Peace and Freedom Party

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2016 PFP convention delegates vote on their preferred candidates<ref name=Liberation2016 />

The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a socialist political party in the United States which operates mostly in California.<ref name="LATimes"/> 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.<ref name=Peters1997 />

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In February 2005, PFP had 67,238 registered voters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In January 2010, PFP had 55,036 registered voters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In January 2016, PFP had 75,579 registered voters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In February 2019, PFP had 76,784 registered voters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In February 2021, PFP had 105,535 registered voters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In January 2024, PFP had 133,914 registered voters.<ref name=RegVote>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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)Template:Efn members can vote.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Stein1988>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Cornish2013>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Richardson2012>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=PFP24Primary>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=PFP24Presumptive /><ref name=PFP08Convention>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The SEC is directly elected through write-ins in the California primary system<ref name=PFP08Convention /> every two years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The SEC had about 130 members in 2024<ref name=PFP24Presumptive /> and 90 in 2008.<ref name=PFP08Convention />

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ideology

PFP is a socialist party "committed to feminism, [...] democracy, ecology, and racial equality",<ref name=About>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> PFP strongly supports environmentalism, aboriginal rights, LGBT rights, abortion rights, public healthcare, public education, and subsidized housing. PFP is Anti-Zionist.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name=Elden1971>Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Rp<ref name=Phillips2020>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On January 2, 1968, PFP organizers submitted 105,100 signatures to receive party status in California.<ref name=Elden1971 />Template:Rp PFP has had ballot access in California since 1968, except between 1998 and 2002.<ref name=Phillips2020 />Template:Rp In 2003, PFP became the first party in the history of California to regain its ballot status.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name=Peters1997>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Primary source inline and Tom Condit received 187,618 votes, 2.2% of the total, for Insurance Commissioner).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Primary source inline

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Primary source inline

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.<ref name=Phillips2020 />Template:Rp

Presidential elections

Year	Presidential candidate	Vice presidential candidate	Popular votes	%	Electoral votes	Result	Ballot access	Notes	Ref
2024	Claudia De la Cruz	Karina Garcia	167,772	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost	Template:Composition bar	The Party for Socialism and Liberation also nominated De la Cruz.Template:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	Gloria La Riva	Sunil Freeman	85,188	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost	Template:Composition bar	The Party for Socialism and Liberation also nominated La Riva, with Leonard Peltier as her running mate.Template:EfnTemplate:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=FEC2020>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Liberation2020>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016	Gloria La Riva	Dennis Banks	74,405	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost	Template:Composition bar	The Party for Socialism and Liberation also nominated La Riva, with Eugene Puryear as her running mate.Template:EfnTemplate:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Liberation2016>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=PFP16Potus>Peace and Freedom 2016 "Gloria La Riva – Peace and Freedom 2016". Retrieved on May 29, 2017.</ref>
2012	Roseanne Barr	Cindy Sheehan	67,477	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost	Template:Composition bar	Template:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Ralph Nader	Matt Gonzalez	739,034	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost	Template:Composition bar	Template:Efn	<ref name=PFP6824 /><ref>[1] "Election Results 2008". Retrieved on November 7, 2024.</ref>
2004	Leonard Peltier	Janice Jordan	27,607	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost	Template:Composition bar	Template:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1996	Marsha Feinland	Kate McClatchy	25,332	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost	Template:Composition bar	Template:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	Ronald Daniels	Asiba Tupahache	27,961	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost	Template:Composition bar	Template:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1984	Sonia Johnson	Emma Wong Mar	72,161	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost	Template:Composition bar	Template:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1980	Maureen Smith	Elizabeth Cervantes Barron	18,116	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost		Template:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1976	Margaret Wright	Benjamin Spock	49,016	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost		Ran on the People's Party ballot lineTemplate:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1972	Benjamin Spock	Julius Hobson	78,759	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost		Ran on the People's Party ballot lineTemplate:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1968	Eldridge Cleaver	Peggy Terry	36,571	Template:Percentage bar	0	Template:No2 Lost		Template:EfnTemplate:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	68	62 Gloria La Riva	3 Howie Hawkins							3	<ref name=Liberation2020 />
2016	80	56 Gloria La Riva	9 Jill Stein	12 Monica Moorehead					1 Lynn KahnTemplate:Efn		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Nowrap	64	37 Roseanne BarrTemplate:Efn			16 Stephen Durham	6 Stewart Alexander				5	<ref name=Richardson2012 />
Template:Nowrap	63	29 Roseanne BarrTemplate:Efn			18 Stephen Durham	12 Stewart Alexander				4	<ref name=Richardson2012 />
2008	89	27 Gloria La Riva	6 Cynthia McKinney			10 Brian Moore			46 Ralph Nader		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1996	17			8 Monica Moorehead					9 Marsha Feinland		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	211						91 Fulani		120 Ronald Daniels (of Rainbow Coalition)		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1988	200						Lenora Fulani	Herb Lewin			<ref name=Peters1997 /><ref name=Phillips2020 />Template:Rp<ref name=PFPPresidentialHistorical /><ref name=Stein1988 /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1984									Sonia Johnson (of Citizens Party)		<ref name=Peters1997 /><ref name=Alexander1991>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Instead, PFP nominated Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate Gloria La Riva.<ref name=PFP16Potus />

