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Green Party Seeking 2026 Candidates



Pennsylvania elections are organized around an annual calendar: even years are devoted to the election of candidates for state and national offices while odd years are devoted to local elections. During 2026 PA voters will elect state and national officials, while they will elect local and county officials in 2027.

Offices to be elected during 2026 will include a PA governor, auditor general and treasurer. Also 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be elected, as well as 25 PA Senators and 203 members of the PA House of Representatives. 

Offices to be elected during 2027 will include city, borough and township offices such as mayor, supervisor, auditor, sheriff and tax collector. Also county officials will be elected, such as commissioner and auditor.  

The primary election each year is only used by the Republican and Democratic Parties to choose their candidates. Members of other parties (Green Party, Libertarian, Constitution, etc.) and non-party members (aka “independents”) may not vote in the Primary Election. The Green Party’s chance to run candidates takes place each year in the General Election in November.

Former Chair of GPPA Beth Scroggin (Chester County) once said, “If you would like to see Green Party values represented in your town, in our state, and in the conversation surrounding election season, we implore you to consider running for office as a Green Party candidate . . . . You may run locally for the PA General Assembly or for a state-wide office, including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or U.S. Representative. Running strong candidates is the most important work of the Green Party. I am grateful for all who have run with us and am eager for you to join us.”

The Green Party is seeking party members who are interested in becoming candidates for electoral office in 2026 and 2027. For more information, please contact GREEN STAR at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected].>

PA Green News

Edited by Chris Robinson

Attend PA State Committee, November 9



Elected delegates to the Green Party of Pennsylvania State Committee will meet virtually on November 9 at noon. Delegates will elect a new GPPA Secretary. All are welcomed to observe, but only delegates may vote. To receive the Zoom link, please register here, [link removed]

Allegheny Greens Hold Halloween Open House



The Green Party of Allegheny County held a Halloween Open House at The Loft on October 21. This event was part of GPOACs regular socials which take place monthly on the third Tuesday. Costumes were optional.

Green Party Steering Committee Endorses Labor Struggles



On October 18, the Green Party of Pennsylvania Steering Committee endorsed the following labor struggles:

- OPEIU Local 153 Resident Assistants Contract Negotiations with Temple Hospital

- UNITE HERE Local 274 Hotel Workers Strike 

- Teamsters Local 776 Rise Cannabis Workers Strike

- SEIU Nursing Home Workers Negotiations with Valley West 

- LiUNA Local 1357 Decision to Strike Pace Industries 

- Iron Workers International Union's Negotiations with Greco Steel Products 

- American Federation of Government Employees Decisions to Rally Federal Workers 

- Graduate Employees Together University of Pennsylvania (GET UP)workers Decision to Picket Against Discrimination

The Steering Committee also voted to endorse PA House Bill 145 Providing Unemployment Compensation to Striking Workers as it moves to the PA Senate.

Campaign Updates

Edited by Chris Robinson

Three candidates have been nominated by the Green Part to run for local office this year. Other Green Party candidates who plan to run in 2026 are welcome to contact GREEN STAR at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

The results of these three elections will be reported in the December GREEN STAR.



November 4, 2025, General Election



Michael Bagdes-Canning for Re-Election to Mayor of Cherry Valley Borough
Butler County



Tony Dastra for Mayor of Lancaster City and for Lancaster City Council
Lancaster County

You may follow Tony Dastra’s campaign here,

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Alexander Noyle for Election to Auditor of East Norriton Township
Montgomery County
You may follow Alex Noyle’s campaign here,

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Team Reports

Communication Team

The ComTeam invites you to become a page editor for GREEN STAR. We would like to recruit new editors for these two pages: Campaign Updates and PA Green News. Please apply via email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>


 Please join the Communication Team right here.
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‌National ‌Green‌ ‌News

Edited by David Ochmanowicz

We Must Draw The Line!



The Illinois Green Party says, “What happens in Gaza doesn't stay in Gaza. We've witnessed two full years of the most brutal tactics imaginable bent on the complete annihilation of over two million people. And now the wolves are on our own doorstep. Our rights are being systematically stripped away by the same people who brought us a genocide.”  STORY HERE <[link removed]>

Fascism American Style



Weekly GreenLivestream podcast from the Illinois Green Party on Wednesdays at 8:00 pm ET.

We've Got The Power!

All is not lost – if we keep up the pressure on the fascists in charge and keep using our power for the good of all. We can do this. Free Palestine! Free yourselves! THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES!

GREEN LIVESTREAM HERE <[link removed]>

Watch Stopping Genocide



Watch an important webinar recently produced by the Green Party Peace Action Committee <[link removed]> (GPAX) and the nascent National Arab American and Muslim American Green Party Caucus (still forming) with Dr. Jill Stein, Mark Elbourno, Wissam Charafeddine, Haig Hovaness, and Madelyn Hoffman to turn outrage into organized aid and political pressure. WEBINAR HERE <[link removed]>

Dr. Butch Ware at Redneck Gone Green



Dr. Butch Ware joined David Cobb and Shane Knight at Redneck Gone Green to discuss his work that bridges African history, Islam, and movements for justice and liberation.STORY HERE <[link removed]>

Global Green News

Edited by Hal Brown

Senator from Green Party of Mexico calls for Dignified Treatment of Physicians



Senator Rocío Corona Nakamura of the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM), called for actions to protect the physical and emotional integrity of resident physicians in the face of the pressure, grueling schedules, and even undignified treatment they sometimes suffer in the practice of their profession. STORY HERE <[link removed]>

Mexican Green Party Representative Denies Detention in U.S.



Representative Mario López Hernández of the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) and former mayor of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, denied reports that he was detained by U.S. authorities at the Matamoros-Brownsville International Bridge. STORY HERE <[link removed]>

2025 Saw the Third Warmest September Ever Recorded



The year 2025 saw the third warmest September ever recorded on Earth with high temperatures near the poles and in Eastern Europe, according to data released Thursday, October 9, by the European Copernicus Observatory . . . . It thus ranks behind the record set in 2023 and the second-hottest September in 2024. The year 2025 also saw the third-hottest July and August on record. STORY HERE <[link removed]>

Green Alliance Party in Columbia Reaffirms Leadership in Animal Rights



The meeting, held in Bogotá, was attended by Green Party senators . . . as well as representatives, councilors, and animal rights leaders from across the country . . . . With this event, the Green Alliance Party demonstrates that politics can also be an act of empathy. That building a country means caring for life in all its forms. And that Colombia’s future will only be truly green if it is also deeply animal-friendly. STORY HERE <[link removed]>



GPPA Meeting Dates for 2025

All State Committee Meetings will begin at noon
Sunday, November 9, Register here,
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GPPA Communications Team
Issue Credits

Editors: Hal Brown, Patrick O. McNally, David Ochmanowicz, Jr. and Chris Robinson

Contributors: Michael Bagdes-Canning, Alex Casper, Tony Dastra, Alex Noyle, Chris Robinson and Beth Scroggin and Jay Ting Walker

Layout: Hal Brown, Sherri Miller, and David Ochmanowicz Jr.

Graphic Arts: Kevin Richardson



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