• At least 13 California Greens are running in partisan and non-partisan elections

• By Mike Feinstein, June 14, 2026 update

Green candidates achieve vote totals in three statewide races that ensure Green Party of California statewide ballot status for next four years

Under California Elections Code 5100, an already statewide ballot qualified political party can ensure its ballot status for the next four years, if “the sum of the votes cast for all of the candidates for an office voted on throughout the state who disclosed a preference for that party on the ballot was at least 2 percent of the entire vote of the state for that office.”

In three races the total of the Green candidate or candidates in that race exceeded 2% – for Attorney General 5.4%, Secretary of State 4.6% and State Treasurer 3.0%

Marjorie Mikels, Attorney General
472,167 votes, 5.4% (6:44pm, June 12)

Michael Feinstein, Secretary of State
204,988 votes, 2.4%  (6:44pm, June 12)

Gary Blenner, Secretary of State
185,429 votes, 2.2%  (6:44pm, June 12)

Glen Turner, State Treasurer
251.492 votes 3.0%  (6:44pm, June 12

Two Green candidates for State Assembly will advance to the November General Election, despite  California’s restrictive top two jungle primary system

Green State Assembly District 59 candidate Victor Hernandez received 33.7% of the vote and finished second out of two candidates, meaning he will advance to the November general election.

Green State Assembly District 14 candidates Mark Rendón received 10.0% of the vote and finished second out of three candidates, meaning he will advance to the November general election.

Hernandez and Rendón are only the sixth and seventh California Green to do so in a state or federal legislative race since the top two jungle primary elections went into effect in 2012.  Here is background on the other five.

Registered Green Kenneth Mejia was re-elected as Los Angeles City Controller in a non-partisan race

Los Angeles has over 2,200,000 million registered voters, making this the largest election in U.S. history won by a Green Party member, in terms of the total number of registered voters in the district.

The previous high was also in a non-partisan race in Los Angeles County, when in June 2001, Green Nancy Pearlman was elected to the Los Angeles Community College District Board, at the time with a district with then almost 2,125,050 registered voters, spanning an area that included the City of Los Angeles as well as 33 neighboring cities.

Note: Mejia has been a registered Green since January 2024, but is not an active organizer with the party itself. Mejia chose to run in this non-partisan race as a politically independent voice for the City as Controller, neither seeking nor accepting any endorsements from political parties, elected officials or other politicians or political figures. This fit with the independent manner in which he has performed his oversight and investigative duties as Controller. The Green Party of Los Angeles County respected and embraced this approach, proud that an independently-minded elected official such as Mejia would chose to be registered Green in his personal capacity, while being clearly non-partisan in his official capacity as an elected official.

This list below is of all known registered Green Party members running for public office in California in June 2, 2026 elections. Inclusion does not imply endorsement of any individual candidate or campaign.

You can click on the name of each candidate to go to their campaign homepage in the Elections Database, where their results will also be displayed, and where you can see their campaign social media links and other relevant campaign information.

Partisan state and federal office (10 candidates)

Rudolph “Butch” Ware, Governor (write-in)
61 candidates on the ballot, plus seven more as write-ins, for two places on November ballot
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/governor
Write-in votes not expected to be counted and announced until later during the vote-counting period

Gary Blenner, Secretary of State
4th/4 candidates for two places on November ballot
185,429 votes, 2.2%  (6:44pm, June 12)
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/secretary-of-state

Michael Feinstein, Secretary of State
3rd/4 candidates for two places on November ballot
204,988 votes, 2.4%  (6:44pm, June 12)
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/secretary-of-state

Glen Turner, State Treasurer
6th/6 candidates for two places on November ballot
251.492 votes 3.0%  (6:44pm, June 12)
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/treasurer

Marjorie Mikels, Attorney General
3rd/3 candidates for two places on November ballot
472,167 votes, 5.4% (6:44pm, June 12)
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/attorney-general

Chris Richardson, U.S. House of Representatives, District 3
8th/8 candidates for two places on November ballot
2,319 votes, 1.0%  (6:44pm, June 12)
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/3

Michael Petrelis, U.S. House of Representatives, District 11 (write-in)
Four candidates on the ballot, one more as write-in, for two places on November ballot
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/11
write-in votes not expected to be counted and announced until later during the vote-counting period

Mark Rendon, State Assembly, District 14
Three candidates for two places on November ballot
12,871 votes, 10.0% (6:44pm, June 12)
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/state-assembly/district/14

Michael Goldstein, State Assembly, District 18
4th/4 candidates for two places on November ballot
5,515 votes, 5.0% (6:44pm, June 12)
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/state-assembly/district/18

Victor Hernandez, State Assembly, District 59
2nd/3 candidates for two places on November ballot
42,538 votes, 33.7% (6:44pm, June 12)
https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/state-assembly/district/59

With only two candidates in the primary election, Hernandez will advance to November ballot and become only the sixth California Green to do so since the top two jungle primary system went into effect in 2012. Here is background on the other five.

Non-partisan local government offices (3 candidates)

The following candidates are registered Green, but by law, since all of these offices are non-partisan, all candidates in local government races run without a party label

Kenneth Mejia, City Controller, Los Angeles (incumbent)
1st/2 candidates for one seat
470,793 votes , 63.0 %  (11:30am June 13)
https://results.lavote.gov/#year=2026&election=4338

Dan Kapelovitz, Judge of the Superior Court, District 81, Los Angeles County
2nd/2 candidates for one seat
378,778 votes, 23.08% (11:30am June 13)
https://results.lavote.gov/#year=2026&election=4338

Jordan Rivers, City Council, District 15, Los Angeles
2nd/2 candidates for one seat
8,773 votes, 23.40% (11:30am June 13)
https://results.lavote.gov/#year=2026&election=4338