Illinois Green Party

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Illinois Green Party
Abbreviation	ILGP
Chairperson	Zerlina Smith
House Leader	None
Senate Leader	None
Headquarters	213 S. Wheaton Ave, Wheaton, Illinois, 60189
Student wing	Young Greens
Ideology	Green politics
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Green Party of the United States
Colors	Green
Illinois Senate	0 / 59
Illinois House of Representatives	0 / 118
Statewide Officers	0 / 6
Local offices	4 (2022)[1][2]
Website
www.ilgp.org
Politics of Illinois Elections

The Illinois Green Party is a statewide political party in Illinois. The party is state affiliate of the Green Party of the United States.

The party ran its first statewide candidates in 2006, led by Rich Whitney, candidate for Illinois Governor, who received 361,336 votes, 10% of the total vote, making the Green Party one of only three legally established, statewide political parties in Illinois (in addition to the Democratic and Republican parties) until it lost that status in 2010.

There are currently 12 local chapters affiliated with the party,^[3] and 2 members holding elected positions in local government in the state.^[4]