ]), ] (also nominee of the ]) ] (also nominee of the ]), and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who won. The results were the following: Nader (46%), Gloria La Riva (27%), Brian Moore (10%) and Cynthia McKinney (6%). Nader's running mate, former San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez, was endorsed for vice president by acclamation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/02/nader-wins-pfp-nomination/|title=Nader Wins Peace & Freedom Party Nomination – Ballot Access News|website=Ballot-access.org|date=2 August 2008 |access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> The nomination ensured that the Nader/Gonzalez presidential ticket would appear on the ballot in California for the 2008 election.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
! Year
! Total
! ]
! ]
! ]
! ]
! ]
! ]
! ]
! ]
! Abstentions
! Ref
|-
| 2024
| about 130
| '''99 ]'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
| about 30 across ] & Jasmine Sherman
|
| <ref name=PFP24Primary /><ref name=PFP24Presumptive /><ref>{{cite web |title=It's official: Claudia De la Cruz wins PFP POTUS nomination PFP Elections & Campaigns |date=October 4, 2024 |publisher=Peace and Freedom Party |url=https://www.peaceandfreedom.us/index.php/news/elections-campaigns/claudia-de-la-cruz-pfp-potus-nominee}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| 68
| '''62 ]'''
| 3 ]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3
| <ref name=Liberation2020 />
|-
| 2016
| 80
| '''56 ]'''
| 9 ]
| 12 ]
|
|
|
|
| 1 Lynn Kahn{{efn|In 2016, Kahn also ran for the ].}}
|
| <ref name=Liberation2016 /><ref>{{cite web |title=PFP Convention |publisher=Our Campaigns |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=823238}}</ref>
|-
| {{nowrap|2012 (2nd ballot)}}
| 64
| '''37 ]'''{{efn |name=PSL12 |In 2012, PSL supported ], who was too young to qualify for the ballot. ] was nominally independent, but was tactically supported by the ].<ref name=Cornish2013 />}}
|
|
| 16 Stephen Durham
| 6 ]
|
|
|
| 5
| <ref name=Richardson2012 />
|-
| {{nowrap|2012 (1st ballot)}}
| 63
| 29 ]{{efn|name=PSL12}}
|
|
| 18 Stephen Durham
| 12 ]
|
|
|
| 4
| <ref name=Richardson2012 />
|-
| 2008
| 89
| 27 ]
| 6 ]
|
|
| 10 ]
|
|
| '''46 ]'''
|
| <ref name=BAN2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/02/nader-wins-pfp-nomination/|title=Nader Wins Peace & Freedom Party Nomination – Ballot Access News|website=Ballot-access.org|date=2 August 2008 |access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PFP Convention |publisher=Our Campaigns |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=419558}}</ref>
|-
| 1996
| 17
|
|
| 8 ]
|
|
|
|
| '''9 ]'''
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=PFP Convention |publisher=Our Campaigns |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58543}}</ref>
|-
| 1992
| 211
|
|
|
|
|
| 91 ]
|
| '''120 ]''' (of ])
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=PFP Convention |publisher=Our Campaigns |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=295675}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
| 200
|
|
|
|
|
| ]
| '''Herb Lewin'''
|
|
| <ref name=Peters1997 /><ref name=Phillips2020 />{{rp|126–128}}<ref name=PFPPresidentialHistorical /><ref name=Stein1988 /><ref>{{cite news |title=Lewin Is Peace and Freedom Nominee |date=August 15, 1988 |newspaper=] |quote=Lewin, 73, is a veteran labor union organizer who also is affiliated with the Internationalist Workers Party, a San Francisco-based Trotskyite group. For vice president the delegates nominated Emma Mar, who identifies herself as an independent socialist. Lewin, with 684 votes, finished fourth in the nonbinding Peace and Freedom presidential primary in June, but he captured the nomination by relying on party rules that permitted him to bring to the convention as delegates a large number of undocumented immigrants, minors, convicted felons and other people who are not eligible to vote.}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| '''Sonia Johnson''' (of ])
|
| <ref name=Peters1997 /><ref name=Alexander1991>{{cite book |last=Alexander |first=Robert J. |author-link=Robert J. Alexander |date=1991 |title=International Trotskyism, 1929–1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement |publisher=] |isbn=978-0-8223-0975-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/internationaltro0000alex |pages=761–951}}</ref>{{rp|941}}
|}
Johnson is Citizen's Party


In 2016, both PFP's California state chair and ] candidate ] requested that the California Secretary of State allow Stein to be placed on the PFP party ballot, but this was rejected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peaceandfreedom.org/home/images/documents/position-letters-legislation-2019/SB_505_Peace_and_Freedom_Party_Letter_of_Opposition_2.pdf |title=SB 505 (Umberg) Presidential primary elections Oppose |publisher=Peace and Freedom Party}}</ref> Instead, PFP nominated ] candidate ].<ref name=PFP16Potus />
On August 6, the Nader/Gonzalez campaign submitted sufficient signatures to appear on the Iowa and Utah ballots as the Peace and Freedom Party candidate. This was the first expansion of the party beyond California since the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/06/nader-submits-iowa-petition-using-peace-freedom-ballot-label/|title=Nader Submits Iowa Petition Using "Peace & Freedom" Ballot Label – Ballot Access News|website=Ballot-access.org|date=6 August 2008 |access-date=October 14, 2017}}</ref> However, the party did not achieve the votes necessary to guarantee ballot access in Iowa and Utah in subsequent elections.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


In 2012, ] won a plurality of delegates in PFP's non-binding preference primary, after failing to win enough votes to place his ] on the ballot. However, Anderson failed to win representatives on the PFP's Central Committee, and withdrew 1 week before the convention.<ref name=Richardson2012 /> Instead, PFP backed ]'s preferred candidate ].<ref name=Cornish2013 />
Since 1968, over 400 different candidates have sought Peace and Freedom Party nominations for public office.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


In 2008, PFP endorsed Independent ] in his ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nov. 2008 Statement of Vote: U.S. President by County |publisher=California Secretary of State |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/17_22_pres_by_county.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=P&F Campaign 2008: Nader/Gonzalez ticket |publisher=Peace and Freedom Party |url=http://www.peaceandfreedom2008.org/candidates/rnader/}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Richard |last1=Winger |title=Nader Submits Iowa Petition Using "Peace & Freedom" Ballot Label |publisher=Ballot Access News |date=6 August 2008 |url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/06/nader-submits-iowa-petition-using-peace-freedom-ballot-label/}}</ref> However, PFP did not obtain enough votes to guarantee ballot access in Iowa or Utah in subsequent elections.
In 2016, the party's California state chair wrote the California Secretary of State, asking for ] to be placed on the party's ballot. Stein wrote as well. She was kept off the party's California primary ballot by the Secretary of State.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peaceandfreedom.org/home/images/documents/position-letters-legislation-2019/SB_505_Peace_and_Freedom_Party_Letter_of_Opposition_2.pdf|title=SB 505 (Umberg) Presidential primary elections Oppose|website=peaceandfreedom.org|access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}} The Peace and Freedom's 2016 presidential candidate ] was also the nominee of the ].{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}}


In 2000, PFP did not qualify for the ballot in California.<ref name=PFPPresidentialHistorical />
] had statewide office candidates registered in the party. In the ], Peace and Freedom candidate Nathalie Hrizi received 316,149 votes, 5.0% of the total.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/17-summary.pdf |title=Statement of Vote Summary Pages |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529112702/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/17-summary.pdf |archive-date=29 May 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}}