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.<ref name=Richardson2012 /> Instead, PFP backed Party for Socialism and Liberation's preferred candidate Roseanne Barr.<ref name=Cornish2013 />

In 2008, PFP endorsed Independent Ralph Nader in his presidential campaign.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=PFPPresidentialHistorical />

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.<ref name=Phillips2020 />Template:Rp<ref name=PFPPresidentialHistorical>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Stein1988 />

Congressional elections

Year	Candidate	Chamber	State	District	Votes	%	Result	Notes	Ref
2024	John Parker	House	California	37th	7,316	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general	<ref name=FEC20XX />
2022	José Cortés	House	California	51st	3,343	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general	<ref name=FEC2022 />
2022	John Parker	Senate	California	At-Large	105,477Template:Efn	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general	<ref name=FEC2022 />
2020	José Cortés	House	California	50th	1,821	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general	<ref name=FEC2020 />
2018	John Parker	Senate	California	At-Large	22,825	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Joe Williams	House	California	20th	6,400	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general	<ref name=FEC2016 />
2014	Adam Shbeita	House	California	44th	9,192	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	general election	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Mike Roskey	House	California	3rd	4,789	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2010 />
2010	Gerald Allen Frink	House	California	5th	4,594	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2010 />
2010	Eugene Ruyle	House	California	6th	5,915	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2010 />
2010	Gloria La Riva	House	California	8th	5,161	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2010 />
2010	Larry Allen	House	California	9th	1,670	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2010 />
2010	Richard Castaldo	House	California	30th	3,115	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2010 />
2010	Miriam Clark	House	California	50th	5,470	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2010 />
2010	Marsha Feinland	Senate	California	At-Large	135,093	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2010 />
2008	Dina Padilla	House	California	3rd	13,378	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	L Roberts	House	California	5th	10,731	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2008 />
2008	Bill Callison	House	California	7th	6,695	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2008 />
2008	Eugene Ruyle	House	California	10th	11,062	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2008 />
2008	Nathalie Hrizi	House	California	12th	5,793	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2008 />
2006	Timothy Stock	House	California	1st	3,503	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2006 />
2006	Michael Roskey	House	California	3rd	2,370	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2006 />
2006	John Reiger	House	California	5th	2,018	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2006 />
2006	Lynda Llamas	House	California	29th	2,599	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2006 />
2006	Adele Cannon	House	California	30th	4,546	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2006 />
2006	James Smith	House	California	36th	4,592	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2006 />
2006	Kevin Akin	House	California	44th	4,486	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2006 />
2006	Miriam Clark	House	California	50th	3,353	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2006 />
2006	Marsha Feinland	Senate	California	At-Large	117,764	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2006 />
2004	John Reiger	House	California	5th	3,670	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2004 />
2004	Leilani Dowell	House	California	8th	9,527	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2004 />
2004	Joe Williams	House	California	17th	2,823	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2004 />
2004	Alice Stek	House	California	36th	6,105	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2004 />
2004	Kevin Akin	House	California	44th	7,559	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2004 />
2004	Marsha Feinland	Senate	California	At-Large	243,846	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC2004 />
1998	Ernest Jones Jr	House	California	1st	4,996	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1998 />
1998	Gerald Sanders	House	California	9th	4,767	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1998 />
1998	Ralph Shroyer	House	California	24th	1,860	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1998 />
1998	Janice Jordan	House	California	49th	2,447	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1998 />
1998	Ophie C. Beltran	Senate	California	At-Large	48,685	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1998 />
1996	Ernest Jones Jr	House	California	6th	6,459	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1996	Tom Condit	House	California	9th	5,561	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1996	Timothy Thompson	House	California	14th	3,653	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1996	Ralph Shroyer	House	California	24th	6,267	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1996	Justin Charles Gerber	House	California	25th	2,513	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1996	John Peter Daly	House	California	29th	8,819	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1996	Shirley Mandel	House	California	30th	2,499	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1996	Kevin Akin	House	California	43rd	3,309	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1996	Miriam Clark	House	California	51st	5,407	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1996	Janice Jordan	House	California	52nd	3,649	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1996 />
1994	Ernest Jones Jr	House	California	6th	4,055	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	William ""Bill"" Callison	House	California	7th	4,798	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Emma Wong Mar	House	California	9th	9,194	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Craig Cooper	House	California	10th	4,802	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	John Honigsfeld	House	California	32nd	6,099	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Kermit Booker	House	California	33rd	7,694	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Richard Green	House	California	38th	2,995	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Donna White	House	California	48th	8,543	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Renate Kline	House	California	49th	4,948	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Guillermo Ramirez	House	California	50th	3,002	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Miriam Clark	House	California	51st	4,099	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Art Edelman	House	California	52nd	3,221	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1994	Elizabeth Cervantes Barron	Senate	California	At-Large	255,301	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1994 />
1992	Phil Baldwin	House	California	1st	10,764	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	David Franklin	House	California	7th	9,840	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Cesar Cadabes	House	California	8th	7,572	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Dave Linn	House	California	9th	10,472	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Mary Weldon	House	California	12th	10,142	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Roslyn Allen	House	California	13th	16,768	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	David Wald	House	California	14th	3,912	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Amani Kuumba	House	California	16th	9,370	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Maureen Smith	House	California	17th	4,804	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Dorothy Wells	House	California	19th	13,334	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	John Paul Linblad	House	California	24th	13,690	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Nancy Lawrence	House	California	25th	5,090	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Margery Hinds	House	California	26th	7,180	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Margaret Edwards	House	California	27th	7,329	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Susan Davies	House	California	29th	13,888	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Elizabeth Nakano	House	California	30th	6,173	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	William Williams	House	California	32nd	9,782	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Tim Delia	House	California	33rd	2,135	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Alice Mae Miles	House	California	35th	2,797	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Owen Staley	House	California	36th	13,297	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	B Kwaku Duren	House	California	37th	16,178	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Paul Burton	House	California	38th	8,391	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Margie Akin	House	California	40th	11,839	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Mike Noonan	House	California	41st	10,136	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Macine Wuirk	House	California	47th	12,297	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Donna White	House	California	48th	13,396	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Wilton Zaslow	House	California	49th	4,738	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Roger Batchelder	House	California	50th	4,250	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Miriam Clark	House	California	51st	10,307	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Dennis Gretsinger	House	California	52nd	5,734	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Gerald Horne	Senate	California	At-Large	305,697	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1992	Genevieve Torres	Senate	California	At-Large	372,817	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1992 />
