Welcome to the home page of the Green Party of Connecticut

A unity of local Green Party chapters, the CTGP is committed to grassroots democracy, social justice, non-violence and ecological wisdom. These are the Four Pillars of all Green parties worldwide and are the first four principles of the Ten Key Values of the Green Party. Join us as we build a grassroots effort to take back our government from corporate power brokers. We do not accept contributions from corporate PACs so we need your donations of time and money.

Green Party holds nominating conventions for the First and Third Congressional Districts

Ken Krayeske nominated for 1st Congressional District and Martha Kelly nominated for 1st State Senate District at Convention

Ken Krayeske won the nomination to run as the Green Party candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in the 1st Congressional District. Please visit Ken's website at www.kenkrayeske.com

Martha Kelly was nominated to run as the Green Party candidate for Connecticut State Senate in the Connecticut 1st Senate District.

The nominating convention was held on August 30, 2010 at the East Hartford public library.

Charles Pillsbury nominated for 3rd Congressional District

Charles Pillsbury was nominated to run as the Green Party candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in the Third Congressional District. See this article in The New Haven Independent

The nominating convention was held on August 30, 2010 at the Westside Bar & Grille in New Haven.

Candidates for Statewide Office

Click on name or photo to learn more:

Stephen Fournier Attorney General

Mike DeRosa Secretary of the State

David Bue Treasurer

Colin Bennett Comptroller

Congressional Candidates

Green candidates are running for Senate and House seats this year. Click on name or photo to learn more:

Jeff Russell U.S. Senate

Ken Krayeske First District

Scott Deshefy Second District

Charlie Pillsbury Third District

The CT Green Party supports Single Payer National Health Insurance

Green Party response to court decision

Court Ruling Hurts Third-Party Candidates

The American Civil Liberties Union, the CT Green Party, and the CT Libertarian Party filed a lawsuit in 2006 against the discriminatory terms of the state's Citizen Election Program. Click here to read an op-ed column in the Hartford Courant.

Read CT Green Times online!

New Articles

• The Dangers of the Connecticut Campaign Finance Law
• How Senator Dodd Caused the Financial Crisis
• How Senator Dodd Tried to Stop the Voter-Verified Paper Trail
  

Green Party Flyers

Now available for download from the Platform page.

Elections 2009 - Victory in New London

After years of grassroots organizing by the New London Green Party, John Russell became the first Green elected to the New London City Council, and Ronna Stuller became the first Green elected to the New London Board of Education.