Campaigning With the Green Party of Minnesota

Here in Minnesota, four of the state’s Green Party endorsed candidates require a certain number of signatures from the public in order to be on the ballot in November.

Accordingly, over the past two weeks I’ve joined with other local Greens in collecting signatures for Steve Young and Jane Kirby, Green Party candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor; Seth Kuhl-Stennes, Green Party candidate for Secretary of State; and Ngone Niang, Green Party candidate for State Senate District 39.

In the image above, for instance, I’m with fellow members of the Lavender Caucus of the Green Party of Minnesota at The 19 Bar, the oldest gay bar in Minneapolis and among the oldest in the United States ~ Thursday, May 28, 2026.

Above and below: Gathering signatures at a speaking event in New Brighton featuring Norman Finkelstein ~ Saturday, May 23, 2026. Pictured fourth from left is Ngone Niang, Green Party candidate for State Senate District 39.

Above: With my friend Rachel Braaten. We’re at Shish Mediterranean Kitchen, taking a break from collecting signatures on Grand Avenue in St. Paul ~ Sunday, May 24, 2026. Rachel is the Green Party candidate for Three Rivers Park Board District 3.

Above: My friend Jane Kirby, Green Party candidate for MN Lieutenant Governor ~ Sunday, May 24, 2026.

Above: Steve Young and Jane Kirby, Green Party candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

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6/7/26 UPDATE: After submitting above and beyond the necessary number of signatures, the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office has verified that all four Green Party MN candidates requiring of signatures are officially on the ballot for November 2026.

Congratulations Steve, Jane, Seth and Ngone!
Following is Socialist News and Views’ June 1 interview with Steve Young and Jane Kirby, Green Party candidates for MN Governor and Lieutenant Governor.





Related Off-site Links:
Green Party of Minnesota Endorses Four Candidates for 2026 Election – Cam Gordon (Finding a Green Way to Govern, April 24, 2026).
An Interview with MN Green Party Gubernatorial Candidates Steven Young and Jane Kirby – The Truth Expedition (June 3, 2026).

See also the related Wild Reed posts:
• Butch Ware on Why Third Parties Are Crucial
• “Green Wave 2026 is Global”
• Meet Some of the “People-Powered” Green Party Candidates for 2026
• An Opportunity for Organizing Against Duopoly
• “It Is Our Responsibility to Make a Third Party Viable”
• Something to Think About – December 8, 2024
• The Green Party’s Jill Stein and Butch Ware Give Their First Post-Election Interview
• “We Give Reasons for People to Come Out and Vote”
• We’re Witnessing a Liberal Meltdown Over Jill Stein
• The “Green Smoothie” Option
• Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Butch Ware in Minneapolis
• Butch Ware: “I’m Not Here as a Spoiler”
• Jill Stein: “Americans Deserve Choices”
• Elise Labott on How Third Parties Can Revitalize Democracy
• Third Parties and the Historical Record
• Something to Think About – August 15, 2024
• Howie Hawkins: “The Democrats Are Not the Answer to the Trump/Fascism Problem”
• Demolishing the False Narrative About Jill Stein and the 2016 Election
• Cornel West: “The Next Step Is a Green Step, a Progressive Step”
• Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein: Is a “Historic Collaboration” in the Making? (2016)
• Voting Green: Hope Over Fear

Images: Michael J. Bayly and friends.