In 1988, three factions within PFP — the ], ], and ] plus ] — 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.<ref name=Phillips2020 />{{rp|126–128}}<ref name=PFPPresidentialHistorical>{{cite web |title=PFP Presidential and VP Candidates, 1968-2020 |date=July 3, 2008 |publisher=Peace and Freedom Party |url=https://www.peaceandfreedomparty.org/home/about-us/historical-information/presidential-candidates}}</ref><ref name=Stein1988 />
In 2019, the Peace and Freedom Party in California grew from 76,784 registered voters in February<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/county.pdf|title=Report of Registration as of February 10, 2019|access-date=May 29, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404171417/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/county.pdf|archive-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}} to 90,121 in October.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/154day-presprim-2020/county.pdf|title=Report of Registration as of October 1, 2019, |access-date=Dec 10, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209014418/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/154day-presprim-2020/historical-reg-stats.pdf|archive-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}} This growth of 17.4% was the highest growth rate achieved by any California political party. On more recent registration statistic reports, the party has had only increments of registrations, up to 105,535 registrations as of February 10, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report of Registration as of February 10, 2021|date=2021|website=California Secretary of State|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2021/county.pdf|access-date=2021-03-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320055620/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2021/county.pdf|archive-date=2021-03-20}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}}


=== Congressional elections ===
In the ], the PFP joined the ] in creating the "Left Unity Slate," a set of candidates that were endorsed by both parties running for various offices across the state.<ref>{{cite web |title=California Primary Election 2022: The Peace & Freedom, Left Unity Candidates |date=February 3, 2022 |work=Peace and Freedom Party |url=https://peaceandfreedom.us/news/elections-campaigns/california-primary-election-2022-the-pfp-left-unity-candidates}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}} The leader of the ticket, writer ], earned 1.8% of the vote in the ] on June 5. The most successful statewide candidate was Marco Amaral, who ran in the nonpartisan ] and earned 8.7% of the primary vote.{{Secondary source needed|date=August 2024}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:80%"

! Year
For the ], the party plans to hold a non-binding preference primary in ] on ], March 5. The party's presidential nominee will be chosen by the state central committee in August.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Winger |first1=Richard |title=Peace & Freedom Presidential Primary Ballot Will Contain Three Names|url=https://ballot-access.org/2023/12/03/peace-freedom-presidential-primary-ballot-will-contain-three-names/ |access-date=December 3, 2023 |date=December 3, 2023}}</ref>
! Candidate

! Chamber
===Participation of "independent" voters===
! State
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 ] to participate in the party's primary. The passage of ] limited this "modified" closed primary system to primaries for ], starting with the ]. Since the ], the Peace and Freedom Party has never allowed "independent" voters to vote in their party's primaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/no-party-preference/history-political-parties-have-adopted-party-rules-regarding-no-party-preference-voters|title=History of Political Parties That Have Adopted Party Rules Regarding No Party Preference Voters|publisher=]|access-date=2024-03-31}}</ref>
! District