1990	Darlene Comingore	House	California	1st	34,011	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1990	Jan Tucker	House	California	22nd	3,963	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1990	John Honigsfeld	House	California	23rd	6,834	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1990	Maggie Phair	House	California	24th	5,706	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1990	Edward Ferrer	House	California	27th	7,101	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1990	William Williams	House	California	28th	2,723	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1990	Maxine Quirk	House	California	39th	6,709	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1990	Karen R Works	House	California	41st	15,428	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1990	Doug Hansen	House	California	43rd	40,212	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1990	Donna White	House	California	44th	5,237	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1990 />
1988	Eric Fried	House	California	1st	22,150	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Theodore ""Ted"" Zuur	House	California	5th	3,975	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Tom Condit	House	California	8th	5,444	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Victor Martinez	House	California	11th	2,906	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Shirley Rachel Isaacson	House	California	22nd	6,298	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	John Honigsfeld	House	California	23rd	3,316	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	James Green	House	California	24th	3,571	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Paul Reyes	House	California	25th	8,746	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Salomea Honigsfeld	House	California	28th	2,811	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	B Kwaku Duren	House	California	31st	4,091	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Vikki Murdock	House	California	32nd	4,032	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Mike Noonan	House	California	33rd	3,492	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Frank German	House	California	38th	3,547	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Gretchen Farsai	House	California	40th	3,699	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	C Weber	House	California	41st	4,853	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	Richard Rose	House	California	42nd	6,563	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1988	M. Elizabeth Munoz	Senate	California	At-Large	166,600	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1988 />
1986	Elden Mcfarland	House	California	1st	12,149	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Theodore ""Ted"" Zuur	House	California	5th	2,078	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Lawrence Manuel	House	California	8th	4,295	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Bradley Mayer	House	California	10th	1,701	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Ron Wright	House	California	16th	2,017	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Joel Lorimer	House	California	22nd	2,930	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Tom Hopke	House	California	23rd	2,521	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	James Green	House	California	24th	5,388	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Thomas O'connor Jr	House	California	27th	2,078	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	B Kwaku Duren	House	California	31st	2,333	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	John Donohue	House	California	32nd	2,799	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Mike Noonan	House	California	33rd	2,500	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Frank Boeheim	House	California	39th	2,752	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Steve Sears	House	California	40th	5,025	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Kate Mcclatchy	House	California	42nd	4,761	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Shirley Isaacson	House	California	44th	1,676	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1986	Paul Kangas	Senate	California	At-Large	33,869	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1986 />
1984	Henry Clark	House	California	5th	3,574	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1984	Charles John Zekan	House	California	19th	4,161	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1984	James Green	House	California	24th	2,780	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1984	Thomas O'connor Jr	House	California	27th	3,815	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1984	Patrick Mccoy	House	California	32nd	2,051	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1984	Mike Noonan	House	California	33rd	2,371	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1984	Kevin Akin	House	California	35th	29,990	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1984	Michael Schuyles Bright	House	California	38th	3,021	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1984	Maxine Bell Quirk	House	California	40th	3,969	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1984	John Donohue	House	California	42nd	5,811	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=FEC1984 />
1982	Howard Fegarsky	House	California	2nd	3,126	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	John Reiger	House	California	3rd	6,294	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	Timothy-Allen Albertson	House	California	6th	2,366	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	Wilson Branch	House	California	11th	1,928	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	Charles Zekan	House	California	19th	1,520	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	Eugene Ruyle	House	California	32nd	3,473	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	James Michael Noonan	House	California	33rd	2,223	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	Frank Boeheim	House	California	39th	3,152	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	Maxine Bell Quirk	House	California	40th	4,826	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	John Donohue	House	California	42nd	5,514	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1982	David Wald	Senate	California	At-Large	96,388	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1982 />
1980	Linda Wren	House	California	2nd	3,354	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1980 />
1980	Wilson Branch	House	California	11th	13,723	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1980 />
1980	Adele Fumino	House	California	12th	3,184	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1980 />
1980	Robert Goldsborough	House	California	13th	3,791	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1980 />
1980	Jan Tucker	House	California	21st	2,038	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1980 />
1980	Maggie Feigin	House	California	24th	5,905	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1980 />
1980	John Donohue	House	California	34th	7,794	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1980 />
1980	James Michael ""Mike"" Noonan	House	California	35th	5,492	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1980 />
1980	David Wald	Senate	California	At-Large	196,260	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1980 />
1978	Irv Sutley	House	California	2nd	6,097	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1978 />
1978	Lawrence Phillips	House	California	9th	5,562	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1978 />
1978	Adele Fumino	House	California	12th	3,022	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1978 />
1978	Robert Goldsborough Iii	House	California	13th	5,246	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1978 />
1978	Milton Shiro Takei	House	California	19th	6,887	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1978 />
1978	Bill Hill	House	California	21st	5,750	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1978 />
1978	Kevin Casey Peters	House	California	24th	6,453	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1978 />
1976	Robert Allred	House	California	2nd	6,444	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1976 />
1976	Emily Siegel	House	California	6th	6,570	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1976 />
1976	Robert Evans	House	California	8th	6,238	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1976 />
1976	Albert Sargis	House	California	9th	3,386	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1976 />
1976	Bill Hill	House	California	21st	7,178	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1976 />
1976	Marilyn Seals	House	California	25th	4,922	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1976 />
1976	David Wald	Senate	California	At-Large	104,383	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name=HC1976 />
1968	Huey P. Newton	House	California	7th	12,164	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost		<ref name="HC1968" />

