Butch Ware on His Run for California Governor and the Wider Goal of Disrupting the Duopoly

As regular readers of Wild Reed would know, I’m supporting Green Party candidate Butch Ware in his run for California Governor.

Recently, James Li of Breaking Points interviewed Ware about his gubernatorial candidacy and how it fits into the greater goal of disrupting the duopoly.

It’s an interview of 26-minute duration and one that is well worth checking out.






Following are some online comments in response to Butch Ware’s appearance on Breaking Points.

• I’ve grown to HATE politicians. But this guy gives me hope. Following him for a while now. I wish him all the best.


• It’s entirely possible that Butch could get top two in the primary. If he does, I think he'd have a very good chance of winning as Governor. I wish my state elections worked like that.


• I voted for Dr. Stein & Dr. Ware this past election. I’m glad to see Dr. Ware continuing. It’s about getting the message out through all the noise and disruption.


• Thank you for highlighting the Green Party. The main barrier to the Green Party is that they don’t accept corporate money and therefore don’t have as much media reach. Independent media needs to stand up and highlight parties that aren’t bought by billionaire lobbyists.


• As an LA resident who worked in the non-profit low income housing industry, I can say he that Butch is absolutely right about the homeless industrial complex. Our company was a mismanaged mess run by people who only used the non-profit as a stepping stone to get somewhere else and had no idea how to manage a budget. So much waste.


• Thank you for covering this. More third party coverage please! Butch is great. He had my vote for VP and he has my vote for Governor.


• Wow! Excellent job, Breaking Points – engaging third parties from the start. When people ask what third parties are doing between elections, it is that they’re actually in the streets and in community spaces organizing and trying to resolve the issues. They don’t spend the whole time just campaigning. Or raising money. And people ask, Where was Dr. Jill Stein? She was at the encampments and rallies and working on healthcare issues.


• This is why I always lean Green; when they speak, I tend to agree 100% with what is said.


• We need more Greens on our ballots! I’m hoping Butch has a real chance this election.


• Dr. Ware, let’s do this! Thanks for offering clarification re. the AOC/Bernie tour. People showing up for these events are understandably desperate because of the insanity of the Trump regime and the general oligarchical tenor/terror of both parties.


• He’s not as polished as I’d expect a former VP candidate to be, and I don’t agree with everything he says. . . . BUT, this guy vs Newsome or Kamala? This guy every time.


• He should make his campaign slogan, “Butch, please!”

Related Off-site Links:
Butch Ware for Governor – Official campaign website.
“The Only Way to Resist Is to Resist”: Eight Takeaways from Butch Ware’s FloodGate Interview – Karan Singh (The Palestine Chronicle, March 21, 2025).
Ro Khanna vs. Butch Ware for California Governor: Who Will Nina Turner Support? – JENerational Change (April 19, 2025).
Former Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Makes a Big Move – LA Progressive (February 25, 2025).
Green Party VP Candidate Butch Ware Talks 2024 Race, 2026 Gubernatorial Bid, and More – Marc Lamont Hill (Night School, September 19, 2024).


For more of Butch Ware at The Wild Reed, see:
• “The Moment Is Ripe”: Butch Ware on Building a “True Oppositional Alternative” to the Duopoly
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – January 30, 2025
• The Green Party’s Jill Stein and Butch Ware Give Their First Post-Election Interview
• “This Is a Tragic, Heartbreaking Moment in the History of Humanity”: Butch Ware on the Gaza Genocide
• Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Butch Ware in Minneapolis
• Butch Ware: “You Can Actually Vote Your Conscience”
• Butch Ware: “I’m Not Here as a Spoiler”


See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• An Opportunity for Organizing Against Duopoly
• Building Solidarity on the Left
• Fighting the Rich and Their Two Parties
• Progressive Perspectives on Where Democrats Went Wrong in the 2024 Election
• The “Green Smoothie” Option
• Jill Stein: “We Give Reasons for People to Come Out and Vote”
• We’re Witnessing a Liberal Meltdown Over Jill Stein
• Jill Stein in the Twin Cities
• Anti-Genocide Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Reflects on the First Anniversary of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
• Peter Bloom on the Unmasking of the “Democratic Charade”
• When Democrats Undermine Democracy
• “Americans Deserve Choices”: Jill Stein on Breaking Points – 4/30/24
• Progressive Perspectives on the Presidential Nomination of Kamala Harris
• Progressive Perspectives On an American Coronation
• Demolishing the False Narrative About Jill Stein and the 2016 Election
• “The Next Step Is a Green Step”: Cornel West Endorses Jill Stein (2016)
• Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein: Is a “Historic Collaboration” in the Making? (2016)