! Votes
== Election results ==
! %

! Result
=== Presidential tickets ===
! Notes
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ref
!Year
!width=300|Presidential nominee
!Home state
!width=300|Previous positions
!width=300|Vice presidential nominee
!Home state
!width=300|Previous positions
!Votes California
!Votes
nationwide
!Notes
|- |-
|] | ]
| John Parker
|]<br />''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|California}}
| California
|{{small|Civil rights activist<br />] leader}}
| ]
|''']'''
| 7,316
|{{flag|Oklahoma}}
| {{Percentage bar|8.4|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Civil rights activist}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|27,707
| ], did not advance to general
(0.38%)
| <ref name=FEC20XX />
|36,571 (0.05%)<br />0 EV
|<ref>The ], which had split from the Peace and Freedom Party, nominated ] for President and ] for Vice President. It received an additional 47,149 votes.</ref>
|- |-
|] | ]
| José Cortés
|]<br />''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|Connecticut}}
| California
|{{small|Physician, author}}
| ]
|''']'''
| 3,343
|{{flag|District of Columbia}}
| {{Percentage bar|2.2|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Member of the ]<br />(1968–1969)<br />Candidate for ]<br />(])}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|55,167
| ], did not advance to general
(0.66%)
| <ref name=FEC2022 />
|78,759 (0.10%)<br />0 EV
|<ref name=peoples/>
|- |-
|] | ]
| John Parker
|]<br />''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|California}}
| California
|{{small|Activist}}
| At-Large
|]<br />''']'''
| 105,477{{efn|In addition to running in the regularly scheduled election, Parker also ran as a ] in the special election for the same exact seat, but for a term to expire on January 3, 2023. Parker received 9,951 votes, or 0.1 percent, as a write-in candidate in the special election race.}}
|{{flag|Connecticut}}
| {{Percentage bar|1.7|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Nominee for President of the United States<br />(1972)}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|41,731
| ], did not advance to general
(0.53%)
| <ref name=FEC2022 />
|49,016 (0.06%)<br />0 EV
|<ref name=peoples>Ran under the ] banner.</ref>
|- |-
|] | ]
| José Cortés
|''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|California}}
| California
|{{small|Chair of the Peace and Freedom Party<br />(1978–1980)}}
| ]
|''']'''
| 1,821
|{{flag|California}}
| {{Percentage bar|0.9|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Nominee for ]<br />(])<br />Nominee for ]<br />(1978)}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|18,116
| ], did not advance to general
(0.21%)
| <ref name=FEC2020 />
|18,116 (0.02%)<br />0 EV
|
|- |-
|] | ]
| John Parker
|]<br />''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|Idaho}}
| California
|{{small|Feminist activist, writer}}
| At-Large
|''']'''
| 22,825
|{{flag|California}}
| {{Percentage bar|0.3|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Chair of the Peace and Freedom Party<br />(1982–1984)<br />Nominee for ]<br />(1982)}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|26,297
| ], did not advance to general
(0.28%)
| <ref name=FEC2018>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 2018 |publisher=] |date=October 2019 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2018.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185553/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2018.pdf}}</ref>
|72,161 (0.08%)<br />0 EV
|
|- |-
|] | ]
| Joe Williams
|''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|Pennsylvania}}
| California
|{{small|Candidate for ]<br />(])<br />Candidate for ] from Pennsylvania<br />(])}}
| ]
|''']'''
| 6,400
|{{flag|California}}
| {{Percentage bar|3.9|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Nominee for ]<br />(1986)}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|58
| ], did not advance to general
(0.00%)
| <ref name=FEC2016 />
|10,367 (0.01%)<br />0 EV
|
|- |-
|] | ]
| Adam Shbeita
|''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|Ohio}}
| California
|{{small|Former Executive Director of the ]<br />Former Executive Director of the ]}}
| ]
|''']'''
| 9,192
|{{flag|New York (state)|name=New York}}
| {{Percentage bar|13.35|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Activist}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|18,597
| general election
(0.21%)
| <ref name=FEC2014>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 2014 |publisher=] |date=November 2015 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2014.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185553/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2014.pdf}}</ref>
|27,961 (0.03%)<br />0 EV
|
|- |-
|] | ]
| Mike Roskey
|''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|California}}
| California
|{{small|Nominee for ]<br />(1990, ])}}
| ]
|''']'''
| 4,789
|{{flag|Massachusetts}}
| {{Percentage bar|1.83|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Nominee for ]<br />(])}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|25,332
|
(0.25%)
| <ref name=FEC2010 />
|25,332 (0.03%)<br />0 EV
|
|- |-
|] | ]
| Gerald Allen Frink
|]<br />''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|Pennsylvania}}
| California
|{{small|] activist<br />Prison inmate}}
| ]
|''']'''
| 4,594
|{{flag|California}}
| {{Percentage bar|2.66|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|American Indian Movement activist}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|27,607
|
(0.22%)
| <ref name=FEC2010 />
|27,607 (0.02%)<br />0 EV
|
|- |-
|] | ]
| Eugene Ruyle
|]<br />''']'''<br />(])
| ]
|{{flag|Connecticut}}
| California
|{{small|Lawyer, activist<br />Candidate for President of the United States (1996, 2000, 2004)}}
| ]
|]<br />''']'''
| 5,915
|{{flag|California}}
| {{Percentage bar|2.26|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Member of the ]<br />(2001–2005)}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|108,381
|
(0.80%)
| <ref name=FEC2010 />
|739,278 (0.56%)<br />0 EV
|<ref>Nader ran as an independent but was nominated by the Peace and Freedom Party.</ref>
|- |-
|] | ]
| Gloria La Riva
|]<br />''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|Hawaii}}
| California
|Actress and comedian
| ]
|]<br />''']'''
| 5,161
|{{flag|California}}
| {{Percentage bar|2.46|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Anti-war activist}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|53,824
|
(0.41%)
| <ref name=FEC2010 />
|67,477 (0.05%)<br />0 EV
|{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
|- |-
|] | ]
| Larry Allen
|]<br />''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|California}}
| California
|{{small|Nominee for President of the United States<br />(1992, 2008, 2012)<br />Nominee for Vice President of the United States<br />(1984, 1988, 1996, 2000)}}
| ]
|]<br />''']'''
| 1,670
|{{flag|Minnesota}}
| {{Percentage bar|0.78|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|American Indian Movement activist}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|66,101
|
(0.46%)
| <ref name=FEC2010 />
|74,405 (0.05%)<br />0 EV
|{{efn|La Riva was also nominated by the ] with ] as her running mate.}}
|- |-
|] | ]
| Richard Castaldo
|]<br />''']'''
| ]
|{{flag|California}}
| California
|{{small|Nominee for President of the United States<br />(1992, 2008, 2012, 2016)<br />Nominee for Vice President of the United States<br />(1984, 1988, 1996, 2000)}}
| ]
|]<br />'''Sunil Freeman'''
| 3,115
|{{flag|District of Columbia}}
| {{Percentage bar|1.31|hex=FF0000}}
|{{small|Author}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|50,887
|
(0.29%)
| <ref name=FEC2010 />
|85,188
|-
(0.05%)
| ]
| Miriam Clark
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,470
| {{Percentage bar|2.18|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2010 />
|-
| ]
| Marsha Feinland
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 135,093
| {{Percentage bar|1.35|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2010 />
|-
| ]
| Dina Padilla
| ]
| California
| ]
| 13,378
| {{Percentage bar|4.26|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2008>{{Cite web |title=Federal Elections 2008 |publisher=] |date=July 2009 |url=https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2008.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202185553/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2008.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| L Roberts
| ]
| California
| ]
| 10,731
| {{Percentage bar|4.85|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2008 />
|-
| ]
| Bill Callison
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,695
| {{Percentage bar|2.85|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2008 />
|-
| ]
| Eugene Ruyle
| ]
| California
| ]
| 11,062
| {{Percentage bar|3.75|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2008 />
|-
| ]
| Nathalie Hrizi
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,793
| {{Percentage bar|2.17|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2008 />
|-
| ]
| Timothy Stock
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,503
| {{Percentage bar|1.61|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2006 />
|-
| ]
| Michael Roskey
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,370
| {{Percentage bar|1.04|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2006 />
|-
| ]
| John Reiger
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,018
| {{Percentage bar|1.35|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2006 />
|-
| ]
| Lynda Llamas
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,599
| {{Percentage bar|1.81|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2006 />
|-
| ]
| Adele Cannon
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,546
| {{Percentage bar|2.15|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2006 />
|-
| ]
| James Smith
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,592
| {{Percentage bar|2.76|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2006 />
|-
| ]
| Kevin Akin
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,486
| {{Percentage bar|3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2006 />
|-
| ]
| Miriam Clark
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,353
| {{Percentage bar|1.51|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2006 />
|-
| ]
| Marsha Feinland
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 117,764
| {{Percentage bar|1.38|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2006 />
|-
| ]
| John Reiger
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,670
| {{Percentage bar|1.9|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2004 />
|-
| ]
| Leilani Dowell
| ]
| California
| ]
| 9,527
| {{Percentage bar|3.53|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2004 />
|-
| ]
| Joe Williams
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,823
| {{Percentage bar|1.26|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2004 />
|-
| ]
| Alice Stek
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,105
| {{Percentage bar|2.5|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2004 />
|-
| ]
| Kevin Akin
| ]
| California
| ]
| 7,559
| {{Percentage bar|3.36|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2004 />
|-
| ]
| Marsha Feinland
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 243,846
| {{Percentage bar|2.02|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC2004 />
|-
| ]
| Ernest Jones Jr
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,996
| {{Percentage bar|2.54|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1998 />
|-
| ]
| Gerald Sanders
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,767
| {{Percentage bar|2.81|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1998 />
|-
| ]
| Ralph Shroyer
| ]
| California
| ]
| 1,860
| {{Percentage bar|1.03|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1998 />
|-
| ]
| Janice Jordan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,447
| {{Percentage bar|1.32|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1998 />
|-
| ]
| Ophie C. Beltran
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 48,685
| {{Percentage bar|0.59|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1998 />
|-
| ]
| Ernest Jones Jr
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,459
| {{Percentage bar|2.54|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| Tom Condit
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,561
| {{Percentage bar|2.77|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| Timothy Thompson
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,653
| {{Percentage bar|1.59|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| Ralph Shroyer
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,267
| {{Percentage bar|2.92|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| Justin Charles Gerber
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,513
| {{Percentage bar|1.28|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| John Peter Daly
| ]
| California
| ]
| 8,819
| {{Percentage bar|4.11|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| Shirley Mandel
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,499
| {{Percentage bar|3.1|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| Kevin Akin
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,309
| {{Percentage bar|1.86|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| Miriam Clark
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,407
| {{Percentage bar|2.36|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| Janice Jordan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,649
| {{Percentage bar|2.05|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1996 />
|-
| ]
| Ernest Jones Jr
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,055
| {{Percentage bar|1.71|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| William ""Bill"" Callison
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,798
| {{Percentage bar|2.88|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Emma Wong Mar
| ]
| California
| ]
| 9,194
| {{Percentage bar|5.14|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Craig Cooper
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,802
| {{Percentage bar|2.05|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| John Honigsfeld
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,099
| {{Percentage bar|4.83|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Kermit Booker
| ]
| California
| ]
| 7,694
| {{Percentage bar|18.54|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Richard Green
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,995
| {{Percentage bar|2.05|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Donna White
| ]
| California
| ]
| 8,543
| {{Percentage bar|4.37|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Renate Kline
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,948
| {{Percentage bar|2.66|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Guillermo Ramirez
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,002
| {{Percentage bar|2.87|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Miriam Clark
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,099
| {{Percentage bar|1.98|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Art Edelman
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,221
| {{Percentage bar|1.89|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Elizabeth Cervantes Barron
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 255,301
| {{Percentage bar|3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1994 />
|-
| ]
| Phil Baldwin
| ]
| California
| ]
| 10,764
| {{Percentage bar|4.28|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| David Franklin
| ]
| California
| ]
| 9,840
| {{Percentage bar|4.51|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Cesar Cadabes
| ]
| California
| ]
| 7,572
| {{Percentage bar|3.25|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Dave Linn
| ]
| California
| ]
| 10,472
| {{Percentage bar|4.58|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Mary Weldon
| ]
| California
| ]
| 10,142
| {{Percentage bar|4.44|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Roslyn Allen
| ]
| California
| ]
| 16,768
| {{Percentage bar|8.16|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| David Wald
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,912
| {{Percentage bar|1.51|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Amani Kuumba
| ]
| California
| ]
| 9,370
| {{Percentage bar|6.01|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Maureen Smith
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,804
| {{Percentage bar|2.28|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Dorothy Wells
| ]
| California
| ]
| 13,334
| {{Percentage bar|6.15|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| John Paul Linblad
| ]
| California
| ]
| 13,690
| {{Percentage bar|5.36|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Nancy Lawrence
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,090
| {{Percentage bar|2.33|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Margery Hinds
| ]
| California
| ]
| 7,180
| {{Percentage bar|5.94|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Margaret Edwards
| ]
| California
| ]
| 7,329
| {{Percentage bar|3.45|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Susan Davies
| ]
| California
| ]
| 13,888
| {{Percentage bar|5.31|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Elizabeth Nakano
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,173
| {{Percentage bar|7.39|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| William Williams
| ]
| California
| ]
| 9,782
| {{Percentage bar|5.66|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Tim Delia
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,135
| {{Percentage bar|4.2|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Alice Mae Miles
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,797
| {{Percentage bar|2.24|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Owen Staley
| ]
| California
| ]
| 13,297
| {{Percentage bar|3.78|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| B Kwaku Duren
| ]
| California
| ]
| 16,178
| {{Percentage bar|14.27|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Paul Burton
| ]
| California
| ]
| 8,391
| {{Percentage bar|4.43|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Margie Akin
| ]
| California
| ]
| 11,839
| {{Percentage bar|5.77|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Mike Noonan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 10,136
| {{Percentage bar|5.94|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Macine Wuirk
| ]
| California
| ]
| 12,297
| {{Percentage bar|4.84|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Donna White
| ]
| California
| ]
| 13,396
| {{Percentage bar|5.81|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Wilton Zaslow
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,738
| {{Percentage bar|1.9|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Roger Batchelder
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,250
| {{Percentage bar|3.11|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Miriam Clark
| ]
| California
| ]
| 10,307
| {{Percentage bar|4.07|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Dennis Gretsinger
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,734
| {{Percentage bar|2.68|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Gerald Horne
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 305,697
| {{Percentage bar|2.84|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Genevieve Torres
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 372,817
| {{Percentage bar|3.45|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1992 />
|-
| ]
| Darlene Comingore
| ]
| California
| ]
| 34,011
| {{Percentage bar|14.77|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| Jan Tucker
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,963
| {{Percentage bar|2.19|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| John Honigsfeld
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,834
| {{Percentage bar|4.09|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| Maggie Phair
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,706
| {{Percentage bar|5.49|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| Edward Ferrer
| ]
| California
| ]
| 7,101
| {{Percentage bar|4.55|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| William Williams
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,723
| {{Percentage bar|2.85|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| Maxine Quirk
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,709
| {{Percentage bar|3.85|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| Karen R Works
| ]
| California
| ]
| 15,428
| {{Percentage bar|7.18|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| Doug Hansen
| ]
| California
| ]
| 40,212
| {{Percentage bar|18.1|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| Donna White
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,237
| {{Percentage bar|4.82|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1990 />
|-
| ]
| Eric Fried
| ]
| California
| ]
| 22,150
| {{Percentage bar|8.72|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Theodore ""Ted"" Zuur
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,975
| {{Percentage bar|2.27|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Tom Condit
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,444
| {{Percentage bar|2.22|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Victor Martinez
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,906
| {{Percentage bar|1.42|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Shirley Rachel Isaacson
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,298
| {{Percentage bar|2.66|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| John Honigsfeld
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,316
| {{Percentage bar|1.42|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| James Green
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,571
| {{Percentage bar|2.3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Paul Reyes
| ]
| California
| ]
| 8,746
| {{Percentage bar|8.76|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Salomea Honigsfeld
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,811
| {{Percentage bar|1.95|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| B Kwaku Duren
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,091
| {{Percentage bar|2.9|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Vikki Murdock
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,032
| {{Percentage bar|2.35|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Mike Noonan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,492
| {{Percentage bar|1.59|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Frank German
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,547
| {{Percentage bar|2.41|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Gretchen Farsai
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,699
| {{Percentage bar|1.37|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| C Weber
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,853
| {{Percentage bar|1.7|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Richard Rose
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,563
| {{Percentage bar|2.75|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| M. Elizabeth Munoz
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 166,600
| {{Percentage bar|1.71|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1988 />
|-
| ]
| Elden Mcfarland
| ]
| California
| ]
| 12,149
| {{Percentage bar|5.93|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Theodore ""Ted"" Zuur
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,078
| {{Percentage bar|1.27|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Lawrence Manuel
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,295
| {{Percentage bar|2.12|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Bradley Mayer
| ]
| California
| ]
| 1,701
| {{Percentage bar|1.42|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Ron Wright
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,017
| {{Percentage bar|1.23|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Joel Lorimer
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,930
| {{Percentage bar|1.53|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Tom Hopke
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,521
| {{Percentage bar|1.36|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| James Green
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,388
| {{Percentage bar|4.56|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Thomas O'connor Jr
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,078
| {{Percentage bar|1.2|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| B Kwaku Duren
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,333
| {{Percentage bar|2.13|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| John Donohue
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,799
| {{Percentage bar|2.11|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Mike Noonan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,500
| {{Percentage bar|1.51|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Frank Boeheim
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,752
| {{Percentage bar|1.56|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Steve Sears
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,025
| {{Percentage bar|2.51|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Kate Mcclatchy
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,761
| {{Percentage bar|2.47|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Shirley Isaacson
| ]
| California
| ]
| 1,676
| {{Percentage bar|1.53|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Paul Kangas
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 33,869
| {{Percentage bar|0.46|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1986 />
|-
| ]
| Henry Clark
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,574
| {{Percentage bar|1.85|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| Charles John Zekan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,161
| {{Percentage bar|1.83|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| James Green
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,780
| {{Percentage bar|1.81|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| Thomas O'connor Jr
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,815
| {{Percentage bar|1.79|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| Patrick Mccoy
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,051
| {{Percentage bar|1.21|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| Mike Noonan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,371
| {{Percentage bar|1.14|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| Kevin Akin
| ]
| California
| ]
| 29,990
| {{Percentage bar|14.53|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| Michael Schuyles Bright
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,021
| {{Percentage bar|1.86|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| Maxine Bell Quirk
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,969
| {{Percentage bar|1.56|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| John Donohue
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,811
| {{Percentage bar|2.39|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=FEC1984 />
|-
| ]
| Howard Fegarsky
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,126
| {{Percentage bar|1.56|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| John Reiger
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,294
| {{Percentage bar|2.9|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| Timothy-Allen Albertson
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,366
| {{Percentage bar|1.29|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| Wilson Branch
| ]
| California
| ]
| 1,928
| {{Percentage bar|1|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| Charles Zekan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 1,520
| {{Percentage bar|0.82|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| Eugene Ruyle
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,473
| {{Percentage bar|2.38|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| James Michael Noonan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,223
| {{Percentage bar|1.29|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| Frank Boeheim
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,152
| {{Percentage bar|1.76|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| Maxine Bell Quirk
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,826
| {{Percentage bar|2.39|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| John Donohue
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,514
| {{Percentage bar|2.66|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| David Wald
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 96,388
| {{Percentage bar|1.23|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1982 />
|-
| ]
| Linda Wren
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,354
| {{Percentage bar|1.28|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1980 />
|-
| ]
| Wilson Branch
| ]
| California
| ]
| 13,723
| {{Percentage bar|7.42|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1980 />
|-
| ]
| Adele Fumino
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,184
| {{Percentage bar|1.6|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1980 />
|-
| ]
| Robert Goldsborough
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,791
| {{Percentage bar|1.69|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1980 />
|-
| ]
| Jan Tucker
| ]
| California
| ]
| 2,038
| {{Percentage bar|1.33|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1980 />
|-
| ]
| Maggie Feigin
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,905
| {{Percentage bar|4.02|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1980 />
|-
| ]
| John Donohue
| ]
| California
| ]
| 7,794
| {{Percentage bar|4.06|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1980 />
|-
| ]
| James Michael ""Mike"" Noonan
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,492
| {{Percentage bar|2.82|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1980 />
|-
| ]
| David Wald
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 196,260
| {{Percentage bar|2.36|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1980 />
|-
| ]
| Irv Sutley
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,097
| {{Percentage bar|2.77|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1978 />
|-
| ]
| Lawrence Phillips
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,562
| {{Percentage bar|4.12|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1978 />
|-
| ]
| Adele Fumino
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,022
| {{Percentage bar|1.89|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1978 />
|-
| ]
| Robert Goldsborough Iii
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,246
| {{Percentage bar|2.99|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1978 />
|-
| ]
| Milton Shiro Takei
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,887
| {{Percentage bar|4.01|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1978 />
|-
| ]
| Bill Hill
| ]
| California
| ]
| 5,750
| {{Percentage bar|4.63|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1978 />
|-
| ]
| Kevin Casey Peters
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,453
| {{Percentage bar|4.75|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1978 />
|-
| ]
| Robert Allred
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,444
| {{Percentage bar|2.98|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1976 />
|-
| ]
| Emily Siegel
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,570
| {{Percentage bar|5.02|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1976 />
|-
| ]
| Robert Evans
| ]
| California
| ]
| 6,238
| {{Percentage bar|3.17|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1976 />
|-
| ]
| Albert Sargis
| ]
| California
| ]
| 3,386
| {{Percentage bar|2.06|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1976 />
|-
| ]
| Bill Hill
| ]
| California
| ]
| 7,178
| {{Percentage bar|4.69|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1976 />
|-
| ]
| Marilyn Seals
| ]
| California
| ]
| 4,922
| {{Percentage bar|6.1|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1976 />
|-
| ]
| David Wald
| ]
| California
| At-Large
| 104,383
| {{Percentage bar|1.4|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1976 />
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| California
| ]
| 12,164
| {{Percentage bar|7.5|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=HC1968>{{Cite web |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of 1968 |publisher=] |date=April 1969 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=January 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf}}</ref>
|}