Statewide elections

Year	Candidate	Office	State	District	Votes	%	Result	Notes	Ref
2022	Luis J. Rodriguez	Governor	California	At-Large	124,672	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 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	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2018	Gayle McLaughlin	Lieutenant Governor	California	At-Large	263,364	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	ran as No Party Preference (NPP) candidate; founder of Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA); endorsed by CNP, DSA, GPCA, OR, PFP, PP, and RPA	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	Cindy Sheehan	Governor	California	At-Large	52,707	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	all-party blanket primary, did not advance to general
2010	Carlos Alvarez	Governor	California	At-Large	92,637	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost
2006	Janice Jordan	Governor	California	At-Large	69,934	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost
2003	C. T. Weber	Governor	California	At-Large	1,626	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost
1998	Gloria La Riva	Governor	California	At-Large	59,218	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost
1994	Gloria La Riva	Governor	California	At-Large	72,774	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost
1990	Maria Elizabeth Muñoz	Governor	California	At-Large	88,707	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost
1986	Maria Elizabeth Muñoz	Governor	California	At-Large	51,995	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost
1982	Elizabeth Martínez	Governor	California	At-Large	70,327	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost
1978	Marilyn Seals	Governor	California	At-Large	70,864	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost
1974	Elizabeth Keathley	Governor	California	At-Large	75,004	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 Lost	supported by California Libertarian Alliance
1970	Ricardo Romo	Governor	California	At-Large	65,954	Template:Percentage bar	Template:No2 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

• American Left
• Democratic Socialists of America
• Green Party of the United States
• Socialist Party of America
• Party for Socialism and Liberation
• History of the socialist movement in the United States

External links

• Template:Official website
• The Real and Slightly Expurgated History of the PFP (through 2008)