2016 Green National Convention

2016 Green National Convention
2016 presidential election;
	Stein (right) and Baraka (left) at the convention ; Nominees ; Stein and Baraka
Convention
Date(s)	August 4–7, 2016
City	Houston, Texas
Venue	University of Houston
Keynote speaker	Cornel West
Candidates
Presidential nominee	Jill Stein of Massachusetts
Vice presidential nominee	Ajamu Baraka of the District of Columbia
Other candidates	William Kreml, Sedinam Curry, Kent Mesplay, Darryl Cherney
Voting
Total delegates	402
Votes needed for nomination	202 (majority)

The 2016 Green National Convention, in which delegates of the Green Party of the United States chose the party's nominees for president and vice president in the national election, was held August 4–7, 2016 in Houston, Texas. In August 2015, Houston was chosen over a competing proposal from Toledo, Ohio. The convention was located at the University of Houston with the theme, "Houston, We Have A Solution: Vote Green 2016". The convention formally nominated Jill Stein as the party's presidential nominee and Ajamu Baraka as her running mate.

Orlando

Cleveland

Philadelphia

Houston

Sites of the 2016 national presidential nominating conventions. Blue, red, green, and yellow indicate the conventions for the Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian parties, respectively.

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