=== Statewide elections ===
0 EV
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:80%"
|{{efn|La Riva was also nominated by the ] with ] as her running mate.}}
! Year
! Candidate
! Office
! State
! District
! Votes
! %
! Result
! Notes
! Ref
|- |-
|] | ]
|<br />''']''' | ]
| ]
|{{flag|New York}}
| ]
| At-Large
| 124,672
| {{Percentage bar|1.8|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
| ], did not advance to general; Green Party candidate endorsed by PFP
| |
|-
|<br />'''Karina Garcia'''
|{{flag|California}} | ]
| ]
|{{small|Author}}
| ]
| ]
| At-Large
| 16,959
| {{Percentage bar|0.3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
| ], did not advance to general
|
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| ]
| At-Large
| 263,364
| {{Percentage bar|4.0|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
| ran as ] (NPP) candidate; founder of ] (RPA); endorsed by ], ], ], ], PFP, ], and RPA
| <ref name=CA2018>{{cite web |title=Statewide Direct Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 5, 2018 |publisher=] |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election 2018: Gayle McLaughlin for Lt. Governor |publisher=Peace and Freedom Party |url=http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/national/election-2018/candidates-2018/gayle-mclaughlin-for-lt-governor |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525133113/http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/national/election-2018/candidates-2018/gayle-mclaughlin-for-lt-governor}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| ]
| ]
| ]
| At-Large
| 52,707
| {{Percentage bar|1.2|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
| ], did not advance to general
| |
|-

