Vermont Green Party

Murray Bookchin and his friends, inspired by The Greens of West Germany, formed the Green Party in Burlington, Vermont. Rudolf Bahro, one of the founding members of The Greens, met Bookchin and the Greens in 1983. Howie Hawkins stated that Bookchin inspired him to become involved with Green politics. The Progressive Coalition accused the Greens of attempting to spoil the 1989 Burlington mayoral election and for causing Erhard Mahnke, the Progressive president of the city council, to lose reelection in 1990. Internal disagreements on how to respond to spoiler accusations resulted in the party disbanding a splinter group, Northern Vermont Greens, being formed. ==Statewide candidates==

• While the national Green Party nominee in 2000, Nader ran on the Vermont Progressive Party ballot line. The VGP endorsed the Progressive Party's Michael Badamo for Governor in 2002 and Ralph Nader's independent run in 2004. Due to the breakup of the Vermont Green Party, Green presidential nominees, Cynthia McKinney in 2008 and Jill Stein in 2012, ran as write-in candidates in Vermont. ==Local candidates==

2004 election The Burlington Green Party also ran candidates in 2007 and 2009. ==References==