| ]
| ]
| ]
| ]
| At-Large
| 92,637
| {{Percentage bar|0.9|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| |
{{efn|De la Cruz was also nominated by the ]}}
|}

Notes:
{{notelist}}

=== Congressional elections ===
* ], John Parker received 7,316 votes, or 8.4 percent, in the ] for ].
* ], Jose Cortes received 3,343 votes, or 2.2 percent, in the ] for ].
* ], John Parker received 105,477 votes, or 1.7 percent in the top-two primary for ].{{efn|In addition to running in the regularly scheduled election, Parker also ran as a ] in the special election for the same exact seat, but for a term to expire on January 3, 2023. Parker received 9,951 votes, or 0.1 percent, as a write-in candidate in the special election race.}}
* ], José Cortés received 1,821 votes, or 0.9 percent, in the ] for ].
* ], John Parker received 22,825 votes, or 0.3 percent, in the top-two primary for ].
* ], Joe Williams received 6,400 votes, or 3.9 percent, in the ] for ].
* ], ] received 12,164 votes, or 7.5 percent, in the general election for ]

=== Gubernatorial elections ===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Candidates
!Votes
!%
!Misc.
|- |-
|] | ]
| ]
|]
| ]
|65,954
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|1.0|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
|joined ] after election
| 69,934
|-
| {{Percentage bar|0.8|hex=FF0000}}
|]
| {{no2}} Lost
|]
|75,004 |
|
|{{Percentage bar|1.2|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
|Supported by California Libertarian Alliance
|- |-
|] | ]
|] | ]
| ]
|70,864
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|1.0|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
| 1,626
| {{Percentage bar|0.02|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| |
|- |-
|] | ]
|] | ]
| ]
|70,327
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|0.9|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
| 59,218
| {{Percentage bar|0.7|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| |
|- |-
|] | ]
|] | ]
| ]
|51,995
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|1.0|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
| 72,774
| {{Percentage bar|0.9|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| |
|- |-
|] | ]
|] | ]
| ]
|88,707
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|1.3|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
| 88,707
| {{Percentage bar|1.3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| |
|- |-
|] | ]
|] | ]
| ]
|72,774
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|0.9|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
| 51,995
| {{Percentage bar|1.0|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| |
|- |-
|] | ]
|] | ]
| ]
|59,218
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|0.7|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
| 70,327
| {{Percentage bar|0.9|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| |
|- |-
|] | ]
|] | ]
| ]
|1,626
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|0.02|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
| 70,864
| {{Percentage bar|1.0|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| |
|- |-
|] | ]
|] | ]
| ]
|69,934
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|0.8|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
| 75,004
| {{Percentage bar|1.2|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
| supported by California Libertarian Alliance
| |
|- |-
|] | ]
|] | ]
| ]
|92,637
| ]
|{{Percentage bar|0.9|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
| At-Large
| 65,954
| {{Percentage bar|1.0|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
| joined ] after election
| |
|}

== National conventions ==
{|class="wikitable"
|- |-
! Name
|]
! Date
|]
! Location
|52,707
! Documents
|{{Percentage bar|1.2|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
! Notes
|Results from ]
|- |-
| 2024 State Convention
|]
| August 3, 2024
|]
| Sacramento
|16,959
|
|{{Percentage bar|0.3|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
|
|Results from ]
|- |-
| 2022 State Convention
|]
|
|]{{efn|Green Party candidate endorsed by the Peace and Freedom Party.}}
|124,672 |
|
|{{Percentage bar|1.8|c={{party color|Peace and Freedom Party}}}}
|
|Results from ]
|-
| 2020 State Convention
| August 2020
|
|
|
|-
| 2018 State Convention
| August 11–12, 2018
| Sacramento
|
|
|-
| 2016 State Convention
| August 13–14, 2016
| Sacramento
|
|
|-
| 2014 State Convention
| August 10, 2014
|
|
|
|-
| 2012 State Convention
| August 2012
|
|
|
|-
| 2010 State Convention
| August 1, 2010
| Sacramento
|
| rare instance of convention passing a resolution
|-
| 2008 State Convention
| August 2–3, 2008
| Sacramento
|
|
|-
| 1996 State Convention
|
|
|
|-
| 1992 State Convention
|
|
|
|-
| 1988 State Convention
|
| Sacramento
|
| convention split without selecting a candidate
|-
| 1974 State Convention
|
| Sacramento
|
| libertarians split from convention
|-
| 1971 National Convention
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1968 National Convention
| August 17–18, 1968
| ]
|
| first national convention
|-
| Founding Convention
| March 16–18, 1968
| Richmond, CA
|
| founding convention
|} |}


== See also == == See also ==
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FoundedJune 23, 1967; 57 years ago (1967-06-23)
Membership (January 2024)133,914 registered voters
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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. In January 2024, PFP had 133,914 registered voters.

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 every two years. 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, aboriginal rights, LGBT rights, abortion rights, public healthcare, public education, and subsidized housing.

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. PFP has had ballot access in California since 1968, except between 1998 and 2002. In 2003, PFP became the first party in the history of California to regain its ballot status.

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

Year Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate Popular votes % Electoral votes Result Ballot access Notes Ref
2024 Claudia De la Cruz Karina Garcia 167,588 0.11% 0 Lost 220 / 538 The Party for Socialism and Liberation also nominated De la Cruz.
2020 Gloria La Riva Sunil Freeman 85,188 0.05% 0 Lost 191 / 538 The Party for Socialism and Liberation also nominated La Riva, with Leonard Peltier as her running mate.
2016 Gloria La Riva Dennis Banks 74,405 0.05% 0 Lost 112 / 538 The Party for Socialism and Liberation also nominated La Riva, with Eugene Puryear as her running mate.
2012 Roseanne Barr Cindy Sheehan 67,477 0.05% 0 Lost 141 / 538
2008 Ralph Nader Matt Gonzalez 739,034 0.56% 0 Lost 456 / 538
2004 Leonard Peltier Janice Jordan 27,607 0.02% 0 Lost 55 / 538
1996 Marsha Feinland Kate McClatchy 25,332 0.03% 0 Lost 54 / 538
1992 Ronald Daniels Asiba Tupahache 27,961 0.03% 0 Lost 136 / 538
1984 Sonia Johnson Emma Wong Mar 72,161 0.08% 0 Lost 227 / 538
1980 Maureen Smith Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 18,116 0.02% 0 Lost
1976 Margaret Wright Benjamin Spock 49,016 0.06% 0 Lost Ran on the People's Party ballot line
1972 Benjamin Spock Julius Hobson 78,759 0.10% 0 Lost Ran on the People's Party ballot line
1968 Eldridge Cleaver Peggy Terry 36,571 0.05% 0 Lost

Convention votes:

Year Total PSL Greens WWP FSP SPUSA NAP IWP Independents Abstentions Ref
2024 about 130 99 Claudia de la Cruz about 30 across Cornel West & Jasmine Sherman
2020 68 62 Gloria La Riva 3 Howie Hawkins 3
2016 80 56 Gloria La Riva 9 Jill Stein 12 Monica Moorehead 1 Lynn Kahn
2012 (2nd ballot) 64 37 Roseanne Barr 16 Stephen Durham 6 Stewart Alexander 5
2012 (1st ballot) 63 29 Roseanne Barr 18 Stephen Durham 12 Stewart Alexander 4
2008 89 27 Gloria La Riva 6 Cynthia McKinney 10 Brian Moore 46 Ralph Nader
1996 17 8 Monica Moorehead 9 Marsha Feinland
1992 211 91 Fulani 120 Ronald Daniels (of Rainbow Coalition)
1988 200 Lenora Fulani Herb Lewin
1984 Sonia Johnson (of Citizens Party)

Johnson is Citizen's Party

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

Year Candidate Chamber State District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2024 John Parker House California 37th 7,316 8.4% Lost all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2022 José Cortés House California 51st 3,343 2.2% Lost all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2022 John Parker Senate California At-Large 105,477 1.7% Lost all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2020 José Cortés House California 50th 1,821 0.9% Lost all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2018 John Parker Senate California At-Large 22,825 0.3% Lost all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2016 Joe Williams House California 20th 6,400 3.9% Lost all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2014 Adam Shbeita House California 44th 9,192 13.35% Lost general election
2010 Mike Roskey House California 3rd 4,789 1.83% Lost
2010 Gerald Allen Frink House California 5th 4,594 2.66% Lost
2010 Eugene Ruyle House California 6th 5,915 2.26% Lost
2010 Gloria La Riva House California 8th 5,161 2.46% Lost
2010 Larry Allen House California 9th 1,670 0.78% Lost
2010 Richard Castaldo House California 30th 3,115 1.31% Lost
2010 Miriam Clark House California 50th 5,470 2.18% Lost
2010 Marsha Feinland Senate California At-Large 135,093 1.35% Lost
2008 Dina Padilla House California 3rd 13,378 4.26% Lost
2008 L Roberts House California 5th 10,731 4.85% Lost
2008 Bill Callison House California 7th 6,695 2.85% Lost
2008 Eugene Ruyle House California 10th 11,062 3.75% Lost
2008 Nathalie Hrizi House California 12th 5,793 2.17% Lost
2006 Timothy Stock House California 1st 3,503 1.61% Lost
2006 Michael Roskey House California 3rd 2,370 1.04% Lost
2006 John Reiger House California 5th 2,018 1.35% Lost
2006 Lynda Llamas House California 29th 2,599 1.81% Lost
2006 Adele Cannon House California 30th 4,546 2.15% Lost
2006 James Smith House California 36th 4,592 2.76% Lost
2006 Kevin Akin House California 44th 4,486 3% Lost
2006 Miriam Clark House California 50th 3,353 1.51% Lost
2006 Marsha Feinland Senate California At-Large 117,764 1.38% Lost
2004 John Reiger House California 5th 3,670 1.9% Lost
2004 Leilani Dowell House California 8th 9,527 3.53% Lost
2004 Joe Williams House California 17th 2,823 1.26% Lost
2004 Alice Stek House California 36th 6,105 2.5% Lost
2004 Kevin Akin House California 44th 7,559 3.36% Lost
2004 Marsha Feinland Senate California At-Large 243,846 2.02% Lost
1998 Ernest Jones Jr House California 1st 4,996 2.54% Lost
1998 Gerald Sanders House California 9th 4,767 2.81% Lost
1998 Ralph Shroyer House California 24th 1,860 1.03% Lost
1998 Janice Jordan House California 49th 2,447 1.32% Lost
1998 Ophie C. Beltran Senate California At-Large 48,685 0.59% Lost
1996 Ernest Jones Jr House California 6th 6,459 2.54% Lost
1996 Tom Condit House California 9th 5,561 2.77% Lost
1996 Timothy Thompson House California 14th 3,653 1.59% Lost
1996 Ralph Shroyer House California 24th 6,267 2.92% Lost
1996 Justin Charles Gerber House California 25th 2,513 1.28% Lost
1996 John Peter Daly House California 29th 8,819 4.11% Lost
1996 Shirley Mandel House California 30th 2,499 3.1% Lost
1996 Kevin Akin House California 43rd 3,309 1.86% Lost
1996 Miriam Clark House California 51st 5,407 2.36% Lost
1996 Janice Jordan House California 52nd 3,649 2.05% Lost
1994 Ernest Jones Jr House California 6th 4,055 1.71% Lost
1994 William ""Bill"" Callison House California 7th 4,798 2.88% Lost
1994 Emma Wong Mar House California 9th 9,194 5.14% Lost
1994 Craig Cooper House California 10th 4,802 2.05% Lost
1994 John Honigsfeld House California 32nd 6,099 4.83% Lost
1994 Kermit Booker House California 33rd 7,694 18.54% Lost
1994 Richard Green House California 38th 2,995 2.05% Lost
1994 Donna White House California 48th 8,543 4.37% Lost
1994 Renate Kline House California 49th 4,948 2.66% Lost
1994 Guillermo Ramirez House California 50th 3,002 2.87% Lost
1994 Miriam Clark House California 51st 4,099 1.98% Lost
1994 Art Edelman House California 52nd 3,221 1.89% Lost
1994 Elizabeth Cervantes Barron Senate California At-Large 255,301 3% Lost
1992 Phil Baldwin House California 1st 10,764 4.28% Lost
1992 David Franklin House California 7th 9,840 4.51% Lost
1992 Cesar Cadabes House California 8th 7,572 3.25% Lost
1992 Dave Linn House California 9th 10,472 4.58% Lost
1992 Mary Weldon House California 12th 10,142 4.44% Lost
1992 Roslyn Allen House California 13th 16,768 8.16% Lost
1992 David Wald House California 14th 3,912 1.51% Lost
1992 Amani Kuumba House California 16th 9,370 6.01% Lost
1992 Maureen Smith House California 17th 4,804 2.28% Lost
1992 Dorothy Wells House California 19th 13,334 6.15% Lost
1992 John Paul Linblad House California 24th 13,690 5.36% Lost
1992 Nancy Lawrence House California 25th 5,090 2.33% Lost
1992 Margery Hinds House California 26th 7,180 5.94% Lost
1992 Margaret Edwards House California 27th 7,329 3.45% Lost
1992 Susan Davies House California 29th 13,888 5.31% Lost
1992 Elizabeth Nakano House California 30th 6,173 7.39% Lost
1992 William Williams House California 32nd 9,782 5.66% Lost
1992 Tim Delia House California 33rd 2,135 4.2% Lost
1992 Alice Mae Miles House California 35th 2,797 2.24% Lost
1992 Owen Staley House California 36th 13,297 3.78% Lost
1992 B Kwaku Duren House California 37th 16,178 14.27% Lost
1992 Paul Burton House California 38th 8,391 4.43% Lost
1992 Margie Akin House California 40th 11,839 5.77% Lost
1992 Mike Noonan House California 41st 10,136 5.94% Lost
1992 Macine Wuirk House California 47th 12,297 4.84% Lost
1992 Donna White House California 48th 13,396 5.81% Lost
1992 Wilton Zaslow House California 49th 4,738 1.9% Lost
1992 Roger Batchelder House California 50th 4,250 3.11% Lost
1992 Miriam Clark House California 51st 10,307 4.07% Lost
1992 Dennis Gretsinger House California 52nd 5,734 2.68% Lost
1992 Gerald Horne Senate California At-Large 305,697 2.84% Lost
1992 Genevieve Torres Senate California At-Large 372,817 3.45% Lost
1990 Darlene Comingore House California 1st 34,011 14.77% Lost
1990 Jan Tucker House California 22nd 3,963 2.19% Lost
1990 John Honigsfeld House California 23rd 6,834 4.09% Lost
1990 Maggie Phair House California 24th 5,706 5.49% Lost
1990 Edward Ferrer House California 27th 7,101 4.55% Lost
1990 William Williams House California 28th 2,723 2.85% Lost
1990 Maxine Quirk House California 39th 6,709 3.85% Lost
1990 Karen R Works House California 41st 15,428 7.18% Lost
1990 Doug Hansen House California 43rd 40,212 18.1% Lost
1990 Donna White House California 44th 5,237 4.82% Lost
1988 Eric Fried House California 1st 22,150 8.72% Lost
1988 Theodore ""Ted"" Zuur House California 5th 3,975 2.27% Lost
1988 Tom Condit House California 8th 5,444 2.22% Lost
1988 Victor Martinez House California 11th 2,906 1.42% Lost
1988 Shirley Rachel Isaacson House California 22nd 6,298 2.66% Lost
1988 John Honigsfeld House California 23rd 3,316 1.42% Lost
1988 James Green House California 24th 3,571 2.3% Lost
1988 Paul Reyes House California 25th 8,746 8.76% Lost
1988 Salomea Honigsfeld House California 28th 2,811 1.95% Lost
1988 B Kwaku Duren House California 31st 4,091 2.9% Lost
1988 Vikki Murdock House California 32nd 4,032 2.35% Lost
1988 Mike Noonan House California 33rd 3,492 1.59% Lost
1988 Frank German House California 38th 3,547 2.41% Lost
1988 Gretchen Farsai House California 40th 3,699 1.37% Lost
1988 C Weber House California 41st 4,853 1.7% Lost
1988 Richard Rose House California 42nd 6,563 2.75% Lost
1988 M. Elizabeth Munoz Senate California At-Large 166,600 1.71% Lost
1986 Elden Mcfarland House California 1st 12,149 5.93% Lost
1986 Theodore ""Ted"" Zuur House California 5th 2,078 1.27% Lost
1986 Lawrence Manuel House California 8th 4,295 2.12% Lost
1986 Bradley Mayer House California 10th 1,701 1.42% Lost
1986 Ron Wright House California 16th 2,017 1.23% Lost
1986 Joel Lorimer House California 22nd 2,930 1.53% Lost
1986 Tom Hopke House California 23rd 2,521 1.36% Lost
1986 James Green House California 24th 5,388 4.56% Lost
1986 Thomas O'connor Jr House California 27th 2,078 1.2% Lost
1986 B Kwaku Duren House California 31st 2,333 2.13% Lost
1986 John Donohue House California 32nd 2,799 2.11% Lost
1986 Mike Noonan House California 33rd 2,500 1.51% Lost
1986 Frank Boeheim House California 39th 2,752 1.56% Lost
1986 Steve Sears House California 40th 5,025 2.51% Lost
1986 Kate Mcclatchy House California 42nd 4,761 2.47% Lost
1986 Shirley Isaacson House California 44th 1,676 1.53% Lost
1986 Paul Kangas Senate California At-Large 33,869 0.46% Lost
1984 Henry Clark House California 5th 3,574 1.85% Lost
1984 Charles John Zekan House California 19th 4,161 1.83% Lost
1984 James Green House California 24th 2,780 1.81% Lost
1984 Thomas O'connor Jr House California 27th 3,815 1.79% Lost
1984 Patrick Mccoy House California 32nd 2,051 1.21% Lost
1984 Mike Noonan House California 33rd 2,371 1.14% Lost
1984 Kevin Akin House California 35th 29,990 14.53% Lost
1984 Michael Schuyles Bright House California 38th 3,021 1.86% Lost
1984 Maxine Bell Quirk House California 40th 3,969 1.56% Lost
1984 John Donohue House California 42nd 5,811 2.39% Lost
1982 Howard Fegarsky House California 2nd 3,126 1.56% Lost
1982 John Reiger House California 3rd 6,294 2.9% Lost
1982 Timothy-Allen Albertson House California 6th 2,366 1.29% Lost
1982 Wilson Branch House California 11th 1,928 1% Lost
1982 Charles Zekan House California 19th 1,520 0.82% Lost
1982 Eugene Ruyle House California 32nd 3,473 2.38% Lost
1982 James Michael Noonan House California 33rd 2,223 1.29% Lost
1982 Frank Boeheim House California 39th 3,152 1.76% Lost
1982 Maxine Bell Quirk House California 40th 4,826 2.39% Lost
1982 John Donohue House California 42nd 5,514 2.66% Lost
1982 David Wald Senate California At-Large 96,388 1.23% Lost
1980 Linda Wren House California 2nd 3,354 1.28% Lost
1980 Wilson Branch House California 11th 13,723 7.42% Lost
1980 Adele Fumino House California 12th 3,184 1.6% Lost
1980 Robert Goldsborough House California 13th 3,791 1.69% Lost
1980 Jan Tucker House California 21st 2,038 1.33% Lost
1980 Maggie Feigin House California 24th 5,905 4.02% Lost
1980 John Donohue House California 34th 7,794 4.06% Lost
1980 James Michael ""Mike"" Noonan House California 35th 5,492 2.82% Lost
1980 David Wald Senate California At-Large 196,260 2.36% Lost
1978 Irv Sutley House California 2nd 6,097 2.77% Lost
1978 Lawrence Phillips House California 9th 5,562 4.12% Lost
1978 Adele Fumino House California 12th 3,022 1.89% Lost
1978 Robert Goldsborough Iii House California 13th 5,246 2.99% Lost
1978 Milton Shiro Takei House California 19th 6,887 4.01% Lost
1978 Bill Hill House California 21st 5,750 4.63% Lost
1978 Kevin Casey Peters House California 24th 6,453 4.75% Lost
1976 Robert Allred House California 2nd 6,444 2.98% Lost
1976 Emily Siegel House California 6th 6,570 5.02% Lost
1976 Robert Evans House California 8th 6,238 3.17% Lost
1976 Albert Sargis House California 9th 3,386 2.06% Lost
1976 Bill Hill House California 21st 7,178 4.69% Lost
1976 Marilyn Seals House California 25th 4,922 6.1% Lost
1976 David Wald Senate California At-Large 104,383 1.4% Lost
1968 Huey P. Newton House California 7th 12,164 7.5% Lost

Statewide elections

Year Candidate Office State District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2022 Luis J. Rodriguez Governor California At-Large 124,672 1.8% Lost all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general; Green Party candidate endorsed by PFP
2018 Gloria La Riva Governor California At-Large 16,959 0.3% Lost all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2018 Gayle McLaughlin Lieutenant Governor California At-Large 263,364 4.0% Lost ran as No Party Preference (NPP) candidate; founder of Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA); endorsed by CNP, DSA, GPCA, OR, PFP, PP, and RPA
2014 Cindy Sheehan Governor California At-Large 52,707 1.2% Lost all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2010 Carlos Alvarez Governor California At-Large 92,637 0.9% Lost
2006 Janice Jordan Governor California At-Large 69,934 0.8% Lost
2003 C. T. Weber Governor California At-Large 1,626 0.02% Lost
1998 Gloria La Riva Governor California At-Large 59,218 0.7% Lost
1994 Gloria La Riva Governor California At-Large 72,774 0.9% Lost
1990 Maria Elizabeth Muñoz Governor California At-Large 88,707 1.3% Lost
1986 Maria Elizabeth Muñoz Governor California At-Large 51,995 1.0% Lost
1982 Elizabeth Martínez Governor California At-Large 70,327 0.9% Lost
1978 Marilyn Seals Governor California At-Large 70,864 1.0% Lost
1974 Elizabeth Keathley Governor California At-Large 75,004 1.2% Lost supported by California Libertarian Alliance
1970 Ricardo Romo Governor California At-Large 65,954 1.0% Lost joined Raza Unida Party after election

National conventions

Name Date Location Documents Notes
2024 State Convention August 3, 2024 Sacramento
2022 State Convention
2020 State Convention August 2020
2018 State Convention August 11–12, 2018 Sacramento
2016 State Convention August 13–14, 2016 Sacramento
2014 State Convention August 10, 2014
2012 State Convention August 2012
2010 State Convention August 1, 2010 Sacramento Resolution on State Worker Contracts rare instance of convention passing a resolution
2008 State Convention August 2–3, 2008 Sacramento
1996 State Convention
1992 State Convention
1988 State Convention Sacramento convention split without selecting a candidate
1974 State Convention Sacramento libertarians split from convention
1971 National Convention
1968 National Convention August 17–18, 1968 Ann Arbor, Michigan first national convention
Founding Convention March 16–18, 1968 Richmond, CA founding convention

See also

Notes

  1. Previously, the SEC was named the State Central Committee (SCC).
  2. 2024: Votes in California: 72,539 (0.5%)
  3. 2020: "Ballot access" above includes all states where La Riva was not a write-in; ie, where they were a listed PSL, PFP, or LUP candidate.
  4. 2020: Votes in California: 50,887 (0.29%)
  5. 2016: "Ballot access" above includes all states where La Riva was not a write-in; ie, where they were a listed PSL, PFP, or LUP candidate.
  6. 2016: Votes in California: 66,101 (0.46%)
  7. 2012: Votes in California: 53,824 (0.41%)
  8. 2008: Votes in California: 108,381 (0.8%)
  9. 2004: Votes in California: 27,607 (0.22%)
  10. 1996: Votes in California: 25,332 (0.25%)
  11. 1992: Votes in California: 18,597 (0.21%)
  12. 1984: Votes in California: 26,297 (0.28%)
  13. 1980: Votes in California: 18,116 (0.21%)
  14. 1976: Votes in California: 41,731 (0.53%)
  15. 1972: Votes in California: 55,167 (0.66%)
  16. The Freedom and Peace Party, which had split from the Peace and Freedom Party, nominated Dick Gregory for President and Mark Lane for Vice President. It received 47,149 votes.
  17. 1968: Votes in California: 27,707 (0.38%)
  18. In 2016, Kahn also ran for the Reform Party presidential primary.
  19. ^ In 2012, PSL supported Peta Lindsay, who was too young to qualify for the ballot. Roseanne Barr was nominally independent, but was tactically supported by the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
  20. In addition to running in the regularly scheduled election, Parker also ran as a write-in candidate in the special election for the same exact seat, but for a term to expire on January 3, 2023. Parker received 9,951 votes, or 0.1 percent, as a write-in candidate in the special election race.

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